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    The Rise and Fall of the Bombshell Bandit

    For two months an unusual bank robber shocked, mystified and captivated the US. She was a woman, she was short, young and well-dressed, and she held up a string of banks in quick succession.

    Sandeep Kaur pulled on a wig and adjusted her designer sunglasses in her rear-view mirror. June 6, 2014 was a typically sunny afternoon in California's Santa Clarita Valley and a quiet one, except for the screams of passengers on a nearby roller coaster. Kaur, 24, had been using her iPhone to research bank robberies. It was clearly a high-stakes pursuit. Some robbers escaped with fortunes, while others were captured or even killed by police. She opened the car door and stepped out into the mid-afternoon heat. At just five feet three inches tall, the slender Indian nurse did not boast the muscle of typical bank robbers. She had no weapon or getaway driver. Instead she gripped a hurriedly written note that read:
    TICK TOCK. I HAVE A BOMB.

    If Kaur didn't look like a criminal, she certainly didn't fit the profile of a bank-robbing desperado. When Sandeep Kaur ran from the Bank of the West in Valencia, she had risked her life and liberty for little more than $21,200. Yet she then embarked on a one-woman, five-week crime spree, robbing banks in Arizona, California, and Utah. Inspired by Kaur's bomb threats and glamorous disguises, the FBI named her "the Bombshell Bandit", and appealed for help from the public.

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    Middle Eastern is my guess, for what it's worth.

    If a woman walked in wearing sun glasses and with her head covered, that would be a big clue to what was about to take place. Therefore it's partly the teller's fault.
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    Why should the court need "to understand" anything? Lock her up and let her rot like a crocodiles dinner.

    "Bomb threats" the Fed should be able to hit her with some terrorism charges too.
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