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DRAG QUEEN SOUGHT IN BERKELEY'S HUSTLER HOLLYWOOD ROBBERY
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer - 02-17-10 - 12:00 a.m. PDT

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A drag queen pulls off an armed robbery at the Hustler Hollywood in Berkeley, MO. and it is all caught on tape.

Police officials told JRL that this may not be the first robbery that the drag queen bandit has committed.

Berkeley police are talking to cops in Jennings to see if the drag queen bandit may be the one they are looking for in their case.


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Could we have a Drag Queen on a Crime Spree?

On Monday February 15, 2010, FOX 2 obtained surveillance video of a man dressed as a woman who was caught robbing the Hustler Hollywood Adult Boutique over the weekend. A similar crime happened in Jennings last Friday night February 12th.

The surveillance video shows just how far the suspect was willing to go to look like a woman in the Berkeley case. The drag queen bandit had a dress on as well a sweater and a scarf when he robbed the Hustler Hollywood store located at 9802 Natural Bridge Rd.


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Investigators told JRL that the suspect came in about 12:40 a.m Sunday morning. He pretended to shop for a few minutes, proceeded to the line, paid for a small amount of merchandise and then pulled a long barrel handgun on the clerk and came around the counter to complete his crime.

Berkeley Police Chief Frank McCall described what happened: "He says something to her. I haven't ascertained what that is at this time. But he decides he's going to take the entire drawer. And he reaches in- I guess there's a cable or something that attaches it to the computer system. He rips that out and as I said takes the entire drawer."


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Berkeley police are now on the hunt for this drag queen who could also be wanted for the robbery that happened last Friday afternoon at the WorkWear for Less store on Halls Ferry Road in Jennings.

In that case, investigators say the drag queen followed the same routine in this robbery as well. Berkeley and Jennings police are now combining resources to catch this drag queen bandit before someone is seriously hurt.



Chief McCall also stated, "We have contacted and spoken with Jennings.

We will be working with Jennings to ascertain if were dealing with the same individual," explained McCall.

Investigators say in both cases, the suspect may have had either a short beard or a goatee.

The drag queen suspect in both robberies also hid the gun in places that no one would want to enter.

Nobody was injured in either robberies however, the clerks in both locations were of course scared out of their wits.

Check out the surveillance video footage taken from the Hustler Hollywood Berkeley location.