Man allegedly uses stapler to rob store

Associated Press ^ | Thu Nov 15

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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.

[Gosh I love this neighborhood]

LOL. That’s the first thing I thought of.

[Dumpster Baby]

Belt fed:

Grenade launcher:

[knews_hound]

Milton Waddams: [talking on the phone] And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...


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[scott says]

Hilti—best tool money can buy. ;)
Jokes aside, I’m a contractor and they are the best tools on the market.

[PA Engineer]

[Tired of Taxes]

LOL. Best line in a very funny movie.

[Triggerhippie]

When staplers are outlawed, only outlaws will have staplers.

[Billthedrill]

“Freeze, mother-stickers! This is a...”

[TASMANIANRED]

Bwahahaha.

[knews_hound]

Office Space was good from the opening sequence on.

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