Woman Charged in Two Bank Robberies

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News Release: 09/182/2231/sb/(3)
July 2, 2009

Woman Charged in Two Bank Robberies

Mclean police District - A 24-year-old woman was arrested after a bank robbery on Wednesday, July 1. Around 4:05 p.m. a woman entered the Cardinal Bank, located at 8270 Greensboro Drive, and approached two female tellers, 20 and 42 years old, at the counter. She reportedly brandished a handgun and demanded money from the victims. They complied and the suspect fled from the bank. No one required medical assistance.

Detectives investigating the bank robbery developed a suspect and in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 2, Stephanie Marie Nightingale, 24, of 4497 Holly Avenue in Fairfax, was arrested. Further investigation determined she was reportedly responsible for an additional bank robbery on Friday, June 5 at the M&T Bank, located at 11721 Lee Highway in the Fairfax area. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/2009/060509bankrob.htm Nightingale was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Stephanie Nightingale