Woman Arrested For Trying To Rob Worcester Webster Five Bank

WORCESTER, MA — Worcester police have arrested two local suspects in an attempted bank robbery along Chandler Street on Wednesday morning.

At around 11:30 a.m., a woman walked into the Webster Five bank, claimed she had a weapon, and told the employees to put their hands in the air. She then left the bank and got into a Subaru waiting in the parking lot of a next-door pizza shop.

Police later found the Subaru near the intersection of Grand and Canterbury streets. They arrested Linda Cook, 40, and Christopher Mara, 36, on armed attempted robbery charges and warrants.