Gun toting stripper Lee Grace Dougherty still on the lam

Gun toting stripper Lee Grace Dougherty still on the lam 

A thrill-seeking Florida stripper Lee Grace Dougherty and her AK-47-wielding brothers went on a multistate crime spree yesterday even ignoring their heartsick mother's plea to give themselves up.

Dougherty's mom made her appeal after the FBI launched a nationwide manhunt for alleged "Dougherty Gang" bank robbers Lee Grace Dougherty, a 26-year-old stripper; her brother Ryan Dougherty, 21; and their half-brother, Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26. The  "Dougherty Gang"  has been on a multistate crime spree since last Tuesday, when the group allegedly opened fire on a Zephyrhills, Fla., Police officer who was looking to chase down their white Subaru for speeding. The officer was not hurt, but one of the 20 bullets they unleashed on shot out one of his tires and effectively ended the chase.

The same day the Doughertys turned up about 200 miles away at a Georgia bank.All three,were masked and armed with AK-47s, shot up the bank ceiling before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The ring leader Lee Grace who works as a stripper at Cheaters in Cocoa Beach had been wanted by police on a probation violation.The FBI believes the trio first tried to flee the highway cop because of Ryan Dougherty, who was sentenced Aug. 1 to 12 years of probation for "sexting" 400 explicit text messages to an 11-year-old girl he met on MySpace.

Lee Grace has previously boasted of her penchant for wreaking havoc, particularly with her brothers. "I love to farm and shoot guys and wreck cars," she wrote on her Flickr.com profile page. "I'm a redneck and proud of it, I like causing mayhem with my siblings."

A police search turned up an abandoned home that Dougherty trio had recently shared turned up an expansive underground bunker, believed to have a been a place to stockpile weapons . "I don't think this will end happily," said Lee Grace's fiancé of seven months, college math teacher Brendon Bookman.