Missouri authorities have arrested a 78-year-old woman in connection to a heist at a local Bank.
Police in Pleasant Hill said that Bonnie Gooch robbed at Goppert Financial Bank by slipping a teller a note that read in part, “thank you, sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.”
Gooch allegedly has a history of prior bank robbery convictions, The Kansas City Star reports.
Citing court records, the news outlet reported that Gooch entered the Pleasant Hill bank donning a pair of black sunglasses, an N95 mask and all gray clothing, when she allegedly passed the teller a note, reading, this “is a robbery, I need 13,000 small bills… thank you, sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.”
A gun was not used during the alleged robbery, police said, according to the outlet.
The same day, police said they apprehended a “very stern” Gooch during a traffic stop following the alleged robbery. Authorities said she smelled like alcohol and had wads of cash inside her vehicle.
Pleasant Hill Police Chief Tommy Wright called the incident “unusual” and said that, because of her age, authorities are working “to figure out what the next steps are.”
“When officers first approached her, they were kind of confused… it’s a little old lady who steps out,” Wright explained to the outlet. “We weren’t sure initially that we had the right person.”
“It’s just sad,” he added, according to The Star.
The elderly lawbreaker remains in custody on charges of stealing or attempting to steal from a financial institution, jail records show.
She is being held on $25,000 bond.
