A 63-year-old woman was arrested Friday morning after trying to rob a New Orleans bank while clutching a walker.
“Your bank is being robbed; put money in bag or people are going to get hurt,” read a note that Cathy Lynn Hamilton allegedly passed to a teller at a Chase Bank branch a little after 9 a.m., according to a federal complaint.
A security camera captured Hamilton waiting on line while gripping a four-wheeled walking aid. The teller complied, surrendering $500 to Hamilton, who didn’t make it far, the complaint states. A bank security officer escorted her back inside the branch, where New Orleans Police Department officers soon arrested her. The FBI took Hamilton into custody.
Hamilton, of New Orleans, appeared less mobile than in her last failed bank robbery attempt, in 2014, when she offered a teller a note — “Put money in bag now!” — at a Whitney National Bank branch. After the teller delayed, Hamilton left & was arrested trying to ride off on a bicycle.
She pleaded guilty to a bank robbery charge in 2015 & was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison. Lemelle recommended that Hamilton be evaluated while in prison for substance abuse & “physical & mental health issues.”
Lemelle revoked Hamilton’s probation in 2017, for reasons that are not clear in the court record. Federal prison records show she was released again in 2018.
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Source: New Orleans Times Picayune
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