FBI Seeks Woman Suspected of Robbing Bank in New Brighton

On June 18, 2012 at approximately 2:50 p.m., a lone, white female robbed a U.S. Bank branch located 2299 Palmer Drive in New Brighton, Minnesota. The robber entered the bank and waited in the teller line. After a short wait, the robber approached the victim teller and presented a note to the teller, demanding cash. The note also implied that the robber possessed a gun.

The victim teller complied with the robber’s demand and provided the robber with an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency. The robber took the U.S. currency, placed it into a small backpack, and left the bank on foot.

The robber was further described as being approximately 5’8” in height and weighing 180 lbs. She wore a grey sweater, a dark-colored fishing hat, dark pants, and carried a small backpack.

U.S. Bank is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the conviction of this bank robber. Anyone with information concerning this robbery should contact the FBI at (763) 569-8540.

A Look at Women Police Writers

March is Women’s History Month. Nearly 600 state and local police officers in the Untied States have written books. And, twenty-one of those police officers are women. Like their male counterparts, they have written fiction, autobiographies, academic texts and even poetry. Interestingly enough, the most successful writer of romantic fiction is a retired male motorcop. Put the motorcop aside for the moment and let’s take a brief tour of the history of women police officers as writers.

Women in Policing

There is some disagreement about who should be thought of as the first women police officer in the United States. In 1910, Alice Stebbin Wells joined the Los Angeles Police Department and was the first woman to be called a “Policewoman.” However, in 1905, Lola Baldwin was hired by Portland Police Department (Oregon), given somewhat limited police powers and put in charge of group of social workers.
It has been said that Baldwin was the first woman to have sworn authority. Still earlier, in 1893, Mary Owens was given the rank of Policeman in the Chicago Police Department. While Owens worked in the department 30 years, she had been given this title and job as the widow of a slain officer. At that time in our history, lacking today’s survivor benefits, some organizations took care of the police family by providing widows with jobs within the department.

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