Limo-riding bank robber gets prison

A woman who traveled in a limousine to a botched bank robbery attempt probably won't get such swank transportation to her next destination: prison.

Evonne D. Maurice, 22, was sentenced Friday to more than three years in prison for trying to rob a Citizens Bank branch at a drive-up window while using a hired limousine as her getaway car.

Prosecutors say Maurice hired a limo in December 2005 to take her to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, but then told the driver she had missed her flight and needed to visit a bank so she could withdraw money to pay for the ride.

Maurice, of Westbrook, Conn., exited the limousine, walked up to the drive-up window and handed the teller a note demanding money and saying there were bombs in the bank, prosecutors said. But the teller triggered an alarm, and Maurice got back in the limo and left without any money.

Prosecutors say the driver was unaware of the robbery plot.

Maurice was arrested in Tampa, Fla., last year and pleaded guilty in May. U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi sentenced her to three years and one month in prison.