64-Year-Old Bay City Woman Accused of Robbing 7-Eleven to Pay for Food and Utilities

This might be one of the strangest and saddest robbery stories we’ve seen in a while.

A 64-year-old Bay City woman is accused of putting on a mask and wig, grabbing her late husband’s hunting rifle, and robbing a 7-Eleven on East Wilder Road.

She allegedly got away with just $92.

Bay City Bridge Transponder Helped Police Track Down Suspect

This is where things started to fall apart for her.

According to MLive, Cameras near the 7-Eleven picked up a red Cadillac around the time of the robbery. Investigators then spotted that same car crossing Bay City’s bridges before and after everything went down.

The car also had a Bay City Bridge Partners transponder registered to Smith, which pretty much led police right to her front door.

She was arrested on September 14. At first, Smith claimed she didn’t know anything about the robbery, but police say she eventually admitted it was her.

Bay City Woman Says She Robbed 7 Eleven to Buy Food

Here’s where the story takes a pretty sad turn.

Smith told police she was struggling to pay her bills, her utilities had been shut off, and she couldn’t afford food. Her husband had also died last year after spending 10 years on dialysis.

She said the rifle wasn’t loaded and claimed she never wanted to hurt anyone. The clerk obviously had no way of knowing that while a gun was pointed in his direction.

Smith said she took the $92 and spent all of it on food at Walmart. She also wrote an apology letter to the clerk.

But here’s the part that doesn’t really add up. Police say she had $920 on her when she was taken to jail.

There’s obviously a lot more to this story, but no matter how desperate things get, pointing a rifle at someone is never the answer.