US: When it comes to multi-tasking, it is hard to beat the woman who can rob a bank and never interrupt her cell-phone conversation.
In an act of either incredible cool or something much more sinister, a young woman has robbed four Wachovia bank branches in northern Virginia in recent weeks, all the time seemingly immersed in cell-phone chats.
In the most recent hold-up, a video shows the woman to be almost uninterested as a teller hands her a stack of cash, and she continues talking on her phone as she turns and walks out of the bank.
"This is the first time I can recall where we've had a crime committed while the person was using a cell-phone," said Loudoun County sheriff's spokesman Kraig Troxell, echoing comments by officials from other law enforcement agencies. "The question would be whether anyone is on the other end of the line or not."
In each of the robberies the woman exchanged few or no words with the teller, because she apparently was busy talking to someone else. She scooped up the cash, started walking and kept talking. In the most recent robbery, however, there was a twist: she produced a gun.
The tellers have not been able to hear much of the conversations, police said. Mr Troxell added that the chat from the robber's end on November 4th was mainly a bunch of "OKs".