Posted on 05/10/2007 9:42:05 PM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
INWOOD, W.Va. (AP) - A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women's underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said. "I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried," State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns told The Journal in Martinsburg.
The cashier at first thought it was a joke and refused to give the man any money, so he ran to a Jeep Cherokee and drove away at about 4 a.m. Wednesday, Kearns said.
A few minutes later, police stopped a vehicle matching that description and took two men into custody.
Police later charged Steven Clay Stephenson, 34, of Ranson in the convenience story robbery.
Kearns said police found a pistol-shaped lighter while searching Stephenson. The underwear was recovered nearby.
Stephenson is charged with nighttime burglary, attempted robbery, first-offense driving under the influence, petit larceny and improper registration.
He was being held Thursday at the Eastern Regional Jail. The Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney's Office had no record of a defense attorney being assigned yet to represent Stephenson.
I don't quite know what to say.
Anyone missing a pair of blue panties?
Is that a pistol shaped lighter in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
I'm sure it's just a typo, but it's fresh and works for me.
I'm sure it's just a typo, but it's fresh and works for me.
Let's hope they were fresh!
LMAO. It sounds like something from a fancy French bakery.
"Would you like panties with that?"
LMAO! The Marines still have to top the Army dogs. Nothing has changed.
There’s more:
“Wines, 22, was arraigned on a misdemeanor count of petit larceny, stemming from the alleged theft of a tire from a Pointer Way residence.
According to a complaint filed by West Virginia State Police trooper P.S. Kennedy, Wines told police he “dozed off” in the Jeep while Stephenson was inside the ROCS store.
Wines said Stephenson was “flipping out” when they left the parking lot and indicated they had been drinking alcohol earlier, according to Kennedy’s complaint.
From ROCS, Wines told police they drove to the Sheetz at the intersection of U.S. 11 and W.Va. 51, where the Jeep struck a curb, flattening one of its tires.
Wines said Stephenson then drove the car down a side street to get another tire, according to Kennedy’s complaint.
A witness there told police he saw two men changing a tire outside his residence, and police later discovered the tire was stolen from another vehicle parked nearby.
The witness told police he saw Wines lift the Jeep up to help change the tire.
In Stephenson’s pants pocket, police later found three lug nuts belonging to the victim of the tire theft and a cigarette lighter designed to look like a pistol, police said.
The underwear was found between the Sheetz and a neighboring car lot by Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department Deputy C. McCulley, who along with State Police trooper J.B. Flanigan, assisted Schuessler with the investigation.
endthematrix!
Okay. Cut it out!
You’re making this stuff up.
This perp is a Darwin Award waiting to happen!
Falls short of perfection by one lousy vowel.
Curiouser and curiouser.
Cheers!
Okay, guys.
I have totally never laughed so hard on FR.
No doubt he's a legend in his home town.
His family must be so proud.
To tell you the truth, the panties really have me dumbfounded. The convenience store clerk was laughing too hard to give him the money. LOL.
The blue woman whose underwear they took:
"Botch set me up."
Well, it worked for me.
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