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The "F-Bomb Bandit"

We're still waiting to hear from the FBI on whether the profane woman known as the "F-Bomb Bandit" has been arrested.

On Wednesday afternoon, neighborhood blog MapleLeafLife.com reported that the prolific bank robber may have been arrested. An official for the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, which was robbed last week, told MapleLeafeLife of the arrest.

"I've got good news. Just two minutes ago I got a message the FBI has caught her," Dan McCue, senior vice-president for corporate administration at the credit union headquarters, told the blog.

But the Seattle FBI could not immediately confirm the F-Bomb Bandit was in custody.

"I do have a notice here that some individual has been detained," FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt told the blog. "But we're still investigating and can't say anything more at this time."

Times staff reporter Mike Carter called Gutt but has yet to hear back.

We'll update this post as soon as we know more.

A Seattle police report obtained Wednesday by The Times offered more details on last Wednesday's bank robbery being blamed on the bandit who earned her nickname because of the salty language she uses in the demand notes she passes to tellers. The FBI believes the robbery was the fifth this year by the same woman.

The robbery happened at around 6:28 p.m. at an Alaska Federal Credit Union branch inside the QFC supermarket in the 11100 block of Roosevelt Way Northeast. According to a teller, a woman in her 20s walked up to the window and passed a note that read, "Give me the ... money." (Readers, you can probably fill in the blank.)

The teller pulled out bills very slowly and tried to make eye contact with her manager. The robber told the teller to move "faster." The teller handed over the money, which the robber placed in a white plastic bag.

The woman left.

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The F-Bomb Bandit is described by the FBI as black, approximately 20 to 30 years old, 5-feet-4 to 5-feet-6, 140 to 155 pounds. She has straight black hair.

She is also suspected of four bank robberies at:

-- on Jan. 11 at the Bank of America, 4800 N.E. Fourth St. in Renton;

-- Feb. 2 at Chase Bank, 4201 S.W. Morgan St., West Seattle;

-- Feb. 4 at Bank of America, 20830 108th Ave. S.E., Kent;

-- Feb. 16 at Wells Fargo Bank, 17230 140th Ave S.E., Renton.

To see additional photos of the "F-Bomb Bandit," check out the FBI's "wanted" poster by clicking here.