Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Bonnie and Clydes? "Bank-Robbing Stripper" Allegedly Leads Gang of Two Brothers on Violent Bank Job and Multi-State Crime Spree...




...although apparently she was fully clothed when she and her gang knocked over that bank (allegedly).

Her name is Lee Grace Dougherty, and cops in Georgia say that when the this stripper isn't showing off her unadorned assets at a Florida strip club named "Cheaters," she allegedly has a different kind of teaser in mind:

Cops she's now hooked up with her two brothers to wreak havoc across two southern states. Talk about a moll with some ball(s). Just listen to what this 29-year-old apparent Bonnie Parker wannabe has to say on her Flickr page:

"Act like I'm 17 most of the time. I love to farm and shoot guys and wreck cars. I'm a redneck and proud of it. I like milk and German engineering and causing mayhem with my siblings."

Mayhem indeed, and this is not a gang that I'd be too anxious to run across, even if sissie was buck naked at the time. Cops say the gang hit a bank in Valdosta, Georgia last week, with subtlety and discreteness not exactly being their calling card.

In short, no nice little notes or polite requests for "all your money" here. Instead, the gang allegedly "stormed" the joint with "guns a' blazing" -- making mincemeat of the bank's ceiling and escaping with a bag of loot.

It probably doesn't help that this alleged strippin' bandita has a couple of apparent badasses for younger brothers. The youngest one is 21-year-old Ryan, a registered sex offender. Cops say the gang had to hack off Ryan's ankle surveillance bracelet before embarking upon their crime spree.

The other brother (26 years old) gives Dylans everywhere a bad name, having been previously busted for totin' & tokin' el paca lolo. But Sister Sprigger ain't exactly Mother Theresa herself over there, having been charged (among other things) for DUI and a "hit-and-run crash and battery" earlier this year and prior.

No word whether the stemmin' algorithm Lee Grace was also behind the wheel when the gang allegedly led the cops on a high speed car chase the day of the bank caper. That little hot pursuit reportedly ended with one of the Dougherty brood shooting out the tires of the pursuing squad car.

The gang is now on the lam (in the past few days possibly spotted in Tennessee and Colorado), with Georgia cops spouting the obligatory "we're a' lookin' fer 'em and close to catchin' 'em." I wonder if the gang will be dumb enough to try heading back to their one known hideout -- an underground "bunker" and "lair" that neighbors describe as a "den of illegal activity" down south.

Now, if you happen to spot this threesome, cops say to consider them "armed and dangerous" with a suspected "arsenal of weapons" that includes an AK-47. And if you really want to be cute, try asking Lee Grace back to her bunker for a private lap dance, a little German engineering, and a happy ending.

I bet the ending will be anything other than satisfying, but at least you'll suffer a large degree of pain knowing that you courageously busted the balls of the Great Cowgirl Moll of the South (allegedly)!

[8/10 p.m. UPDATE: The "Dougherty Gang" has now been caught & arrested tonight in Colorado following (what else) a wild police chase and crash. No serious injuries. The accounts I've read said there have been "media comparisons" to Bonnie and Clyde. That's funny, because I didn't see any such comparisons until I made one in this post early today. Copy cats...]


Posted by The Independent Rage