EAST PALO ALTO (KRON) — Palo Alto police have arrested a 27-year-old serial female bank robbery suspect in East Palo Alto on Thursday, police said.
Police said Mary Alailupe Mapa robbed the Star One Credit Union in Palo Alto last week. Officers arrested Mapa in her home.
“In the aftermath of our case, detectives from the Palo Alto Police Department worked collaboratively with their counterparts from numerous allied law enforcement agencies (including the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety) and were able to connect Mapa to our robbery,” police said in a press release.
Police said Mapa was involved in at least nine different bank robberies in the Bay Area.