mike honcho
Knuckleheads
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin police are looking for a 17-year-old boy who allegedly tried to rob a gas station using a caulk gun as a weapon.
An arrest warrant affidavit says Jose Alejandro Romero pointed the sealant tool at the clerk before dawn Friday morning and demanded cash.
According to the Austin American Statesman, the clerk first thought Romero was joking.
But when he refused to open the drawer, Romero beat the clerk with the caulk gun, then attacked him with a plastic garbage can and fled the store without any money.
Surveillance video shows Romero leaving the store with a man dressed in women's clothing, later identified as a transgender prostitute named Kenneth Williams.
The affadavit says Williams and Romero had spent the evening driving around, getting money and smoking crack.
Williams is apparently not charged in the crime.
An arrest warrant affidavit says Jose Alejandro Romero pointed the sealant tool at the clerk before dawn Friday morning and demanded cash.
According to the Austin American Statesman, the clerk first thought Romero was joking.
But when he refused to open the drawer, Romero beat the clerk with the caulk gun, then attacked him with a plastic garbage can and fled the store without any money.
Surveillance video shows Romero leaving the store with a man dressed in women's clothing, later identified as a transgender prostitute named Kenneth Williams.
The affadavit says Williams and Romero had spent the evening driving around, getting money and smoking crack.
Williams is apparently not charged in the crime.
