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Couple robs multiple banks in Alabama

Updated: Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010, 8:53 AM CST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 6:31 PM CST

FLOMATON, Ala. (WALA) - BONNIE & CLYDE?

It's a real life Bonnie and Clyde. In two small South Alabama towns there have been two bank robberies over the last few days. The latest was Monday afternoon at United Bank in Flomaton, where surveillance cameras caught the pair in action. The video shows them calmly pass notes, demanding money in certain denominations. When they got their money, they calmly walked out.

"It was a well thought out plan. Because looking at the video you would just think they were everyday, ordinary people doing their banking business," Flomaton Police Chief Terri Tolbert said.

Chief Tolbert said the robbers even told the tellers not to put dye packs in with the cash.

"They specifically said, 'Do not put those in there,'" she said.

MULTIPLE ROBBERIES

If it sounds like the suspects have done this before, that's because authorities believe they have. A similar robbery was committed last Thursday at a Wachovia Bank in Florala, Alabama. The surveillance pictures from the two robberies show a pair of suspects that look very similar.

"They both wore the same type of headgear. The male having a toboggan and the female having a ball cap on with a pony tail," Chief Tolbert said.

Authorities say the difference between the two robberies is how they left. In the Florala robbery they left on foot. In Flomaton, they fled down the highway in an old Chevy pickup truck.

SUSPECTS DESCRIPTIONS

The suspects are young, white, and have slim builds. According to witnesses, the female has a large tattoo on the right side of her neck. Authorities are warning banks along the Florida-Alabama line to be vigilant and asking anyone with information to come forward. The police want them caught before they strike again.


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