This story has been updated from a previous version with additional information.
Watsonville Police on Friday afternoon arrested a Watsonville woman who allegedly robbed the Bay Federal Credit Union on the 1400 block of Main Street.
Elizabeth Rojas, 34, was charged with robbery and attempted robbery. She booked into Santa Cruz County Jail, but her bail information was not listed on the county’s jail booking website as of 6pm.
Rojas was arrested at about 2:40pm, less than an hour after the robbery, as she was walking on a trail along Struve Slough a short distance from Bay Federal.
She is suspected of trying to rob the same bank in March.
According to emergency dispatchers, a woman in her 30s with dark hair over her shoulders, wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and a white surgical mask over her face handed a teller a note demanding money and threatening to stab the teller.
She fled with an undisclosed amount of money in a shoulder bag. Police recovered most of the money and a small kitchen knife, police said.
Watsonville Police searched the area using a drone.
