US woman, 78, charged with bank robbery for third time

Prosecutors say the woman was later stopped in a car with cash scattered on its floor and was very stern' with police

A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions faces new charges after allegedly carrying out a heist in Missouri during which she handed a teller a note that said I didn't mean to scare you".

Bonnie Gooch has been jailed on a $25,000 bond after she was charged with one count of stealing or attempting to steal from a financial institution in the holdup last Wednesday in Pleasant Hill, the Kansas City Star reported.