A Carson City man will be tried for a hair-salon robbery in which the bandit waved a black bag and made off with the day's receipts, a judge decided Wednesday.
David Strouse, 42, was bound over to Carson City District Court after an evidentiary hearing before Justice of the Peace Robey Willis.
Strouse will be tried on one count of felony robbery.
According to police reports, Strouse was stopped at 10:38 p.m. Feb. 5 at Long and Wendy streets after a Carson City sheriff's deputy allegedly noticed Strouse's car lacked a front license plate. As he turned to stop the car, the deputy realized the 1984 four-door Hyundai matched the description of the bandit's getaway car in the holdup of Gottschalks' hair salon at 6:20 p.m.
A man fitting Strouse's description entered the south doors of Gottschalks and snatched a bank deposit bag from a counter, police said.
When the clerk followed, the bandit turned to him and said, "Back off," motioning with the bag as if he had a weapon.
While Strouse was detained during the traffic stop, the salon clerk was driven past the vehicle and positively identified it. But the clerk was unable to identify Strouse as the robber, police reported.
Strouse initially was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor failure to register as a felon and probation violation.
The clerk identified him in a photographic lineup two days later, saying that the night of the robbery, he was unable to identify Strouse because of the lighting.
Police said they found a grocery bag in Strouse's car that contained a hammer.
His bail is set at $60,000.
