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Bad Hair Bandit: local tie

Aug. 17: Van Holland’s booking mug
Aug. 17: Van Holland’s booking mug

 Van Holland’s booking mug

A series of bank robberies involving a woman wearing a variety of wigs may be the work of a nurse employed at the Kootenai County Jail until last week.

The FBI announced Wednesday that Cynthia Lynn Van Holland, 47, is believed to be the serial robber nicknamed the Bad Hair Bandit, who’s been on the FBI’s most-wanted list since June and is suspected in at least 20 robberies in four states.Meghann Cuniff, SR  More here.

Bank robbers most always get caught. Was she dumb, desperate or both?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.