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Woman sought for bank robberies in Fields Corner and downtown
By adamg on Fri, 12/18/2015 - 3:35pm
Surveillance photo via BPD.
Boston Police report they're looking for a woman they say stuck up the Santander Bank branch at 1442 Dorchester Avenue on Wednesday (two days after some guy held up the Bank of America branch next door) and the Citizens Bank at 40 Summer St. in Downtown Crossing yesterday afternoon.
She's described as white or Hispanic, in her 30s, thin, and averse to masks.
If she looks familiar, contact the FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force at 617-223-6185
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Today’s robbery in Fields
Today’s robbery in Fields Corner was actually the Citizens Bank branch at 217 Adams St. If I heard it right, the suspect is believed to be the same woman who dressed as a man to rob the Bank of America branch across the street on the 14th –also documented on this blog. Sovereign, you better watch out… I have very poor facial recognition skills, but those who do can compare the pictures and decide.
I got some video surveillance footage of the suspect escaping towards Adams St. in her getaway sneakers (the cops have seen it). Notice the insidious Nike product placement on the sweatshirt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGw9BjbKbc
But this is correct she
But this is correct she robbed the Santander on Wednesday
Whoa, she strikes again
I didn't know about today's robbery (was downtown, scannerless, much of the day); my report was about Wednesday's robbery.
In this day and age..
Can't the banks get better cameras? I mean, the technology is there, but so many of these bank robbery video captures look like something that's been recorded to a continuous loop VHS tape via an old video camera.
Even the MBTA has better
Even the MBTA has better cameras than this now. For example.
Here is a attempted response
Here is a attempted response to your question from a dilettante risk analyst: A new, state of the art, professionally installed security system would probably cost the bank $15 to $20k or more. Compare this to the few $hundreds this desperate woman walked away with, and the fact that events like this probably happens only once every few years at this bank. It's also unlikely that a better surveillance system would deter such a person. Moreover, a better quality picture would only improve minimally the odd of her getting arrested, or of the bank recovering the money it gave to her to walk away peacefully.