(FOX40.COM) — A South American woman has pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges for her role in ATM thefts in multiple West Coast cities, including Sacramento.
Maite Celis Silva, 27, of Chile, pleaded guilty Monday to bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced.
Prosecutors said Celis was part of a South American theft group involved in a string of robberies of banks and ATMs throughout California, Oregon and Washington. She rented short-term vacation rentals near the intended targets, which were used to prepare for the robberies…