Comments on: 66-year-old woman attempts to rob bank in Grecia

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:23:00 +0000

You may not be wrong, but you are jumping the gun. All the story says is that the lawyer asked for her to be let off because of her age, not that the court agreed. Any good lawyer would ask this and more, but it doesn’t mean the client will get it. My bet is that there’s a guilty conviction without jail time, in part because of age but in part because the prisons are so overcrowded that a even a young Nica wouldn’t be incarcerated for a robbery in which the only weapon was a note (at least assuming that the woman was not part of a team serious about the threat). I’m thinking that the woman is a few cards short of a full deck and this is really a mental health rather than a criminal issue, although I’m not sure CR has mental health services for people like her. However, without more facts, we really don’t know anything.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:47:00 +0000

She used to slip Mickies in unsuspecting gringos’ drinks at the Del Rey back in the 70s.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:28:00 +0000

Senior citizens get a free pass. Nice! Now I bet if she was from Nicaragua they would have thrown the book at her. Double standard with age and country… Or where am I wrong.

By: Fernando Gerdano

Fernando Gerdano — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:41:00 +0000

Did she just lose her job at Intel?

By: mhogan

mhogan — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:31:00 +0000

I would say this speaks to the desperation of people in Costa Rica. More to come.

By: Douglas Hotchkiss

Douglas Hotchkiss — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:11:00 +0000

it’s hard to make a quick getaway at 66..