Ex-bank employee inspired by movie ‘The Town’ convicted of robbery
(MCT) — CHICAGO — A former bank employee who was inspired to rob a bank after watching the critically acclaimed movie, “The Town,” was convicted Wednesday of holding up south suburban bank in May 2011 and escaping with $120,000 in cash.
Navahcia Edwards and her then-boyfriend had donned nuns’ costumes and scary masks that were similar to what the bandits in the movie wore, prosecutors said.
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