Police: Woman Caught After Robbing Babylon Bank

A 44-year-old Bayport woman has been charged with robbing two banks and detectives are investigating if she is behind other recent bank robberies as well, police said.

Julia Rigby was arrested soon after she robbed a bank in Babylon Friday afternoon, police said.

According to police, Rigby entered the New York Commercial Bank (NYCB) located at 400 Main Street and presented a note to a teller stating that she was armed and demanded money at about 3:10 p.m.

The teller complied with Rigby’s demands and gave her an undetermined amount of cash before Rigby fled the scene in a red vehicle, police said.

Witnesses at the bank provided responding officers with a description of the suspect’s vehicle, which was then spotted a short time later in the vicinity of Hubbards Path in West Babylon, police said.

Rigby attempted to flee when officers tried to pull her over, but she was captured after she crashed her car into a fence at about 3:21 p.m., police said.

Rigby is currently charged with two counts of third degree robbery–for Friday’s robbery in Babylon and the robbery of an HSBC Bank, located at 85 Route 109, in West Babylon on April 2, police said. She is also charged with reckless driving and petty larceny for an unrelated theft from Kohl’s in Bay Shore on Feb. 27, police said.

Anyone who has information concerning the robberies is asked to call the Pattern Crimes Unit at 631-852-6726.

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