WKBT.com - LA CROSSE, Wis. -- A drunk, pregnant La Crosse woman and her roommate are arrested for trying to rob a Taco Johns with a hammer to support their crack cocaine habit. According to police reports, 38-year-old Julie Bailey went into the Taco John's restaurant and said "I want a soft shell and give me all of your money" as she tried to pull the hammer from her pocket. When the hammer became stuck in her pocket, Bailey ran out of the restaurant. Employees called 911 and Bailey was arrested a short time later after officers found her running near 11th and Jackson Streets. Officers recovered pink and white slippers believed used during the crime near 10th and Jackson streets. Bailey, who is two months pregnant, told police she had drank "a 12 pack" of beer that night. A preliminary breath test showed an alcohol concentration of .219. Bailey told police she and her roommate, 51-year-old Bruce Collins, went to Kmart to try to pawn a ring for money to buy crack cocaine. After Kmart would not give her money for the ring, Bailey said she and Collins drove to their residence, where Collins gave her a hammer and told her to rob "some place" for money for crack cocaine. Bailey says she went to the Mr. Stix bar and Walgreens initially, but decided both were too crowded to rob. Bailey told police that when she demanded money from Taco John's, one of the employees laughed at her before hitting the panic alarm and calling 911.
Well, this pregnant chick had a promising start. Everyone knows that when you rob a fast food joint you ask for food in addition to the money. Just no reason not to. But when the hammer got stuck in her pocket and everyone started laughing she probably shouldn't have tried to run. I'm just thinking that if you're pregnant you're gonna lose in a foot race 100% of the time. Especially when you're wearing pink and white slippers and have a blood alcohol level of .219. In fact, I'm willing to race a pregnant Marion Jones in a 100 yard dash right now, just to prove my point.
What I don't understand is how it even got to the point where she was robbing a taco joint with a hammer? I mean her roommate's plan of pawning a ring at the local Kmart was straight gold. How didn't that work? Shit, if Kmart was in the business of making money they should probably evolve with the times and start buying used jewelry from crackheads. How do you think Overstock.com blew up?
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