Police: Woman arrested after robbing Abington Twp. bank

ABINGTON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- A 58-year-old Somerton woman is accused of robbing a bank in Abington Township by using a starter pistol to hold up the teller.

Nijole Snezhko is facing robbery charges, after police say she walked into the Key Bank in Huntington Valley and pulled out a gun.

They say she demanded money and then told the teller to come with her.

But the teller refused to go, and investigators say Snezhko fled.

Police caught up with her a short time later,and say they found the money and the gun - which was a starter pistol in her vehicle.

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