Suspect asks for cash, getaway driver

SHREWSBURY, N.J. -- Cash wasn't the only demand from a bank robbery suspect; she also was hoping the bank would provide a getaway driver.

Nira Kay Nevins, 52, of Perth Amboy, was captured less than 40 yards from the bank, just moments after she fled with $5,000.

She was charged Wednesday with robbery, making terrorist threats and kidnapping. She could receive 55 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

Authorities said Nevins went to the Community Bank of New Jersey branch in Shrewsbury and gave the bank manager a plastic bag to fill with money. She claimed to have a gun.

Nevins then demanded that someone give her a ride, authorities said.

A teller left the bank with the suspect and employees immediately called police.

"Part of the reason why she was apprehended so quickly is the teller had an anti-theft device on her steering wheel which took a long time to unlock," Kenneth Keller, a prosecutor said.

Nevins, who did not have a weapon, was being held on $250,000 bail.