Man Uses Stapler to Rob Store

A man wearing a ski mask held up an eastern Kentucky ice cream store with a stapler, and briefly got away with $175.

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - 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.

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:( i like ice cream:( lol

haha me too, but I doubt i'll ever attempt to staple someone for a ice cream cone ha

he must of had the Worst case of Cottonmouth EVER.

He robbed an ice cream place with a stapler? Damn, what an amature!

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He robbed an ice cream place with a stapler? Damn, what an amature!

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not to sound like an ass er anything, but do you think it's because he's from Kentucky? :pimp:

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not to sound like an ass er anything, but do you think it's because he's from Kentucky? :pimp:

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Maybe thats why they hide all that gold at Fort Knox. :wtf:

mwahahahahahah
now that is funny reb.

i like how he took the soft aproach, did he ask for nuts, that would be taking the piss

Unlucky

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not to sound like an ass er anything, but do you think it's because he's from Kentucky? :pimp:

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i'm from KY :D but there are a bunch of backwoods dumbasses here.

I don't know about you but I wouldn't give ANYTHING (not a damn dime) to ANYONE who tries to rob me via office supply

I got excited when I saw Ashland, but now relieved to see it was not my hometown but some whack place in Kentucky.

Stapler robbery is pretty fucking dumb

if someone tried that at my work while i was on front counter id fuckin throw some hands for sure.

but first id give him a look like "are you serious?"

He HAD to be a tweaker.

What an idiot.

must have had a bad craving for the munchies, so high that he mispaced the gun for a stapler(both black) maybe? or just a sweet toothed crackhead that WANTED the ice cream and didnt matter how he got it.

GIVE ME THE ICE CREAM......................LOL

keep toking, keep smiling, keep burning :jointsmile:

so i think it may be the effects of incest cuz that is way out there for any normal person.

out of all the household stuff, he chooses a stapler? a pair of scissors would be more practical, and leathal i think... i think im gonna rob a gas station with a paper punch. and if they refuse, im gonna punch holes in there ears, and whatever other saggy flaps of skin i can get ahold of! i think i can get away with it! if all else fails, ill just throw it at them.