'Pink Gloved Bandit' Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
CENTENNTIAL, Colo. (CBS4)- The woman dubbed the "Pink Gloved Bandit" was sentenced on Monday for robbing two banks in April 2014.
Purnice Paris Frazier was sentenced to 20 years in the Department of Corrections on Monday afternoon.
Frazier, 28, of Aurora, robbed the Colorado State Bank and Trust at 15490 E. Hampden Ave. on April 4, 2014. She was dressed in a black hoodie with a pink bandana over her face when she pulled a silver revolver from her purse and ordered the tellers to give her the money in the drawers.
According to court documents, she yelled at the tellers to "put more in" three times while continuing to point the gun at the tellers. She got away with $6,592.50.
On April 24, 2014, Frazier entered the Academy Bank at 9600 E. Hampden Ave. while wearing a black sweatshirt, pink bandana, pink gloves, a black baseball hat and tan purse.
According to court documents, Frazier said that it was a robbery and pointed her gun at tellers while moving from teller to teller until she asked one of them to take her to the vault.
At gunpoint, Frazier ordered three tellers and the bank manager to open the vault and put the money in her purse. She got away with $24,320.00.
The same day Frazier and her roommate were watching the news when they saw a story about the robberies. The roommate confronted Frazier and she eventually confessed. Her roommate demanded she turn herself in.
Frazier called law enforcement and confessed to the crimes the next day. When law enforcement searched her residence they found bundles of cash totaling $15,861.13, a tan purse and pink gloves.
Frazier pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery and menacing a victim with a deadly weapon on April 13, 2015.
"This defendant endangered innocent victims who were simply at work doing their jobs when she robbed them at gunpoint wearing a hood and a mask. In her second bank robbery, just weeks after the first, she held three victims at gunpoint, demanding that they take her into the bank vault to collect even more money before she fled. The successful resolution of this case can be attributed to the professional response and the solid investigation by the Aurora Police Department and the FBI Task Force. We appreciate their work on this case on behalf of the victims and the community," said Deputy District Attorney Tom Byrnes.
