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Kenyan lady tries to rob a bank with a hammer
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The 36-year-old Evelyn Misumi is now in Custody. (Courtesy)
TEXAS—A Kenyan woman, identified as Evelyn Misumi was arrested in Texas on Wednesday after she tried to rob a Bank of America branch in Texas armed with a hammer, gasoline & lighter fluid.
According to Fox4, Misumi had on Thursday poured gasoline oil in the lobby of Bank of America in Murphy, Texas, threatening to set the building on fire in an attempted robbery.
Bank tellers however discretely alerted the police who promptly arrived and found the suspect as she was leaving the scene of crime.
When police arrived at the scene, they tried to use paper spray to subdue her, but she pulled a 9-month-old baby from her car and “attempted to use the child as a shield,” police say.
The Texas woman is said to have pulled the child out of the car, using it as a human shield to deter the police from firing at her for fear of harming the youngster.
“Police elected not to draw weapons as no immediate danger to themselves or surrounding individuals was apparent,” the department said in a news release.
Evelyn was taken to Collin County jail. The child was taken to Children’s Medical Center as a precaution.
Evelyn faces robbery and child endangerment charges.
