‘Pink Lady’ bank-robbery suspects arrested by FBI in Charlotte
The FBI in Charlotte has charged two people in a series of “Pink Lady” bank robberies along the East Coast, two of them in North Carolina.
Circe Baez, 35, and Alexis Morales, 38, were arrested at the Charlotte Speedway Inn & Suites on Sunday after a multi-state investigation, an FBI news release said.
Baez is accused of robbing Southern Bank in Ayden, N.C.; BB&T in Hamlet, N.C.; Orrstown Bank in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.; and M&T Bank in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, between July 20 and July 26, the release said
Additional evidence gathered after the robbery in Hamlet identified Morales as an accomplice in the crimes, the release said.
Both were taken to the Pitt County Detention Center and jailed on $4 million bail each.
Both likely face more charges from other state and federal agencies, the release said.
The crimes acquired the “pink lady” nickname because the suspect carried a pink handbag in several of the robberies while handing the teller a note demanding cash.
This story has been corrected from a previous version to state that the suspects Baez and Morales are a woman and a man.
This story was originally published July 29, 2019 at 10:21 AM.