Crime & Safety
'Bad Hair Bandit' Who Hit Redmond, Bellevue Banks Gets 10 Years
Federal authorities say Cynthia Lynn Van Holland is responsible for more than 20 bank robberies in four states.
The female bank robber federal authorities dubbed the "Bad Hair Bandit" was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.
Cynthia Lynn Van Holland, 48, will also have to pay more than $33,000 in restitution, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Eastern California.
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Van Holland was linked to one bank robbery in Redmond, one in Bellevue and 19 others across Washington, Oregon, California and Montana. Authorities say she hit the in Redmond on Jan. 27, 2011, and made off with $441.
She in August 2011 after robbing a Bank of the West branch in Auburn, Calif.
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Federal authorities in Seattle dubbed Van Holland the "Bad Hair Bandit" because she wore wigs and other unusual disguises during the crimes.
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