86-Year-Old Woman Placed On Probation For Bank Robbery Guilty Plea
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — An 86-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to charges in a Philadelphia bank robbery has been placed on a year's probation.
Court records indicate Emily Coakley entered pleas to lesser charges of possession of an instrument of crime and simple assault while charges including robbery and theft were withdrawn.
Police: 86-Year-Old Woman Robs Bank At Gunpoint
Police say Coakley had a handgun when she demanded $400 from a TD Bank in the University City neighborhood on Nov. 21.
The district attorney's office said Tuesday that Coakley believed the bank had shorted her $400. Prosecutors cited her health issues and the fact the gun was empty as factors in the plea deal for non-reporting probation.
Coakley's attorney hasn't returned a phone call seeking comment.
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