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WACO, Nebraska — A woman suspected of robbing a bank and stealing a car posted what she had done on YouTube earlier this week, saying she had done it because she was angry at the government, which "stole my baby," she said.
Hannah Sabata posted a video on YouTube in which she bragged about robbing a bank within hours of a Waco bank robbery Nov. 28. Setting the video to Green Day's "Warning" and "Minority," Sabata used notes and subtitles to tell of how she had smoked weed, stolen a Pontiac Grand Am, and used a gun, pillowcase and a note to rob a bank of more than $6,200.
Police arrested the woman the following day, but said it was not the video that had led to the arrest. They said they had received multiple tips identifying Sabata as the wanted suspect, including one tip from the 19-year-old's former mother-in-law, according to the Journal-Star.
Sabata said in the video she planned to use the money to pay off her student loans and go on a shopping spree. She said she had told her mother it had been the best day of her life. "She just thinks I met a new boy," she said.
Sabata said in the video she planned to use the money to pay off her student loans and go on a shopping spree.
The woman also said she was a "victim of the government," which "stole my baby." She lost custody of her son in Sept. 2011 after refusing to take medication that could have prevented her passing on a life-threatening disease to the child.
Additionally, Sabata had been hospitalized multiple times for mental health issues and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder and suicidal tendencies.
York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff told ABC News Sabata was arrested wearing the same clothes she had worn in the YouTube video. The clothing matched the clothing pictured in surveillance footage from the bank.
Sabata has been charged in connection to the November robbery, as well as on suspicion of vehicle theft after a Grand Am matching the description of one that had been stolen was found nearby, with a bracelet that said "I (heart) Hanna" on it. Additionally, she had the license plates of the stolen vehicle in her home.
"She took them with her," Radcliff said. "Never seen anything like it. Really makes you wonder if she was trying to get caught."
