An
unidentified woman entered Grant County Deposit Bank, in downtown
Williamstown, 10 minutes before its 4 p.m. closing time on Wednesday,
April 4 and handed the teller a note.
She walked out a few minutes later with a bag of money in her
hand and seemed to disappear.
“She didn’t speak. She let her note do the talking,”
said Kentucky State Police Capt. Mike Crawford, of Post 6, in
Dry Ridge. “The note made reference to her having an explosive
device
and
that’s all the teller needed to see. She gave the note
to the head teller who gave it to the bank president.”
The woman, described as 5-feet, 4-inches to 5-feet, 5-inches
tall, weighing 130 to 160 pounds, with long, dark hair pulled
into a ponytail, walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
She was wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans, and
had sunglasses pushed onto the top of her head with no attempt
to conceal her face.
While KSP detectives arrived at the bank eight minutes after
the 911 call came to the dispatch center, troopers, deputies
and police were already driving Grant County’s roads,
looking for a blue-green Chevrolet, either a Malibu or Caprice,
that was seen leaving the bank shortly after the robber did.
“We put a net everywhere we could get,” said KSP
Detective Fred Scroggins. “Agencies from Scott, Boone,
Owen, Harrison, Kenton and Pendleton counties, as well as from
Post 12 in Frankfort, combed the roads looking for a car or
driver with that description.”
A sheriff’s deputy and Williamstown police officer were
at the Grant County Courthouse when the robbery occurred, however,
the delay caused by calling 911 rather than using the silent
alarm system possibly changed the outcome, according to Crawford.
“She was in the bank anywhere from three to five minutes,
and that’s a long time as far as robberies go,”
said Crawford. “Using the silent alarm would have made
a difference.”
“Most bank robberies take place in less than one minute,”
added Scroggins.
Crawford said there were between 15-20 people in the bank at
the time of the robbery, including six in the lobby.
No tracking devices were used to trace the cash taken in the
heist.
The last bank robbery in Grant County occurred eight years ago
at the Corinth branch of Eagle Bank. It was never solved.
Calls to the bank president, Bill Dills, and the vice president,
Tom McCandless, were not returned.
Once the photo of the robber was published in the Grant County
News and shown on local television broadcasts, tips were forthcoming,
said Scroggins.
“There’s nothing new to report but the tips keep
coming in,” said Scroggins. “I hope people keep
calling because we’ll chase dead leads over no leads any
day.”
Call KSP Detective Kevin Flick at (859) 428-1212 with any information.
