Gimmie all your money or I'll attach you to something.
Posted on 11/15/2007 6:36:06 PM PST by monkeycard
ASHLAND, Ky. - A man wearing a ski mask held up an eastern Kentucky ice cream store with a stapler, and briefly got away with $175.
Police identified the stapler bandit as Gerald A. Rocchi, 32, who was arrested shortly after he allegedly flashed a chrome-plated stapler at an employee of The Ice Cream Shop in Ashland on Tuesday and demanded money.
Ashland Police Capt. Don Petrella said he didn't know if Rocchi planned to shoot staples at the shop's employees or use it as a blunt instrument if he didn't get the cash. It didn't come to that because the employees handed over the cash, Petrella said.
Several witnesses saw Rocchi leave the shop and told police where he was headed, Petrella said. After arresting Rocchi, police searched his house and found money, a stapler and a ski mask, Petrella said.
Petrella said the chrome finish on the stapler could have made it look like a gun "if someone didn't get a good look at it."
Rocchi was charged with first-degree robbery. He made his first appearance in Boyd District Court on Wednesday morning. He did not have an attorney at the hearing.
And after spending thousands on handguns and rifles preparing for my next bank robbery spree, I find that I could accomplish the same thing with a $7.00 stapler … sheese. ;-)
Since many businesses have a policy of telling their employees not to resist any robbery, I’m surprised the guy even needed a stapler.
Related to anyone you have dated?...
They’ll get my stapler when they pry it from my cold, clamy fingers....
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Washington being a bureaucrats dream city must have a million staplers, which, Fenty & Company will now have to outlaw.
LOL! Outstanding!
I accidentally stapled myself when I was young. It really hurts. Just give the fella the money...
Should’a bought the Swingline semi auto.
LOL!
Back in my day, we robbed banks armed with rolls of duct tape. In those days nobody got hurt but then a new breed of violent young bucks showed up on the scene armed with calking guns loaded with liquid nail.
Thanks.
After reading and hearing all the sh!t coming from the Traitor Democrats, we have to find and share levity whenever we can.
Ah yes, gone are the days when robbery was an art practiced by professionals, now it has become a slime pit of woebegone wanabes with calking guns ablaze.
Cubicle ping.
One false move and I staple your ear to the counter!
Happy needs to hear of this
Careful, that's an assualt stapler.
You'll need a Class 3 license for this one.
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