GOOD SAMARITAN HELPS GRANNY ROB BANK

MINNESOTA:  A 70-year-old woman who allegedly warned a Minnesota bank teller she had a gun and wanted cash, left with nearly $4,000, but she and her unsuspecting getaway driver didn't get far.


Sandra Bathke, of Janes, Minn., was followed by a bank employee until police caught up to them and arrested Bathke, authorities said.

"An elderly woman entered the bank and approached a bank teller saying that she wanted money and that she had gun," said a statement released by Tom Doherty, the LeSueur County Sheriff. "An undisclosed amount of money was given by the teller and the suspect exited the bank."

The heist occurred Wednesday when Bathke recruited Luke Weimart, 26, to drive her to the Elysian Bank so she could make a withdrawal to pay her rent, police said.


Weimart's mother is Bathke's landlord and he thought he was doing Bathke a favor. He didn't realized that when she came out of the bank he unwittingly became a getaway driver, according to police.

~ Courtesy of ABC News