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The "F-Bomb Bandit"

The FBI confirmed Monday morning that the person suspected of being the bank robber known as the "F-Bomb Bandit" was arrested last week.

FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt offered few other details, but confirmed the suspect had been arrested on Tuesday by the FBI, and Seattle and Renton police. The suspect is a minor, although her exact age was not immediately known.

Last Wednesday, 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.

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

The robber earned her nickname because of the salty language she uses in the demand notes she passes to tellers. The FBI believes a Feb. 24 bank robbery was the fifth this year by the same person.

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 female in her 20s walked up to the window and passed a note that read, "Give me the (expletive) money."

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 female left.

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The F-Bomb Bandit has been 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.