Police: Armed Woman, 75, Dons Steelers Ski Mask, Holds Up Bank
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. -- Police have captured an elderly woman who they say tried to rob a bank with a gun in West Mifflin on Monday morning.
Officers said the attempted holdup happened at a National City Bank inside a Shop 'n Save grocery store in the Century Square shopping plaza at about 10:30 a.m.
Police said that Marilyn Devine, 75, from Baldwin, wore a Steelers ski mask during the holdup and escaped in a tan Ford Escort with $5,000.
After a five-mile pursuit at speeds of 45 mph, police pulled Devine over.
Devine confessed after being caught, police said.
She is being held at the West Mifflin police station.