UPDATE:
Police have identified Kim Funk of Marietta as the suspect in the bank robbery. Police determined she acted alone in the robbery by using a fake weapon of mass destruction.
Funk was charged by East Hempfield Twp Police Detective Christopher Chase with robbery and facsimile weapons of mass destruction.
Charges were filed before MDJ Brian Chudzik who arraigned Funk and set bail at $50,000 cash. Funk was committed to Lancaster County Prison.
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Terrifying moments for bank employees as a woman who claimed she was strapped with a bomb tried to rob the bank.
Nobody was hurt and a state police bomb squad determined there was no explosive device. The FBI and police are now questioning the woman to see if anyone else was involved.
The area around Metro Bank in Rohrerstown was blocked off for two hours Tuesday morning. East Hempfield Township Police say a woman walked in to the bank around 830 a.m. and told employees she had an explosive device strapped to her.
They gave the woman cash, but she left the bank without taking it.
Just outside, an officer from Manor Township stopped the woman and ordered her to put the alleged explosive on the ground. She was immediately taken into custody.
An hour later the state police bomb squad determined the device was not an actual explosive.
Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman says even if that's the case, she could still face a slew of charges including robbery.
“If you go in a bank or store and say you have a bomb on and it's not a joke, it's going to be the same grading as someone pointing a gun at the teller threatening serious bodily injury if they don't give money,” explained District Attorney Stedman.
No name of the woman has been released yet and she is still being questioned by the FBI.
Police have identified Kim Funk of Marietta as the suspect in the bank robbery. Police determined she acted alone in the robbery by using a fake weapon of mass destruction.
Funk was charged by East Hempfield Twp Police Detective Christopher Chase with robbery and facsimile weapons of mass destruction.
Charges were filed before MDJ Brian Chudzik who arraigned Funk and set bail at $50,000 cash. Funk was committed to Lancaster County Prison.
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Terrifying moments for bank employees as a woman who claimed she was strapped with a bomb tried to rob the bank.
Nobody was hurt and a state police bomb squad determined there was no explosive device. The FBI and police are now questioning the woman to see if anyone else was involved.
The area around Metro Bank in Rohrerstown was blocked off for two hours Tuesday morning. East Hempfield Township Police say a woman walked in to the bank around 830 a.m. and told employees she had an explosive device strapped to her.
They gave the woman cash, but she left the bank without taking it.
Just outside, an officer from Manor Township stopped the woman and ordered her to put the alleged explosive on the ground. She was immediately taken into custody.
An hour later the state police bomb squad determined the device was not an actual explosive.
Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman says even if that's the case, she could still face a slew of charges including robbery.
“If you go in a bank or store and say you have a bomb on and it's not a joke, it's going to be the same grading as someone pointing a gun at the teller threatening serious bodily injury if they don't give money,” explained District Attorney Stedman.
No name of the woman has been released yet and she is still being questioned by the FBI.