Undertoad • Aug 15, 2007 8:20 pm
All he wanted to do was rob a West Virginia liquor store, and now he's earning worldwide renown for the creativity of his disguise. Being called the "duct tape bandit", he completely failed to get away with anything. Here's what he looks like when not taped up:
Much better with the tape, really.
Shamrock Liquors 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 hold until police arrived. A customer also helped, police said.
Kasey G. Kazee, 24, of Ashland, was charged with first-degree robbery, according to Ashland Police Sgt. Mark McDowell.
Kazee, in an interview with the TV station, denied he was the bandit who robbed the store of two rolls of change. He pleaded not guilty Monday and bond was set at $250,000.