‘Cellphone Bandit’ Gets 12 Years in Bank Heists
After tearfully apologizing to the bank tellers she had robbed, the woman dubbed the “cellphone bandit” was sentenced in Alexandria to 12 years in prison.
Candice R. Martinez, 20, gained notoriety when a surveillance camera video showed her calmly chatting on her cellphone while a nervous teller complied with a note demanding cash.
That videotaped heist -- the first of four -- netted about $14,000, and was followed by robberies in Springfield, Manassas and Ashburn. In the final robbery, a teller reported that Martinez flashed a gun.
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