Officers looking for woman who attempted to rob Mississippi bank
Published 1:29 pm Friday, November 10, 2023
Mississippi law enforcement is looking for a woman who attempted to rob a Mississippi bank.
There was an attempted robbery at Regions Bank in Bassfield Thursday afternoon.
Officials say a black female with her face covered, wearing a black hoody and white gloves rushed into the bank at approximately 3 p.m.
She was seen walking down Hawkins Avenue before entering the bank.
She pulled a gun, pointed it toward a clerk, and said, “This is not a joke.”
After a customer entered the bank, the suspect fled empty-handed on foot down General Robert E. Blount Drive.
She was picked up near Bassfield City Hall in a gray Jeep Renegade.
If you have any information regarding this incident and whereabouts of this individual, please contact the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Department at 601-792-5169.