Woman Identified as Cell Phone Bandit

The woman remained on her phone as she approached the first available teller, Williams wrote, and placed her box on the counter. The detective said the note attached to the box read: "You have forty seconds to put all your money in the box. Do not make any sudden moves."

The suspect, apparently breaking from her conversation, then told the teller, "Put all 100s and 50 dollar bills in the box," Williams wrote. The teller did not meet the robber's efficiency standards, Williams wrote, sparking a complaint: "You're taking too long, you have forty seconds. I need you to empty all the drawers, you have three."

The teller complied, and the woman left the bank. Officials did not say how much has been stolen. A bank robbery expert said his experience indicated that it was probably $1,000 to $3,000 in each robbery.

Williams said in his affidavit that he met with someone who had seen footage Friday of the Ashburn holdup. The person, who was not identified, reportedly had a still photo of Martinez. The person was shown a still photo of the Ashburn robber and said it was Martinez, Williams wrote.

Another person, also not identified by police, went to the West Springfield police station after seeing Friday's news, Williams said. That person named Martinez as the suspect, Williams wrote, and provided the Chantilly address.

Police searched the apartment Saturday night, court records show. What they took could not be learned.

Neighbors said they did not know her. Managers at her complex said they had been told not to comment.

Kraig Troxell, a Loudoun sheriff's spokesman, said Martinez had ties to New Mexico. Fairfax police said they doubted that she had been here long.

The stepmother, who said she did not wish to speak at length, said Candice Martinez grew up in Santa Fe and might have come to the Washington area to stay with a relative.

Troxell said Martinez should be considered "armed and dangerous" because she showed a gun in the most recent robbery.

The investigation was featured Saturday night on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."

Fairfax's computerized court records show that a woman with the same name and birthday (the year of birth was not listed) was issued a traffic ticket Oct. 4 for violating HOV rules. The $107 payment for the fine and court costs was received Thursday. It was unclear yesterday how payment was made.

Staff writer Martin Weil contributed to this report.