BLACK RIVER ALLS, Wis. – A Wisconsin woman has been charged with robbing two banks in Jackson County six years ago. Michaela Davis, age 26, drove 80 miles from her Medford home to rob banks in Black River Falls and in Alma Center, according the criminal complaint. The robberies were in November 2018 and 5-1/2 weeks later in January 2019. In both cases, the robber, wearing a hoody, showed a note a teller and demanded money – in one case $4,000, in the $3,000. That Davis didn’t appear in any police databases slowed the investigation. Her car, however, was among hundreds on traffic surveillance tape on Interstate 94 and dozens pf lesser roads and byways on the dates the of the robberies. A Jackson County sheriff’s investigator culled the registered owners of the vehicles and eventually got to Davis. When interviewing Davis at home in Medford, the investigator noted a pair of shoes that looked to be like the ones the robber was wearing. There also was a mark on her face that showed vaguely in a careful recheck of the bank’s tapes. The case came together when employment records showed Davis wasn’t at work on the robbery dates. All these details are in the criminal complaint. Davis confessed Wednesday.
Earlier: Bank bandit hits tiny Alma Center
Davis. Arrest caps five-year investigation.
Robbery locations
Both banks were acquired in 2020 by Security Financial Service of Eau Claire.
Alma Center: Jackson County Bank branch at 141 West Main Street.
Black River Falls: Jackson County Bank motor branch, 660 Highway 54.