Bankrobbing Grannie gets 6 years (warning on the picture)

Margaret Ann Thomas-Irving is shown in this July 29, 2003 file photo in Grand Rapids, Mich. Irving was sentenced Tuesday, May 11, 2004 to nearly six years in prison for robbing two Michigan banks while on a trip to visit her son _ a police officer. She also admitted to 10 other robberies in Connecticut and Massachusetts.(AP Photo/U.S. Marshals)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/grandma_robberies
Margaret Ann Thomas-Irving's arrest capped a nine-month crime spree in which the 58-year-old grandmother held up four banks, two savings and loans, two restaurants and two Dunkin' Donuts shops. The robberies netted just under $20,000.

On Tuesday, District Judge Gordon J. Quist sentenced Thomas-Irving to 70 months in prison and ordered her to pay $17,565 in restitution.

Prosecutor Lloyd Meyer was less than sympathetic about her plight.

"When the mortgage is due, it's probably not a great idea to act like Uncle Junior Soprano," Meyer said.

Wow - her son is a cop? You'd think she'd know better... But desperation does strange things to people.

Yes her eyes do have a power to them, no?

She robbed a total of 10 different places and got less than $20k?

Not only is she a criminal, but she's a lousy crook :).

She obviously doesn't pay attention tothe Market or she would have hit a Krispy Kreme.

(No offense to any DU cops.)

it has been my experience.

I can say she'll live through prison.