'Duct Tape Bandit' Charged With Robbery, Moranity Charges Pending....

[DeSwiss]

'Duct tape bandit' charged in robbery

AP
Tue Aug 14, 10:10 PM ET


This photo provided by the Ashland Police Dept. shows
Kasey G. Kazee, 24, of Ashland, Ky.,who was charged
with first-degree robbery, according to Ashland Police
Sgt. Mark McDowell. Kazee had his head wrapped in
duct tape to conceal his identity when he tried to
rob Shamrock Liquors Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. (AP
Photo/ Ashland Police Dept.)

ASHLAND, Ky. - Laughter might be unexpected in a liquor store where a robbery just occurred. But that's how employees responded to the "Duct Tape Bandit" who hit Shamrock Liquors in Ashland and fled nearly empty handed. A man who had his head wrapped in duct tape to conceal his identity walked into the store last Friday, police said.

Store manager Bill Steele had some duct tape of his own, but his was wrapped around a wooden club that sent the robber fleeing, according to a report by WSAZ-TV in Huntington, W.Va.

Store employee Craig Miller said he chased the man to the parking lot, tackled him and held him in a choke position until police arrived, the station reported. An unidentified customer also helped, police said.

Kasey G. Kazee, 24, was charged with first-degree robbery. Kazee, in an interview with the TV station, denied he was bandit who robbed the store of two rolls of change. Kazee pleaded not guilty Monday in Boyd County District Court and was ordered held under a $250,000 cash bond.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070815/ap_on_fe_st/odd_duct_tape_bandit

- When contacted by this reporter, a family spokesman said while hammering the "For Sale" sign into the ground in front of his house, "we support Kasey, but no one is coming to the trial out of sheer embarassment. Plus we can't stop laughing ourselves...."

[Judi Lynn]

1. Isn't this so sad? Here's a video. He appears insisting he's not the "duct tape bandit, baby."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4990127987635690405&q=Duct+tape+bandit&total=6&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

[SoCalDem]

2. And yet the police peeled the tape off of him??

That guy must have tried to rob the place to buy more meth :eyes: