Suspects Wanted In Bank Robberies

Sat., April 1, 2000

From Staff Reports

The FBI is looking for a couple suspected of robbing a bank in Spokane and believed to be responsible for bank robberies in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Colorado.

They are suspects in the robbery of a Missoula bank on Jan. 26. The pair stayed at various hotels in and around Coeur d’Alene before that robbery.

On March 1, a white female entered the U.S. Bank in Idaho Falls. She used a hand-held radio to talk with an accomplice outside.

The FBI believes the suspects are Craig M. Pritchert, 37, and his girlfriend, Nova Guthrie, 26. Pritchert is white, about 6 foot, 180 pounds, with blond or brown hair and brown eyes. Guthrie is 5-foot-4, 130 pounds with brown or red hair.

Anyone with information about the couple is asked to call Crime Check at 456-2233.

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