Women charged with dressing as nuns during bank robbery attempt

A couple of young women who were allegedly in the habit of holding up banks while in costume have been charged, officials said this week.

The FBI says 19-year-old Swahilys Pedraza-Rodriguez and 23-year-old Melissa Aquino Arias attempted to rob a bank in Pennsylvania's Poconos region back in August while disguised as nuns.

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Surveillance photos were released of the attempted robbery near the town of Tannersville and show two suspects wearing religious garments, with at least one of them brandishing a black handgun.

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Officials say the duo bolted at the sound of an alarm. However, they're accused of playing dress up before other other--more successful--heists.

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Pedraza-Rodriguez and Arias are also accused of robbing two banks in New Jersey last month while wearing head scarves.

They appeared before a judge in Newark on Monday.