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Chester bank robber claims her need for crack sparked crimes

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CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) -

A woman arrested for a number of armed bank robberies in Chester says she lost her mind and needed money so she could smoke crack-cocaine.

Police say Touwana Tate-Edwards admitted to robbing four banks in Chesterfield since July of last year along West Hundred Road in Chester, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Investigators say she stole as much as $10,000. The paper reports Tate-Edwards will be sentenced in June. 

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