By Ray King
A Pine Bluff woman accused of robbing a store and a bank on consecutive days made her first court appearance Wednesday in Pine Bluff District Court.
Constance Thacker, 39, is accused of robbing the Simmons First bank branch on University Drive Tuesday and the Pine Bluff Corner Market at 2118 W. 13th Ave., on Monday.
During the court hearing, a deputy prosecutor said at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, officers were sent to the bank at 1704 University Drive in response to a reported bank robbery.
When she was questioned, Thacker said she did not rob anybody. When the car was searched, police found a black bag containing $12,473 that had been taken from the bank, along with the cap Thacker had worn, and the mask.
In regard to the second robbery, police were sent to the corner market at 6:39 p.m. in response to a reported robbery.
A Flock camera located the car, and a check of the license plate showed it was registered to Thacker.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set bonds totaling $150,000 for Thacker but told her and Buck Fikes from the Public Defender’s Office he would reconsider the bonds if Thacker were to be transferred from jail to a mental health facility for treatment of admitted mental issues.
