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Woman arrested after spree of bank robberies

Original post made on Aug 8, 2016

An East Palo Alto woman who police say took part in at least nine bank robberies over the summer, including one in Palo Alto earlier this month, was arrested on Aug. 3 after investigators traced a finger print from bank pamphlet back to her.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, August 8, 2016, 12:34 PM

Comments (3)

Posted by Thanks
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 8, 2016 at 8:45 pm

Nice work by our local police!

Someday just the DNA dropped from skin cells of the perps will ID them (no way to stop shedding that)


Posted by Yay!
a resident of Duveneck School
on Aug 8, 2016 at 11:02 pm

Great job, law enforcement!

How did she think a black wig would hide her identity much?


Posted by Sylvia
a resident of Midtown
on Aug 9, 2016 at 12:02 pm

So, it turns out that the bank robber with the wig WAS a woman. Lots of people on an earlier thread swore up and down that it was a man. I didn't think so, based on the feminine looking hand that was also in the picture that was shown.


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