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Bonnie Gooch walked into Goppert Financial Bank and allegedly handed a note to the teller demanding thousands in cash.
78-year-old Missouri woman arrested on bank robbery charges
Bonnie Gooch, found in her car with cash strewn on the floor, has two past bank robbery convictions.www.bbc.com
She also left a note saying "Thank you sorry I didn't mean to scare you" before driving off with the cash.
Wearing a black N95 mask, black sunglasses and plastic gloves, she entered the bank last Wednesday and slipped the teller a note that said "I need 13,000 small bills", according to court documents obtained by the Kansas City Star.
(does this mean $13,000 in ones? no other source I found gave a number)
After she was given the money, the suspect, later identified by police as 78-year-old Bonnie Gooch, was seen leaving in a Buick Enclave with its handicap registration number on display. Prosecutors say the vehicle pulled out of the bank and onto southbound Highway 7.
Officers were then able to locate Gooch and stopped her vehicle in the Pleasant Hill Animal Clinic parking lot. The suspect smelled strongly of alcohol, prosecutors claim, and police found a large amount of cash in small bills on the floorboard.
Police arrested Gooch. Thursday, she was charged with one count of stealing or attempting to steal from a financial institution. She remains in Cass County Jail, with her bail set at $25,000.
But the recent arrest and charge is not Gooch’s first. According to court records, the woman has at least two other bank robbery convictions.
Her first conviction came out of California in 1977, and more recently, the robbery of a Lee’s Summit bank in 2020.
