A 74-year-old woman has been accused of robbing a bank after falling victim to an online scam.
Grey-haired Ann Mayers allegedly carried out the heist because she was heavily in debt.
A robber wearing a face mask and carrying two bags went into the branch last Friday (19 Apr).
Cashiers later told the police there was a gun inside one of the bags.
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They told how the crook had ordered one of the clerks to stuff the other bag with cash.
After the robber had fled with her loot by car, the police were called.
After studying CCTV footage, officers identified the car make and model.
They quickly identified Mayers as the alleged owner of the vehicle.
They arrested her at her home in Hamilton, on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, US.
Stolen money and a weapon were found in her car.
Officers recovered $568 (£454) in cash and a loaded revolver from the vehicle.
Her sister Linda told the police that Mayers had been chatting to a man on the internet.
He had told Mayers he was with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
She said her sister had sent him large sums of money borrowed from family and friends.
Linda said she had given her sister $5,000 (£3,993) or more, while a friend had given her $65,000 (£51,910).
Mayers is charged with aggravated robbery with a firearm.
She is also charged with tampering with evidence because she had disposed of the T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms she was wearing during the robbery.
She is now in custody on remand awaiting trial.
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