'Nuns' on the Run After Bank Heist

Chicago bank robbed by gun-toting pair in habits
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 1, 2011 4:42 AM CDT
'Nuns' On the Run After Bank Heist
This still image, made from surveillance video provided by the FBI, shows an armed robbery at a TCF Bank branch on 6410 West 127th Street in Palos Heights, Ill .   (AP Photo/FBI)

Police are seeking an unholy duo who robbed a suburban Chicago bank dressed as nuns. In a scene straight out of the Ben Affleck heist movie The Town, the handgun-wielding pair jumped the counter and ordered staffers to fill a duffel bag with cash, reports the New York Daily News. The pair, described as a white man and a white woman, fled in a silver Chevrolet. (More nuns stories.)

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