Woman Chats On Cell Phone While Robbing Bank
Police: Woman Robs Four Banks In Several Jurisdictions
  Investigators say a woman has robbed four banks
while talking on her cell phone. |
Updated: 10:49 am EST November 11, 2005
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Some people just can't stop yakking on their cell phones. Police in the Washington, D.C., suburbs are looking for a woman who chats on her phone while robbing banks. Four Northern Virginia branches of Wachovia bank have been hit in recent weeks, including one last Friday. In three of the holdups, the woman kept talking on her phone, or at least pretended to talk, while holding a box that had the hold-up note attached to it. A spokesman for the Loudoun County sheriff's office told The Washington Post that it's apparently the first case they've ever had of a person committing a crime while continuing a conversation on a cell phone. He said investigators would love to know who's on the other end.The robberies occurred Oct. 12 in Vienna, Va., Oct. 21 in Prince William County, Va., and Oct. 22 in Fairfax County, Va.The woman has been described as a Hispanic woman in her early to mid-20s, about 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 120-130 pounds.The latest robbery happened Nov. 4, in Loudoun County, Va. In that case detectives said she did not have a box, but did display a handgun and handed the teller a note.Anyone with information should call Crime Solvers at (866) 411-TIPS or the police non-emergency number at (703) 691-2131.
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