Earlier this week we had the Granny in Kansas (first link below) pounding an attacker into unconsciousness with a frying pan ("I beat him down," she said), and today we have a story from Minnesota about a 70-year-old Granny who allegedly robbed a bank after first duping a 26-year-old man to act as her getaway driver (second link below)! (No word yet whether Granny also had an unwitting "second story man" on the payroll for the heist).The man (Luke Even Weimert) says he thought he was just doing a "good deed" for Granny (Sandra Leaann Bathke) by taking her in his Jaguar down to the bank so that she could pull some money out to pay her rent. Bank employees say Granny entered the joint, claimed to be packin' more heat than a Granny Clampett, and told them to cough up the dough.
Then Granny allegedly hit the pavement $3700 richer. She jumped in the Jag, and Luke Even Weimert even tried to drive her home. But apparently he neglected to "step on it" enough and to watch for tails, since Luke Even Weimert was even followed by the bank's vice president for eight miles. This even gave the VP enough time to write down Luke Even Weimert's license plate number and car description. Can you say: Granny Busted!
Cops quickly pulled over the Jag and cuffed & stuffed Granny. Even Luke Even Weimert was arrested as well, although he was later released and not even charged after telling his even-handed story to the cops. But Granny's going to need some epsom salt for the hot water that she's in!
Granny's currently being held in the can and may have a longer stint in store in the state hoosegow since she's facing a bevy of felony charges. And to think -- she might have been able to escape arrest in the first place if she had just thought to bring along a frying pan on this piece of work.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/15/2521879/kansas-woman-knocks-out.html
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