IS NAVACHIA EDWARDS BEN AFFLECK STYLE ROBBER?

EDWARDS?

SHE'S  a nun on the run no longer, as cops say Navachia Edwards is one of the brazen robbers who held up a Chicago bank in a heist that looked like a carbon copy of Ben Affleck film "The Town."

Cops claim the 23-year-old she and an unknown accomplice escaped with $120,000 in cash after donning nun's outfits and masks exactly like the one featured in the movie which told the story of a Boston bank crew. 

Cops told the Chicago Tribune Edwards bought two "Adult Funny Nun Costumes" and two "Nun on the Run" masks with a prepaid debit card.

She was caught on a surveillance camera that allegedly captured the purchase.
White zip ties that resemble ones used in the TCF robbery, were also bought with the same debit card.

While investigators say the getaway car used in the robbery looked like one that Edwards had rented.

FBI spokesperson Ross Rice: "It's great physical and incidental evidence, but it took a great deal of effort to put all those pieces together." 

The paper said Edwards' boyfriend was seen checking out the bank a few hours before the robbery, according to the authorities, and had even been caught raising his leg up to the height of the counter, as if to see if it was possible to climb over.
Under FBI questioning, the boyfriend allegedly burst into tears and said "My life is ruined."
Edwards, a former teller, also faces bank embezzlement charges. She is accused of taking $20,000 from a Chase Bank branch where she worked in April. 

The Tribune said she took the money by replacing some $100 bills in bundles with singles, although on that occasion she promised to repay the money.

NUN'S ON THE RUN: HEIST MIMICS BEN AFFLECK FILM

REAL LIFE

THE MOVIE

DRESSED as nuns, the masked raiders walked into the Chicago bank  in a heist that looked like a carbon copy of Ben Affleck film "The Town."
FBI officers were stunned by the CCTV footage from the Palos Heights, CA banks which showed a man and a woman wearing eerie plastic faced disguises with slits for eyes, similar to those  worn by robbers in the 2010 film.
Cops said the suspects pulled out handguns and forced bank workers to hand over cash before they drove off just before closing time at 1:58pm on Sunday afternoon.
Jumping over the counter they ordered a bank teller and the branch manager to the vault where a Nike duffel bag was filled with money.
Then they made quick getaway in a silver four-door Chevrolet, which was seen driving north, according to police.

No customers were in the bank at the time of the robbery and cops are not disclosing how much money was taken.Officers described the female suspect as a black woman, about 5’5 tall, wearing black boots, white gloves and armed with a semi-automatic pistol.
The male suspect is described as a black man, about 5’7 inches tall, wearing black-and-white gym shoes, black-coloured gloves and armed with a revolver.