Teacher Arrested for Bank Robbery

(Brookline, New Hampshire) A 49-year-old English teacher at Hollis-Brookline Middle School, Gail Rasmussen, surrendered to police in Concord MA to faces charges of alleged bank robbery.

Investigators said she is suspected of robbing banks in Concord and Tyngsborough, Mass. Tyngsborough police said they plan to charge Rasmussen on Thursday on allegations that she robbed a Washington Savings Bank there.

Detectives did not discuss a possible motive in either case. Investigators said they recovered evidence at Rasmussen's home in Brookline that Concord police said links her directly to the robbery in their town.

Rasmussen was booked and released on $500 bail.