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June 19, 2010 · 6:01 am

Man tries to hold up gas station with caulking gun

This guy must be a moron. He not only tried to rob a gas station with a
caulking gun, but he was so stupid that he picked up a man he thought
was a woman and still lives with his mommy. Worlds dumbest criminals
should feature this guy on their show.

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of injuring a gas
station clerk while attempting to rob him with a caulk gun.

The suspect fled the scene in the company of a transgender prostitute
he’d picked up earlier in the evening, according to an affidavit issued
by the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

The affidavit says the clerk, Johnnie Limuel, 68, told police that a man
dressed in women’s clothing entered the Speedy Stop on East 51st Street
around 4 a.m. June 7 and bought a pack of cigarettes and $5 worth of
gas, the affidavit said.

Just after he walked out to a red pickup truck at a gas pump, another
man — who police later identified as Jose Alejandro Romero, 17 — walked
into the store with a caulk gun partially visible under a white t-shirt,
the affidavit said.

The man pointed the caulk gun at Limuel and demanded money, the
affidavit said.
Limuel told police he thought it was a joke when he saw the caulk gun,
but the assailant continued to demand money, the affidavit said.

The man struck Limuel with the caulk gun after he could not open the
cash drawer, the affidavit said, then Limuel struck back, hitting the
man with a plastic trash can.

The assailant left the store without any money and sped off in the red
pickup truck, the affidavit said.

The other man, later identified as Kenneth Williams, a transgender
prostitute, told police that Romero had picked him up from the street
before the attempted robbery, the affidavit said.

Williams spent the night driving around with Romero as he got money from
several locations including his mobile home to buy and smoke crack, the
affidavit said.

It was during this time that Williams suggested they stop at a gas
station, because he wanted to buy cigarettes, the affidavit said.

Police confirmed Romero’s identity yesterday when they visited his
mobile home where his mother also lives, the affidavit said.

Police have not arrested Romero, who has been charged with aggravated
robbery, the affidavit said.