Brittney Sykes and Emma Westhusing had been talking about robbing a bank for about a month when the duo allegedly pulled a heist Monday at an Oregon credit union.
The weapon-free robbery netted them $1370–for 20 minutes, at least.
The novice criminals–Sykes, 23, handed the teller a note, while Westhusing, 19, drove the getaway car–were almost immediately undone by a tracking device that the teller placed among the 48 bills she forked over.
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