Waukegan robbery suspect left debit card, prescription form at scene
A woman suspected of holding up a Waukegan credit union this week wasn't exactly hard to find, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
After all, FBI officials said in court documents, Kimberly Ramirez, 42, of Waukegan left several clues to her identity.
The court documents gave this account:
She dropped her debit card at the credit union during the robbery, used the back of a prescription form that had her name on it to write out a demand note, then paid someone more than $1,200 to drive her back to her apartment after stealing the money.
Ramirez was arrested by Waukegan police and FBI agents after stealing $11,362 from the Consumer Credit Union at 2750 Washington St.
Ramirez entered the credit union at 12:57 p.m. Monday wearing a black hat, sunglasses, a black purse, a light-colored shirt and blue jeans, and walked up to the teller and handed over a note demanding the money.
Ramirez continuously asked the teller if she was "pushing any buttons" behind the counter that could potentially sound an alarm. During this questioning, Ramirez's debit card fell out of her purse.
After collecting the money from the teller, Ramirez fled the credit union and approached a man driving a red vehicle in the parking lot, the court documents said. After a quick discussion, the woman got into the vehicle and took off.
Police called to the scene picked up the debit card, as well as the note, which had Ramirez's prescription written on it.
Lt. Ed Fitzgerald of the Waukegan Police Department said police arrived at Ramirez's apartment complex at 1:35 p.m., just as she arrived at the building.
Ramirez allowed police to search her apartment, and officers discovered $9,932, the black purse, sunglasses and the hat, Fitzgerald said.
Simultaneously, Waukegan officers spotted the red vehicle near the apartment, and the male driver was taken into custody. The driver told officers Ramirez paid him $1,235 for a ride from the bank, Fitzgerald said..
Fitzgerald said police determined he was not part of the robbery, and charges were not filed. The driver returned the money taken in the robbery.
Ramirez is out of jail because of medical issues and awaiting an as-yet undetermined court appearance, authorities said.