A 63-year-old woman was arrested Friday morning after trying to rob a New Orleans bank while clutching a walker.
“Your bank is being robbed; put money in bag or people are going to get hurt,” read a note that Cathy Lynn Hamilton allegedly passed to a teller at a Chase Bank branch in the 1400 block of North Broad Street a little after 9 a.m., according to a federal complaint.
A security camera captured Hamilton waiting on line while gripping a four-wheeled walking aid. The teller complied, surrendering $500 to Hamilton, who didn’t make it far, the complaint states. A bank security officer escorted her back inside the branch, where New Orleans Police Department officers soon arrested her. The FBI took Hamilton into custody.
Hamilton, of New Orleans, appeared less mobile than in her last failed bank robbery attempt, in 2014, when she offered a teller a note — “Put money in bag now!” — at a Whitney National Bank branch on St. Claude Avenue. After the teller delayed, Hamilton left and was arrested trying to ride off on a bicycle, court records show.
She pleaded guilty to a bank robbery charge in 2015 and U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle sentenced her to two years in federal prison. Lemelle recommended that Hamilton be evaluated while in prison for substance abuse and “physical and mental health issues.”
Lemelle revoked Hamilton’s probation in 2017, for reasons that are not clear in the court record. Federal prison records show she was released again in 2018.
As of Monday, Hamilton had not yet appeared in court over her latest arrest.
This lady has got to be mentally ill.
my god
Y’all missing the point though. There are men that will buy that thang…
and broke has to be a horrible existence.
