Crystal R. Little, 29, formerly of Albany, was arrested this past weekend in Lexington, KY, in relation to a series bank robberies that occurred during the past two years.

Crystal Little

According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Little was arrested Saturday morning, shortly after a robbery occurred at the PNC Bank branch on Tates Creek Road in Lexington.

She was also charged in connection with three other bank robberies dating back to 2010.

Those banks included Forcht Bank on Southland Drive in June 2010, a Fifth Third Bank on Euclid Avenue in October 2010 and an American Founders Bank on Walden Drive in August 2011.

The Herald-Leader reported witnesses told police a woman demanded money and then drove off in a gold Toyota that was parked in front of the bank.

This woman was seen wearing a pink toboggan, sunglasses and a surgical mask that was allegedly used in the robberies.

Little was an employee at the University of Kentucky as an administrative support associate in the Office of Research Intergrity.

She had also been previously employed by the Lexington Herald-Leader, and served as the editor of the University of Kentucky student newspaper when she attended college, according to the newspaper report.

She was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of second-degree robbery and is being held in the Fayette County jail.

On Monday afternoon, according to the Herald-Leader, Little appeared via video, in Fayette District Court, where it was ordered that she be held in the Fayette Detention Center on a $30,000 bond. A judge ruled that she be represented by a public defender until such time she could provide her own private counsel.

Little was a 2001 graduate of Clinton County High School, a senior class officer, a finalist for the “Voice for Democracy” contest and voted “Most Likely To Succeed” by her peers.