A La Crosse woman is jailed and facing charges that accuse her of robbing a South Side tavern at gunpoint early Monday. 
 
 Heidi Thompson, 24, pointed a .22-caliber revolver at a bartender of King's Corner, 1321 S. Eighth St., about 1:50 a.m., according to La Crosse police. 
 
 She asked for cash before a bar patron tried to stun her with a stun gun, police said. Thompson left with an undisclosed amount of cash before police arrested her minutes later in the 1000 block of Jackson Street. 
 
 Thompson confessed to planning the robbery, prosecutors said in court. 
 
 Thompson, a former employee of the tavern, faces armed robbery with use of force and disorderly conduct charges when she appears Tuesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court. She is jailed on a $10,000 cash bond. ||||| A La Crosse man is being charged with a felony. 
 
 after he tried stopping an armed robbery at a local 
 
 bar. 
 
 News 8's Kyle Dimke joins us now with the story. 
 
 Early Monday morning. 
 
 Jeff Steele was at King's Korner. 
 
 A bar on south 8-th street in La Crosse. 
 
 It was just about closing time when a woman walked 
 
 in. 
 
 pointed a gun at the bartender and demanded all money. 
 
 Jeff tried to stop the women. 
 
 and now he's the one in trouble. 
 
 Jeff: 7- I didn't think I did anything wrong by any 
 
 means 
 
 Jeff Steele has lived in the neighborhood surrounding 
 
 King's Korner bar for about 40 years. 
 
 Jeff: 4- it's not really the nicest neighborhood we 
 
 live in 
 
 Which is why Jeff carries a tazer. 
 
 And he used it on Monday morning. 
 
 Colleen: 1- I was in the cooler right over here and 
 
 when I stood up she was standing in the middle of 
 
 the bar with a small hand gun pointed at me 
 
 Jeff: 1- I seen Colleen having to pull money out of 
 
 the till, I looked over and seen the mask and somebody 
 
 with a gun 
 
 24 year old Heidi Thompson was the women underneath 
 
 the mask. 
 
 Colleen: 2- She said, 'OK guys put your hands on your 
 
 head and give me all the money, all the 20's' 
 
 Bartender Colleen Hogan says when she turned around 
 
 with money from the register. 
 
 she saw Jeff walking towards Thompson with his tazer. 
 
 Colleen: 3- I don't think he made contact because 
 
 I could see it sparking, but he definitely startled 
 
 her 
 
 Thompson ran from the bar and was arrested minutes 
 
 later by La Crosse Police. 
 
 But she isn't the only one with charges following 
 
 this incident. 
 
 Jeff is being charged with possession of an electronic 
 
 weapon. 
 
 A felony. 
 
 Because he doesn't have a concealed carry permit for 
 
 his tazer. 
 
 Lisa: 2- you can have it in your home and on your 
 
 private property without a concealed carry permit, 
 
 but you do need to keep a concealed carry permit to 
 
 carry it out in public 
 
 Jeff: 3- when I bought it off the internet it said 
 
 basically that it's legal to have in the state of 
 
 Wisconsin, but didn't go into any depth on it, so 
 
 I assumed that it was legal to carry around, otherwise 
 
 why would you buy one to leave it at home? How is 
 
 it for defense then 
 
 In La Crosse KD N8 
 
 The La Crosse Police Department says because Jeff 
 
 tried help. 
 
 that is why he wasn't immediately taken to jail. 
 
 He is currently on a signature bond. 
 
 It is now up to the District Attorney's office to 
 
 decide wether to pursue the felony charge or not. 
 
 Thanks Kyle. 
 
 The women who robbed the bar is being held on a 10-thousand 
 
 dollar cash bond. 
 
 She is facing charges of armed robbery and disorderly 
 
 conduct.
– A man who tried to stop a robbery in a Wisconsin bar has been charged with a felony because he wasn't supposed to be carrying the Taser he allegedly threatened the suspect with. According to WKBT-TV, Jeff Steele was at the King's Korner bar in La Crosse just before 2am last Monday morning when a masked woman came in, pointed a handgun at the bartender, and demanded money. Bartender Colleen Hogan says she saw Steele walking toward the woman with the Taser. She says he didn't appear to actually use it on the suspect, but the woman was apparently startled by the sight of it and took off. The suspect, a former employee of the bar, was arrested minutes later; Heidi Thompson, 24, has been charged with armed robbery, the La Crosse Tribune reports. Steele was charged with possession of an electronic weapon because he didn't have a permit to carry the Taser. "You can have it in your home and on your private property without a concealed-carry permit, but you do need to keep a concealed-carry permit to carry it out in public," a police spokeswoman tells WKBT. Steele says he bought the stun gun because he lives in a rough neighborhood; he also says when he ordered it online, he was informed that it was legal in Wisconsin, so he assumed it was legal to carry it around. WKBT notes the district attorney's office will make the call as to whether to pursue the felony charge. (Read about more weird crimes from last week.)