August 12, 2025
CADDO VALLEY, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers arrested four men from Texas in connection with a major pharmacy burglary in Maryland Heights, Missouri, resulting in the seizure of more than 26,000 stolen pills worth an estimated $750,000 to $1 million.
On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 1:15 a.m., two suspects were captured on surveillance video breaking a rear window to enter the pharmacy. For over two hours, the suspects damaged a secured storage cage containing controlled substances, filling large bags with prescription pill bottles.
A Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alert was issued after a Toyota RAV4 was identified on surveillance footage leaving the scene. Troopers later located the RAV4 traveling in tandem with a Nissan Rogue along Interstate 30 near Caddo Valley. Troopers stopped both vehicles at the Pilot Travel Center, and four suspects were taken into custody.
A search of one vehicle revealed two large trash bags, each filled with pill bottles that included over 6,000 Hydrocodone pills, approximately 1,500 Morphine pills, and more than 6,700 Oxycodone pills.
Troopers arrested four individuals: Erik Dewayne Lyons Jr., 21, Johnathan Dewayne Fore, 29, Anthony Ray Venwright Jr., 32, all from Houston, TX, and Bartley Omar White Jr., 21, of Humble, TX.
Each suspect has been charged with eight felony counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance and was transported to the Clark County Detention Center.
The investigation is ongoing and may result in additional charges from Missouri authorities.