Senior living must have been too dull for one elderly Philadelphia woman who decided to turn to criminal activity at age 86 and rob a bank at gunpoint.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">86-year-old woman accused in attempted bank robbery <a href="https://t.co/7rOrZmxrGN">https://t.co/7rOrZmxrGN</a> <a href="https://t.co/HYstYibWIy">pic.twitter.com/HYstYibWIy</a></p>— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX29philly/status/933198363788435456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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University of Pennsylvania police were alerted to a robbery at the TD Bank at 3735 Walnut St. Tuesday after a woman came and demanded $400 dollars. Police say Emily Coakley has been identified as the robber who even brandished a gun during the brazen act. Coakley has been charged with aggravated assault, robbery and other charges stemming from the bank robbery.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/FOX29philly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOX29philly</a> Police say Emily Coakley entered bank,pulled gun & demanded $400 she thought Bank owed her.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fox29?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fox29</a> <a href="https://t.co/AfSUodPLjO">pic.twitter.com/AfSUodPLjO</a></p>— Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) <a href="https://twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/933461562270117888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Images were taken of Coakley after her arrest show her being escorted by officers from the bank and using a walker. Bank robbery charges usually carry a sentence of up to ten years with the exception of some nonviolent, mitigating circumstances.
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Source: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/11/22/police-elderly-woman-robs-bank/
Think deeper…. A jail for senior citizens is much better than any Nursing home or trying to live off Social Security. I actually expect to see more of this in the future from those that have had a hand out all their lives.