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Russian armed robbers take 'sex doll'

Published: Feb. 17, 2012 at 2:42 PM

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Russian police said three armed robbers held up a St. Petersburg shop early Friday and stole what was described as an inflatable sex doll.

Police told Russian-language Web site Lenta.ru the men entered the Pink Rabbit sex shop in downtown St. Petersburg around 6 a.m. and pointed a gun at the 35-year-old store clerk, RIA Novosti reported.

The men fled with the blow-up doll, the worker's cellphone and his e-book reader, police said.

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