A strip club dancer arrested in a South Attleboro, Mass. motel room has been charged with the robbery of $10,000 from a branch of Santander Bank in Cranston Tuesday.

Shannon G. Sampson, 27, whose last known address was 55 Manuel Ave., Johnston, was identified by tipsters after a bank surveillance photo of the robbery suspect was publicized on the Cranston police Facebook page and website and in the news media, said Cranston Detective Capt. Karen E. Guilbeault, acting commander of the Detective Division.

At least one of the tipsters, according to Guilbeault, said Sampson could be found at the Attleboro Motor Inn on Route 1.

At about 3 a.m. Wednesday, Attleboro police officers surrounded the motel, obtained a key card to open the door of Sampson’s room, and, when they discovered the door was secured with a chain lock, forced open the door, according to the Attleboro Sun-Chronicle.

Sampson was found lying in bed with $492 cash including brand new 100-dollar bills, the Sun-Chronicle reported, attributing the information to a police report and Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney. The cash was seized.

The Cranston police accused Sampson of being a fugitive from justice for the robbery of the bank at 555 Reservoir Ave. The Attleboro police confirmed that she was arraigned on that charge in Attleboro District Court and agreed to waive extradition to Rhode Island.

The Attleboro police report, according to Guilbeault, said Sampson gave her occupation as a dancer at Desire strip club in Providence.

Two Cranston officers returned the suspect to Rhode Island, where she was arraigned in District Court, Warwick, on a charge of second-degree robbery. The charge of first-degree robbery requires that a weapon be shown or mentioned during a crime and neither occurred in this case, Guilbeault said.

In the robbery, at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, a woman wearing pink pants and a coat with stars on it showed a note to a teller and got money. She ran to the rear of the bank, past the drive-through, according to Guilbeault.

“We’re still trying to piece it together,” Guilbeault said.