’Granny bank robber’ did it to support her son |
An American woman dubbed "the Granny Robber" in several bank heists was trying to support a grown son who had fallen on hard times, her defence lawyer said.
Sixty-eight-year-old Barbara Joly has admit...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:02:00 GMT |
Woman accused of kidnapping sister, 86 |
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The sister of an 86-year-old Pittsburgh woman has been charged with kidnapping her sibling in a bid to force her from her squalid apartment, police say.
Laura Stewart, 7...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:35:00 GMT |
Criminal gran gets knitting punishment |
Tuesday, September 30 2008, 20:08 BST
By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter
An 89-year-old grandmother who went on a tyre-wrecking spree in her street has been ordered to knit jumpers for her vi...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:57:00 GMT |
The 65-year-old woman 'behind the £2.4m fraud' |
Wednesday, April 18, 2007A fraudster aged 65 made millions of pounds running a highly organised and 'exceptionally profitable' benefits scam for 13 years, a court has heard.Jean Hutchinson, who had a ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:16:00 GMT |
Smitten at 70, Japan woman on trial for stalking |
TOKYO, Feb 11 (Reuters Life!) - A 70-year-old Japanese woman has gone on trial for bombarding a 79-year-old man with over 200 love letters, repeatedly cleaning his family tombstone and breaking a stal...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:35:00 GMT |
Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police |
Police said 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston was the only resident in the house at the time of the shooting.
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Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:27:00 GMT |
Gun-totin' bar owner, 82, scares off armed robber |
Eighty-two-year-old Josephine Slater never even flinched when she was confronted by a masked bandit with a sawed-off shotgun inside her Midland bar and restaurant.
The owner of Josephine's Bar and Re...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:41:00 GMT |
79-year-old woman charged with trying to rob Chicago bank with toy gun |
Updated: 2:45 p.m. ET Sept 11, 2006
CHICAGO - A 79-year-old South Side woman bearing a toy gun and a visor that read "Princess" has been charged with trying to rob a downtown bank.
Melvena Cooke was ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:33:00 GMT |
85-Year-Old Woman Is "Left" in Bank Vault |
08.09.2006, 10:49 AM
An 85-year-old woman was found in the vault of a Swiss bank when she set off motion detectors hours after the bank was already closed, according to a statement released Wednesday...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:46:00 GMT |
85-Year-Old Woman Fights Off Burglar |
Aug 14, 2006 06:34 AM EDT
A burglar got a little more than he bargained for at Marie Miller's house in Durham, North Carolina.
Miller surprised the intruder when she returned from a trip to the beau...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:35:00 GMT |
