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[-Tracy-]

Robber wields stapler
16/11/2007 09:58  - (SA)       DisplayDCAd('300x250','1',''); Hungry robbers break into house Burglars caught red-handed Man 'steals 42kg of underwear' DisplayDCAd('220x120','1','');   Kentucky - A man wearing a ski mask used a stapler to hold up an eastern Kentucky ice cream store - and briefly got away with $175, authorities said.Gerald A Rocchi, 32, was arrested shortly after he flashed a chrome-plated stapler at an employee of The Ice Cream Shop in Ashland on Tuesday and demanded money, police said.Ashland Police Captain 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 stapler's chrome finish 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.

[Queen Mum]

This guy needs to be taken out of the gene pool.

[neboyle]

It is idiots like this guy that make my state look like a bunch of hillbillies.

[No1Mommy]

LOL!  Now that is a hoot!

[Niki]

lmao that's funny. also love that movie... I believe you have my stapler

[-Shannon-]

What a BOTARD!

[KayEm]

I wonder if he runs in the same circles as the duct-tape guy.

[baltoscrapper]

He should have brought the electric staple gun, maybe he would have gotten more!

[Laura Fiore]

I was dying laughing at this story, just because of the stapler. DH did NOT think it was funny at all...his store was robbed last week with no weapon at all. His salesman was just distracted by one guy, while the other one made off with all of the cash in the register.I guess it's only funny if that hasn't happened to you...Maybe if the guys had used a stapler, they would have been stupid enough to get caught!