Massachusetts man pleads guilty to CVS robbery

A Massachusetts man, John Gretchen, pleaded guilty to robbing a CVS store in Quincy in January 2023. He forced a pharmacist to give him 14 bottles of prescription narcotics and cash. Gretchen, 53, was sentenced to four to six years in prison. He was arrested shortly after the robbery when a police officer spotted him nearby. During the arrest, police found a knife and the stolen items in a laundry bag. The robbery occurred early in the morning on January 11, 2023.