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By KALEN CHURCHER kchurcher@leader.net
 Saturday, December 16, 2000 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 9A 





KINGSTON - Two men robbed and bound a borough woman on Dec. 8, then forced
her to show them which key fit her 1999 Audi after they couldn't unlock the
door to steal her car. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Shakana Walls, 30, and Jesse Geasey, 20, were arraigned Friday before
District Justice Paul J. Roberts of Kingston and charged with robbery, simple
assault, recklessly endangering another person, theft by unlawful taking,
unlawful restraint and two counts of criminal conspiracy. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both were taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of
$100,000 cash bail each. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls was living in a Rutter Avenue apartment owned by 64-year-old Wagitha
Taylor at the time of the assault, police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls lured Taylor to a vacant Rutter Avenue apartment on the second floor
of the same building, asking her to look at some remodeling work he was doing,
police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls and Geasey of Broadhead Street, Sugar Notch, followed Taylor into the
apartment, where Walls punched Taylor in the head, knocking her to the ground,
police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls took a set of keys from Taylor's pocket, retrieved his bag from his
first-floor apartment and went to Taylor's car, according to arrest papers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls returned to the apartment when he couldn't unlock the car, and Taylor
showed him the right key. Police said Taylor's purse - including credit cards,
jewelry and about $300 - was also stolen. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 ``This was a traumatic experience for her, as it would be for anyone,''
District Attorney David Lupas said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Taylor was gagged with tape and bound around the hands and feet before the
suspects fled, police said. She was treated for a minor head injury. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Walls and Geasey picked up a woman on their way to the Pennsylvania
Turnpike. Police said the woman has not been charged in the attack. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Whitehall police apprehended Walls and Geasey outside of the Lehigh Valley
Mall two hours after the attack. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In 1998, Geasey pled guilty to stealing skeletal bones from a Hollenback
Cemetery mausoleum where a local doctor, his infant daughter and four others
had been interred. In June of that year, Geasey claimed the Bible had
rehabilitated him and he began writing spiritual poetry for troubled teens. He
is currently on probation for the offense. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A preliminary hearing for Walls and Geasey has been scheduled for Dec. 22
at Robert's office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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2 Charged In Robbery, Assault Of Woman, 64 Suspects Were Apprehended At Lehigh Valley Mall 2 Hours After Incident.