ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Reuters)
A 41-year-old Allentown man
known to police as
"The Naked Bandit" pleaded guilty to
robbing a string of convenience stores while in the nude,
authorities said.
Ex-Marine Stanley Heiserman once stole $400 from a roadside
mini-market while naked, save for the underwear on
his head. Days later, two cashiers handed over the money before
bursting into laughter as he left.
"It's nuts. You don't hear of things like this happening too
often. But this is what happened in four separate robberies,"
said assistant Lehigh County District
Attorney James Anthony.
Heiserman's naked aggression came to an end Wednesday when he
pleaded guilty to committing six robberies in all,
two while fully clothed.
Police said he never had a weapon but once claimed to be
carrying a shotgun in a gym bag and on another occasion
a pistol wrapped in a flannel shirt around his hand.
``His logic was that the last time he did some robberies, he
had clothes on and was identified by his clothes,'' said
Anthony.
Heiserman, who said he was honorably
discharged from the
Marines, told county judge Robert Steinberg that he
turned to crime while on drugs and emotionally distraught about
his dying mother. He will be sentenced June 17 and
faces a maximum of eight to 40 years in prison under the plea
agreement.
