KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An affidavit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges that Virginia Spencer yelled, “Have a nice day,” as she ran out of a Bank Midwest branch holding a bag with nearly $12,000 of stolen money in it last Friday.
After she and an unidentified accomplice exited the bank in Excelsior Springs, they got into a vehicle reportedly driven by Steven Robinson, who sped away from the bank and nearly hit another customer. That customer called 911 and deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office spotted the car and pursued it until Robinson crashed into a tree in Liberty.
Both Spencer, 28, and Robinson, 22, have been federally charged for their suspected roles in the armed bank robbery. They have each been charged with one count of aiding and abetting others to steal at gunpoint.
Spencer has been charged with an additional count of aiding and abetting another person to use a firearm during a crime of violence. The unidentified accomplice has yet to be charged and remains hospitalized from injuries sustained in the car crash.
Court documents describe that Spencer and her accomplice walked into the bank at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and the accomplice stood in the lobby holding a .32-caliber revolver in the air with a finger on the trigger. After ordering employees to sit, Spencer has been accused of diving on top of a teller counter and opening drawers in search of money.
She’s then said to have pulled herself over the teller counter and came back over with a bag, which authorities said had $11,883 in it when it was recovered from the floorboard of the getaway car. Robinson allegedly drove the getaway car from the 200 block of Jesse James Road to an area near Kings Highway and Dam Road in Liberty where the crash happened.
Spencer and Robinson are residents of Kansas City, Kan. according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and are currently in federal custody until a detention hearing takes place.
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