Maria Montesino, 42, told a bank teller at the Grow Financial Federal Credit Union in Tampa that a man was outside with a bomb, according to police.

TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa Police have arrested 42-year-old Maria Montesino for the robbery of Grow Financial Federal Credit Union on September 17th. Montesino allegedly entered the bank and claimed a man outside had instructed her to commit the robbery,

Investigators are searching for a woman who they said robbed a Tampa bank before taking off Tuesday afternoon.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Police are searching for a woman who allegedly robbed a bank Tuesday afternoon in Tampa. Police were called at about 2:40 p.m. to the Grow Financial Federal Credit Union on North Oregon Avenue after a woman entered the bank and demanded money from a teller, according to the Tampa Police Department.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Castle Rock Police Department assisted Edgewater police and eventually took the suspect into custody in Castle Rock – 31.6 miles away from the bank. Police said there was no threat to the public.