An Arkansas woman is accused of hiding $289 in her mouth after robbing a tobacco store, police said.

Vera Thomas was arrested Friday in Jonesboro.

Police said she gave the store clerk a note demanding money or she would shoot.

They also said Thomas stuffed the money in her mouth and took off.

Officers located her a short time later. She was arrested and charged with robbery.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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