Number's Up For Cell Phone Bandit
Mug shot offers first glimpse of Virginia suspect's left ear
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Number's Up For Cell Phone Bandit
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Number's Up For Cell Phone Bandit
NOVEMBER 15--Meet Candice Martinez. The Virginia woman, 19, is suspected of being the so-called Cell Phone Bandit who recently robbed four banks while apparently pretending to be yakking on a cell phone. Martinez, pictured at right in a bank surveillance photo, was nabbed early this morning, a day after Fairfax County cops obtained a warrant charging her with robbery. Martinez, pictured below in her mug shot, is expected to be charged in connection with four Wachovia bank heists occurring between October 12 and November 4. During an October 22 stickup, police claim, Martinez handed a teller a box with a note attached demanding cash. According to an FBI affidavit (which you can find here), Martinez admitted to investigators that she committed the four robberies. She also claimed that the heists were planned by her boyfriend/getaway driver Dave Chatram Williams, who was arrested yesterday and admitted his wheelman's role, according to the affidavit. (4 pages)
