SMITH COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Smith County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman connected to a bank robbery in Kensington, Kansas, according to a media release from the KBI.
On Monday morning, June 6, at around 10:15 a.m., a woman robbed the Farmers National Bank at 133 S. Main St. in Kensington, Kansas. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office responded to the location and found Jennie R. Aanenson, 51, of Agra, Kansas, outside of the bank. Aanenson was detained.
The KBI was asked to assist at approximately 10:30 a.m. When questioned, Aanenson reported that she was forced by two men to rob the bank while armed with a bomb that was in her bag. She also claimed that her infant daughter was abducted by the men who left the area while she was inside the bank.
The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) and the Smith County Sheriff’s Office immediately began searching for the reported vehicles. Also assisting in the case were the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office and the Osborne County Sheriff’s Office.
KBI agents arrived to assist, and concluded that no child was abducted, and that Aanenson does not have an infant daughter. KHP’s Hazardous Devices Unit responded to the bank, and determined that the device was not a bomb.
Monday evening, Aanenson was arrested for suspected aggravated robbery with a dangerous weapon, aggravated criminal threat, and two counts of interference with law enforcement. She was booked into the Smith County Jail. Formal charges are pending.
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UPDATE 6p.m. from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
On Monday morning, June 6, at around 10:30 a.m., the KBI responded to a bank robbery that occurred at the Farmers National Bank at 133 S. Main St. in Kensington, Kansas. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office detained one female subject outside of the bank.
The woman was questioned and reported that she was forced by two men to rob the bank while armed with a bomb. She also reported that her infant daughter was abducted by the men who then left the area. Upon further investigation,
law enforcement concluded that many of her statements were not credible. It has been determined that the device was not a bomb, and that the woman does not have an infant.
Once the subject is arrested, we will provide her name and booking information to you.
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SMITH COUNTY —The Phillips County Sheriff's Department reported around 2 p.m. that a suspect is in custody.
"No child or other persons of interest are being sought at this time," according to the department's Facebook page.
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SMITH COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities in north-central Kansas were looking for a shooting victim, two robbery suspects and an eight-week-old baby following an attempted bank robbery in Kensington Monday morning.
Just before 10:30a.m., according to a social media report from the Smith County Sheriff's Department, a woman entered a bank in Kensington, in an attempt to rob the bank. She made a bomb threat. She left the bank and two male suspects with the woman drove away and took her 8-week old baby girl.
Law enforcement in Kensington and surrounding towns were working to locate the suspects and the baby.
One suspect was described as wearing jeans, a white tee-shirt had a gold tooth and three teardrop tattoos under an eye.
The second suspect was described as wearing jeans and a green and white flannel shirt with cut-off sleeves.
The suspects were reported driving a white passenger van with a touch screen and Texas license plates. The gunshot victim was described as driving a Black Jeep four-door, Wrangler.
Check the Post for additional details as they become available.