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2/13/21
A Cedar Rapids man known as “The Buttplug Bandit” has been given a suspended sentence.
32-year-old Brandon Lee of 6th Avenue Southeast was given a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to a charge of Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card Under $1,500. A 5th Degree Theft charge was dropped.
According to Iowa City Police, Lee was identified by staff at the Jobsite Bar as the person involved in a November 16th, 2019 theft. Staff at the bar was able to provide surveillance video to police, which allegedly shows Lee reaching into a slightly-open window in a parked car in their lot at about 3pm that day and removing a purse.
The video shows Lee returning the purse a short time later, but items were reportedly missing from the returned bag.
Police investigation discovered additional surveillance video, showing that Lee had purchased adult items at Romantix using a card that he had just stolen from the locked vehicle. Several Jobsite patrons contacted KCJJ to report that they began referring to Lee as “The Buttplug Bandit”.
The owner of the card, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted KCJJ to say Lee had purchased a Pipedream Pumpworx with “thickening cream” and both hand and motorized pumps. The pump has an attachment that allows it to be powered by a car’s cigarette lighter outlet, and the victim told KCJJ Lee also used her card to fill his car up with gas.
The victim says Jobsite patrons also began referring to Lee as “The Penis Pump Bandit” because of his specific purchase.