A New Jersey women allegedly robbed a bank and took away $60,500 using a water gun painted to look like a real pistol.
According to a report in New York Post, the incident happened in July, when Ciara Brascom brought the squirt gun with her to the TD Bank. She hid the toy gun in her pocket and whipped it out as she reached the teller station.
According to the prosecutors, Brascom then passed a note that read “Give me the money,” and threatened to “use the gun if the bank’s alarm was activated.”
A second teller escorted her to the bank’s vault, where she snatched up the cash and then ran off, New York Post reported.
Officials arrested and charged Brascom m in September, after she met with federal agents in Princeton. Brascom allegedly admitted to authorities that “certain [unspecified] financial difficulties fueled her” to rob a bank, authorities said.
“In particular, she admitted that she went to a store to purchase an imitation, toy gun that looked like an authentic gun to use during the robbery,” the criminal complaint alleges.
“She stated that the store lacked such a toy gun, so she instead purchased a pack of water pistols and can of black spray paint to make it look more realistic,” the complaint reads.
Brascom, now, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, officials said.