New Use For Duct Tape: Disguise Yourself While Robbing A Store (pic/video)

ASHLAND, KY — Any handyperson who’s worth their salt has found unusual uses for duct tape, from repairing leaky pipes to re-attaching the leg of a wounded GI Joe.

But this use of duct tape takes the cake:

A man in disguise tried to rob a liquor store in Ashland recently, wearing duct tape wrapped tightly around his face, with his t-shirt pulled up over his head, ala “Cornholio” from “Beavis and Butthead.”

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. Virginia. The robber ended up dropping the rolls of change that he got in the robbery.

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 the 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.

JOKESTARTERS:

• This isn’t the first time the suspect has tried to rob a store using a tape-based disguised. Previously, he failed to hold up an espresso stand while wearing a mask made of Scotch Tape. He was immediately identified by the barista victim.
• Police knew they had the right guy when they checked his ID and saw the name “Kasey Kazee.”

SOURCE:

• WRAL