Accused Adult Store Robber: 'I Did Something Real Bad'

A man accused of tying up a clerk at an adult store in Sarasota last week and robbing the business at gunpoint was arrested Tuesday in Ohio, officials said.

Ernest Krause is suspected of robbing Adult Pursuits, 3480 17th St., on June 18, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Detectives say Krause was armed with a handgun when he entered the business and tied up the clerk.

When another customer entered, Krause fled with an undisclosed amount of cash he had taken from the business and from the clerk's pockets, as well as incense that had been behind the counter, according to the arrest affidavit.

Krause was also arrested in January after officials alleged he was responsible for an armed robbery at a Pizza Hut just a few blocks away from the adult store.

A tipster from Washington County, Ohio, helped lead detectives this week to Krause, who reportedly told friends there he was taking a bus to Ohio because he had "done something real bad," sheriff's spokesperson Wendy Rose said.

Krause is charged with two counts of robbery with a firearm and one count of false imprisonment.