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False teeth robbery

Associated Press

YORKTOWN -- A man accused of snatching another man's false teeth from his mouth faces a robbery charge.

Robert Henry Stahl, 62, of Yorktown, was charged Thursday in Delaware Circuit Court with felony robbery and battery causing bodily injury, a misdemeanor. If convicted of robbery he could face two to eight years in prison.

Billie Townsend, 56, told police that he went to a bar to pay Stahl money he owed him on July 27, when Stahl asked him outside and started punching him repeatedly. During the fight he allegedly put Townsend in a headlock and removed his false teeth.

"He said, 'You ain't getting these back,"' Townsend told police.

Stahl was not present at Thursday's hearing and the prosecutor did not seek a warrant for his arrest. An initial hearing was scheduled for Oct. 22.

There was no number for Stahl in published listings for Yorktown or Muncie and he could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Stahl was a candidate for Delaware County sheriff in the Democratic Primary in 2002.

He also is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 4 on a drunken driving charge, according to court records.

Originally published September 21, 2007

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