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Suspect uses phone to rob Bloomington bank

Dacia Roberts was arrested Sunday on the charge of stealing about $2,000 from Peoples State Bank on Saturday, according to police records.

Roberts is suspected of robbing the bank just before noon by showing the teller a message she had typed, but not sent, on her cellphone.

“Give me all the 20s from the drawer, because I need a new heart, and I have a bomb strapped to my chest,” the message said.

The teller placed about $2,000 on the counter. The suspect took the money. When the teller started to get more cash, the suspect said she didn’t want more and left the bank.

The Bloomington Police Department found no explosives when they searched the car Roberts drove.

Roberts initially offered to return the money, claiming the teller made a mistake. She later confessed she had stolen it.

Roberts was also involved in a separate disturbance earlier in the day at a Hardee’s.

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