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Woman Charged After Failed Robbery Attempt At Nine Mile Road Bank
November 27, 2025
A woman was charged with a failed robbery attempt late Wednesday morning at a bank on Nine Mile Road.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said 63-year-old Gwendolyn Brown passed a note indicating that she was robbing the Ensley Branch of Regions Bank at 4 East Nine Mile Road just before noon.
The ECSO said Brown was handed a bag with money, but the teller took the bag back. Deputies arrived on scene before Brown left the bank, and she was taken into custody without incident.
Brown was booked into the Escambia County Jail on charges of communications fraud obtaining $300 or more and grand theft $10,000 to $20,000. She was released from the Escambia County Jail early Thursday morning on a $5,000 bond.
Pictured: The Ensley Branch of Regions Bank on Nine Mile Road minutes after an alleged robbery attempt. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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16 Responses to “Woman Charged After Failed Robbery Attempt At Nine Mile Road Bank”
Feeling compassion for a person is fine but this person broke the law. There are reasons society has laws otherwise chaos reigns. We’ve all seen what happens when Judges slap criminals on the wrist & let them go only to break the law again. Actions have consequences. She chose to rob a bank, it’s a Federal crime. The Courts will decide if she’s mentally impaired & treat her accordingly. If she’s mentally fit, go to jail.
It seems some of the commentators are nearly suggesting that it’s okay to rob banks.
I feel for this woman. My first thought was loss/lag time of SNAP benefits might drive a person to this.
But to hint that “banks are bad therefore robbing them is okay in some circumstances” could apply to any place. Example: Robbing my nextdoor neighbor is okay. Lifting tools at the hardware store or food at the grocery store is okay. It endangers everyone around!
Robbery is not a solution to meet needs.
I really wonder if this lady has all her mental faculties, may not be competent to stand trial.
But did you notice the comments that implied it’s the banks fault? That’s almost disturbing as what this lady did.
Maybe it wasn’t about the money, at all.
@Steve, do you feel better, now?
I can’t believe the comments…. People are feeling bad for this women ? She should go to jail and sit there. Thankfully she didn’t have a weapon , and what if she did ? Who knows if she will the next time. Stop feeling bad for criminals. Instead of getting a job like a normal person, she wanted a free handout.
This is just sad. At first read it’s like WTH?? But in all actuality it’s just sad. A 63 yr old woman shouldn’t even be thinking of doing this. The state of our world is what drove her to do this.
I think that this is so sad times are hard for so many people right now all over the United States and I hold the Government accountable for this. this woman may not have had food to eat, or her utilities could be shut off we don’t know what drove her to do this it seems like desperation. But hopefully the Juge will go lenient on her because she wasn’t even prepared for what she was doing, and she had no weapon. we should all keep her in Prayer we don’t know what her situation was, but it CLEARLY wasn’t to harm or hurt no one!
Someone attempts to rob a bank and they are out on $5,000 bond,…. No wonder crime is through the roof
This just breaks my heart. I know I have seen her around. She had to be desperate to do this. So sad!
People want to share in the holidays with their loved ones so bad. Not all have the money to do so and it causes them to do things they would never do otherwise. I feel bad for this lady. Hope those who know her will help her out and not judge her.
My last bank robbed me !
So sad when people have to resort to these measures it just tells you how hard times really are
I just can’t believe Ms.Gwendolyn Brown is considered a suspect or attempted to try something like this at a bank because I have known this young lady for quite sometime and i never heard anything negative about her so I know it’s more to this story and whatever it is I wish each and everyone who know her would keep her in prayer’s love you Ms. Brown.
That’s A mental health is issue there
Good grief, maybe reading this several times before posting should have been required!!
I imagine she was desperate! There were times when things were so bad that I thought about doing this same thing. I can’t even lie.
The way most banks treat people ? They scam the poor !