Ashland, KY -- A stapler-wielding man successfully robbed a Kentucky ice cream store, ran away with $175, and was caught shortly after by police. The culprit, 32-year-old Gerald Rocchi, did not resist arrest and was charged with first-degree robbery in a Boyd District Court.

Witnesses said Rocchi was wearing a ski mask when he flashed a chrome-plated stapler to hold up The Ice Cream Shop in Ashland on Tuesday. The employees manning the counter immediately handed over the cash.

Ashland Police Capt. Don Petrella said he didn't know if the assailant planned to use the office supply as a blunt instrument or to literally shoot staples if workers resisted.

Witnesses led Rocchi to his whereabouts. A search of his house yielded the money, the ski mask and the "weapon."

Petrella said the chrome-finished stapler may be mistaken as a gun unless scrutinized closely.

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