SEATTLE — The man who wrote the book “Drugstore Cowboy” has pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery for holding up a pharmacy in Redmond last May.
The Seattle Times reported that 73-year-old James Fogle entered the plea Wednesday in King County Superior Court. He was arrested with another man when they tied up employees at the pharmacy.
Fogle was armed with a BB gun, while his co-defendant, Shannon Benn, had a handgun. Benn pleaded guilty in September.
Fogle has spent much of his adult life in prison, which is where he wrote “Drugstore Cowboy.” Filmmaker Gus Van Sant turned the novel into the acclaimed 1989 film starring Matt Dillon. The work was loosely based on Fogle’s life robbing pharmacies to feed his addictions.
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