Jesse Mansir spits as he is brought into the Gardiner Police station after being arrested by police Thursday night in connection with the robbery of a local Rite Aid earlier in the day.

Deputies carrying assault rifles follow a Kennebec County dog team off Harrison Avenue in Gardiner Thursday while pursuing the track of a man Gardiner Police Chief Jim Toman characterized as a “person of interest” in the robbery earlier in the day of Rite-Aid in Gardiner.

Surveillance footage from the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner shows a man suspected in the robbery of pharmaceuticals on Thursday entering the store.

Surveillance footage from the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner shows a man suspected in the robbery of pharmaceuticals on Thursday at the counter.

Surveillance footage from the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner shows a man suspected in the robbery of pharmaceuticals on Thursday entering the store.

Surveillance footage from the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner shows a man suspected in the robbery of pharmaceuticals on Thursday at the counter.

Maine State Police and Gardiner Police cruisers fill the parking lot as officers respond on Thursday to a report of a robbery at the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner.

Two Maine State Police troopers and a tracking dog start to follow a trail on Thursday, after a robbery at the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner.

A Gardiner Police officer stretches yellow crime scene tape to block off the driveway on Thursday after a robbery at the Rite Aid pharmacy at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets in Gardiner.

A Gardiner police cruiser is parked in front of the Rite-Aid store at the corner of Spring and Ridge streets in Gardiner Thursday morning following a report of a robbery there.

Gardiner Police Dept. Detective Mike Durham collects a pill bottle Thursday that State Police Sgt. Mathew Casavant and his canine discovered a couple blocks away from the Rite-Aid pharmacy that was robbed in Gardiner.

Police are seen outside of the Rite-Aid store at the corner of Spring and Ridge streets in Gardiner Thursday morning following a report of a robbery there.