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Mom, Daughter Charged in Bank Robbery
''Updated: Thursday, 05 Mar 2009, 6:12 PM EST Published : Thursday, 05 Mar 2009, 10:58 AM EST''

Little Elm, Texas - Police say they've arrested two women in connection to bank robbery that took place in broad daylight in Little Elm, Texas and it turns out the suspects are mother and daughter.

The Denton County Sheriff's Department busted the duo after catching them on tape. It happened at the First Convenience Bank at the Valley Mall on February 23.

Investigators say 36-year-old Linda Gail Asseff brandished a gun as she robbed the bank, and she had help from her 18-year-old daughter.

"This is the first bank robbery I've investigated in the 16 years in the criminal investigation unit where females have been involved in a bank robbery," said Sgt. Roy Harsh. "Very unusual in my opinion."

The robbery was quick and very low-key. Customers inside the bank didn't even know it was going on. According to the sheriff's department, the mother and daughter handed the teller a note that said," I have a gun, give me the money bitch."

And just as swiftly, the two allegedly took the note back and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash in a bag. Then, they jumped into a getaway car.

The sheriff's department says they used some of the money to pay $750 in back due rent and suspect that the rest was used to buy and traffic drugs.

An anonymous phone tip led law enforcement to Linda Asseff's modest apartment on Pendleton Drive in nearby Martinsburg, West Virginia. No one answered the door when FOX 5 stopped by the apartment, but at least one neighbor was there Tuesday when Asseff was arrested.

"I was upstairs," said Lowell Jenkins, one of Asseff's neighbors. "I heard the noise, I looked out. There was all kind of police cars out here. They stopped a vehicle here and it had some young people in it. They handcuffed them."

While it's rare that women are involved in bank robberies, neighbors say they were especially stunned that the 18-year-old girl would stick up a bank.

"I usually see her with kids getting off a school bus," said Jenkins. "Don't know what would be behind it."

The accused juvenile robber was arrested at her school in Carrollton. She was being held in the Denton County Juvenile Detention Center. Both she and her mother are awaiting execution to Little Elm, where the teen is expected to be charged as an adult.

Both mother and daughter face charges of robbery, armed robbery, theft, conspiracy, assault, and reckless endangerment.

Updated: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 3:32 AM EST

Authorities say that "Dr. Evil and Mini Me"(A name the local police has dedicated to Linda and Amanda Asseff)have escaped and are to be considered armed and highly dangerous. PLEASE TAKE CAUTION IF AND WHEN ENCOUNTERED.

'''If you know anything about the where abouts of Linda Asseff or Amanda Asseff, please call the FBI at :(915) 832-5000. Fax: (915) 832-5259'''