A Caroline county paraplegic man was robbed in his home and the only thing the robbers took was his medications.

Robert Newcomb continues to live in fear because of what happened early Wednesday morning. Before dawn a young man burst into his home with a shotgun demanding Oxycontin.

"He said 'give me the Oxycontin. I know you got it, you're in a wheelchair I know you got it' and I said I don't have Oxycontin, my doctor don't give me that and he said 'you're a liar!'".

After the robber fled the scene with a box filled with medications, Newcomb called the police. Before police arrived, the robber returned with the shotgun and rampaged through Newcomb's home for more medication.

Unable to defend himself, the 42-year-old thought his life was over. "I thought I was dead. There wasn't any question in my mind and the next thought, that really scared me, is that I won't be able to see my kids no more."

The robber took hundreds of dollars in painkillers, which will be difficult if not impossible for this unemployed man to replace. Newcomb said he could barely pay the rent for his home and now feels he should find a new place to live.

"I don't want to go through this again. I don't want to go through the dilemma of what's going to happen again or wondering is that somebody coming through my door again in the middle of the night," he said.

Newcomb told the Sheriff's department that the robber was a tall, white male in his mid 20's.

No arrests have been made.

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