A former teller wanted for nearlya year by Milwaukee police for allegedly plotting the May 2013robbery of an Educators Credit Union branch was captured and charged Thursdaywith robbery of a financial institution.

Jessica M. Benson, 23, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in NorthernIllinois last week and is in Milwaukee County Jail, said Lt. MarkStanmeyer of the Milwaukee Police Department.

For weeks, Benson (pictured at left) plotted to rob the creditunion's West Appleton Avenue branch in Milwaukee with herboyfriend, Nathaniel Robinson. They also recruited two other men,Kevin B. Blackburn and Ricardo L. Perkins, to help them carry outthe May 7^th robbery, according to a Milwaukee DistrictAttorney criminal complaint.

The complaint also alleged Benson had given one of the men“inside information on when and how to do the robbery.”

A security camera captured the robbery at the drive-thru lanewhere the robbers handed a note to a teller demanding cash. Theyalso threatened to set off a bomb.

Benson was working during the robbery and took money from hercash drawer to hand over to the robbers, according to the criminalcomplaint. Approximately $6,000 was stolen.

After the May 7 robbery, Benson did not return to work andpolice found her apartment had been recently vacated. Benson alsochanged her personal appearance, according to the criminalcomplaint.

A witness later told police that Benson had been involved in therobbery.

Benson appeared in Wisconsin Circuit Court Thursday and did notenter a plea, court records show.

Her bond was set at $10,000. She will face a preliminary hearingon April 28. If convicted, Benson could be sentenced up to 40 yearsin prison and a $100,000 fine, court records show.

In a prepared statement, the $1.4 billion Educators CU of Mount Pleasant, Wis. said it will fullycooperate with the Milwaukee Police Department's investigation ofthe robbery.

“We will not be making any further comment until theinvestigation and any subsequent judicial processes are complete,”the credit union said.