Chillicothe Police report that a local man was robbed Thursday while in a local park.

It happened near the flood wall at around 4:30 p.m. in Yocktangee Park.

Police said the man called them after another person approached him, punched him, and stole $105. The victim said he was on his way to a local known drug house, police said, to buy pills.

The suspect was preliminarily identified, but remains at large.

The victim was not seriously injured.

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