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Woman pleads to six bank robberies
Posted: 07.12.2011 at 8:11 PM
Jennifer Weiser

Jennifer is the nightside producer for KRCG.

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JEFFERSON CITY -- A Jefferson City woman pleaded guilty to robbing six Missouri banks, two of them in her home town.  Dwashan Trakese Thompson, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing six banks, and taking more than $72,000.

Thompson was charged with robbing four banks in eastern Missouri from December 2009 to September 2010, and with two holdups in Jefferson City last December. 

Thompson is accused of holding up the Missouri Credit Union on December 20, and robbing the drive-through teller at the Hawthorne Bank on Country Club Drive on December 28. 

She was arrested on December 29.

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