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Crime & Justice
He Robbed a Taco Joint With a Toy Water Gun for $264. He Got Life in Prison.
NIGHTMARE
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos Courtesy Arkansas Dept of Corrections/Kelly Duda
No one got hurt, no one got killed. But Rolf Kaestel’s toy gun stickup landed him in jail—and 40 years later, he’s still fighting to get out.
Kate Briquelet
Senior Reporter
Published
May 31 2021
1:19AM EDT
Kate Briquelet
Senior Reporter
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