01/10/12  73 Year Old Woman Forced to Try Bank Robbery

 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas authorities are searching for a man suspected of holding a 73-year-old woman and her husband hostage and then trying to force her to rob a bank by strapping a device to her ankle that he said was a bomb.

Police say Betty Davis told the Fayetteville bank's employees about the device and everyone left the building safely except her. A bomb squad was then able to remove the device and it was being tested to see if it really was dangerous.

Police say Davis said a man had been holding her and her husband hostage at their Washington County home. Sheriff's deputies found her husband tied up at home but unharmed.