Coloradoan staff

A Weld County babysitter netted $500 — and a trip to the county jail — when she allegedly robbed a Severance bank through its drive-thru window by claiming the two children in her care were in danger.

Rachel Einspahr, 28, was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of felony robbery and two counts of child abuse after sheriff's deputies say she duped a teller into giving her money by claiming that a man in her SUV was threatening to harm her children. Einspahr allegedly used the drive-thru window's vacuum tube to deliver a note demanding money to a teller at the Colorado East Bank & Trust, who, believing the children were in danger, gave her $500.

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Following the robbery, Weld County Sheriff's Office investigators learned that Einspahr was employed to babysit two children who were in the vehicle with her at the time of the robbery. The children were unharmed during the robbery, according to a release.

Deputies on Friday said they detained two suspects after finding a vehicle matching the description of that used in the robbery a short distance from the bank. Einspahr was arrested as a result of the investigation and is being held at the Weld County Jail. No further information was released on Monday about the second person who was detained.

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