Practice can make perfect.
Playing piano, for example.
Sometimes it doesn't.
Example: Writing holdup notes.
As a Nassau County woman found out Thursday, it's not the best thing to have in your purse when professing innocence to a bank heist.
It resulted in Barbara S. Joyner, 59, of Callahan being charged with robbery. She was being held Friday in the Nassau County jail in lieu of $250,002 bail.
Nassau County authorities started talking to Joyner about the Aug. 3 robbery of Bank of America in Callahan after someone tipped the FBI.
The heist was pulled off by a woman who drove into the commercial lane of the bank drive-through about 3 p.m. and sent through a note claiming there were snipers all around and someone in the lobby would set off an "acid pack" if a demand for money wasn't met.
The teller complied, turning over about $34,000, and the robber took off in a yellow Nissan, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
Detectives zeroed in on Joyner after some of those at the bank during the holdup identified her from a photo lineup, and it was discovered her husband, who has not been charged, owned a yellow Nissan Xterra, according to reports.
A search of the family's vehicles revealed a notepad with marking similar to those on the note given to the bank teller and inside Joyner's purse were practice notes written on the same notepad, according to a statement by Sheriff Tommy Seagraves Jr.
Authorities found other robbery notes in different rooms of the house and $1,600 still in the bank wrapper inside a dresser drawer, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
Joyner maintained her innocence to authorities but acknowledged the notes were hers.
She was "practicing," she told arresting deputies.
She didn't say for what.
david.bauer@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4182
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