Report: Suspects 'Googled' how to rob a bank

Katie de la Rosa | Fort Collins Coloradoan

Show Caption Hide Caption Police chase robbery suspects into Wyoming Two suspects were taken into custody just north of the state line.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The two suspects in the bank robbery last week that led to a high-speed chase into Wyoming were transferred back to Fort Collins on Wednesday and were booked into the Larimer County Jail.

Kody Davis, 33, and Amanda Davis, 31, both of Texas, were charged with criminal conspiracy, robbery and theft. Davis, who was allegedly driving the gold PT Cruiser that led law enforcement on pursuit of 120 mph that ended after it ran over spikes just north of the state border, was also charged with vehicular eluding and reckless driving.

Recently unsealed arrest affidavits provided more details about that Thursday afternoon.

According to the arrest report, Kody Davis and Amanda Davis — whom is referred to as Menard in the affidavits — moved to Colorado on March 15, a day after Davis lost his job in Texas. Menard said they chose Colorado partly because of legalized marijuana, which she said she uses to treat stomach pains.

While en route, the duo stopped in Black Hawk, Colo., where Menard said they lost all their money gambling. The next morning when they arrived in Denver, they had only enough money for gas. Hungry and broke, they discussed robbing a bank.

Menard then "Googled how people got caught after bank robberies on her phone," according to the affidavit. She also searched different bank locations and they both settled on the Great Western Bank on 1530 E. Mulberry St. as "a good bank to rob." Menard admitted it was her idea, and Davis only went along with it.

Davis told Larimer County Sheriff's Office investigators that he has to pay $3,000 a month in child support and he and Menard were "tired of living poor" in Texas. He said they "did something stupid" at the bank and claimed he would not have done it had Menard not talked him into it.

Last Thursday, the first alert of the robbery that came about 3:32 p.m. was from the transmitter placed inside the "bait money" at a bank that is activated once it crosses a designated boundary. The 911 call, from whom police called '"a fast-thinking witness," came moments later, after she reportedly chased Menard outside. The witness told Menard to stop and that she was calling the police.

Once Menard walked out, after allegedly handing the teller a note that read, "Take money out and put it in the bag," along with a brown leather bag, the teller screamed, "The lady just took my money! I've been robbed!" That prompted the witness to chase Menard into the parking lot, where she obtained a detailed description of both Menard and the PT Cruiser that she later gave to police.

They had gotten away with $597.