08-19-2011, 11:33 AM
one down. 
A woman the FBI believes robbed as many as 20 banks throughout the West worked as an LPN at an Idaho state prison facility where she likely met the convicted forger who investigators say drove the getaway car.
Cynthia Van Holland, 47, was arrested on Monday with her husband, 26-year-old Christopher Scott Alonzo, after a bank robbery in Auburn, California.
Authorities say Van Holland is the 'Bad Hair Bandit,' who used wigs to disguise herself during bank heists in Montana, Oregon and Washington state.
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Caught: Cynthia Van Holland, 47, was arrested on Monday after a bank robbery in Auburn, California
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Accomplice Van Holland was arrested with her husband, 26-year-old Christopher Scott Alonzo
Alonzo, a northern Idaho resident, spent time in Idaho prisons and jails on fraud, forgery and escape convictions.
Placer County, California, sheriff's Lt Mark Reed said witnesses saw Van Holland jumping into a car just after a robbery in Auburn. She and Alonzo were arrested a short distance away on Interstate 80.Investigators believe Van Holland met Alonzo while he was incarcerated at an Idaho Department of Correction facility and she worked as a nurse for a private contractor, Correctional Medical Services.
A woman the FBI believes robbed as many as 20 banks throughout the West worked as an LPN at an Idaho state prison facility where she likely met the convicted forger who investigators say drove the getaway car.
Cynthia Van Holland, 47, was arrested on Monday with her husband, 26-year-old Christopher Scott Alonzo, after a bank robbery in Auburn, California.
Authorities say Van Holland is the 'Bad Hair Bandit,' who used wigs to disguise herself during bank heists in Montana, Oregon and Washington state.
Caught: Cynthia Van Holland, 47, was arrested on Monday after a bank robbery in Auburn, California
Accomplice Van Holland was arrested with her husband, 26-year-old Christopher Scott Alonzo
Alonzo, a northern Idaho resident, spent time in Idaho prisons and jails on fraud, forgery and escape convictions.
Placer County, California, sheriff's Lt Mark Reed said witnesses saw Van Holland jumping into a car just after a robbery in Auburn. She and Alonzo were arrested a short distance away on Interstate 80.Investigators believe Van Holland met Alonzo while he was incarcerated at an Idaho Department of Correction facility and she worked as a nurse for a private contractor, Correctional Medical Services.