Woman Who Said She Had Bomb During Western Mass Bank Robbery Denied Bail: DA

A woman accused of robbing a Hampshire County bank by threatening to detonate a bomb was ordered held without bail on Monday, Dec. 16, authorities said.

Westfield Bank on Willimansett Street in South Hadley
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Josh Lanier

12/16/2024 3:38 p.m.

Rosa Murillo, 26, pleaded not guilty in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of armed robbery and making a bomb threat, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.

Prosecutors allege Murillo entered the Westfield Bank on Willimansett Street on Wednesday, Dec. 11, and demanded $5,000, warning the teller that a bomb would go off if her demands were not met.

The alarming incident prompted a multi-department investigation, which culminated in Murillo's arrest by Amtrak Police in Springfield on Friday night.

Judge Bruce Melikian ordered Murillo held without bail under the dangerousness statute.

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