Relatives say a 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of a credit union in Ohio last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems.
A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives. Ann Mayers , who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm and tampering with evidence in Friday's robbery in Fairfield Township, north of Cincinnati.
She woke up one morning and decided to rob the bank,' Dutra said. 'She told us she's mentally fine. She did it because she needed money.'According to a police report, Mayers' sister told police she suspects Mayers was recently scammed out of thousands of dollars by a person she met online claiming to be with U.S. Customs, WLWT reports.If what her relatives say is true, McCroskey called Mayers’ situation “very sad and unfortunate.
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