She became known for wandering campus braless and barefoot in an orange-colored smock,[6] for her attendance at Students for a Democratic Society protest rallies, and for her involvement in the Brandeis Strike Information Center.

[1][4] The two also became acquainted with fellow organizer Stanley Ray Bond, an ex-convict and soldier attending classes at Brandeis through a special program.

[1] Bond introduced the pair to former convicts William Gilday and Robert Valeri and together the group plotted to rob the State Street Bank & Trust.

[8] Three days later, on September 23, 1970, the group robbed a bank in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, carrying handguns, a shotgun and a submachine gun.

[6][9] The first policeman on the scene, Officer Walter Schroeder of the Boston Police Department, was shot in the back by Gilday when he attempted to stop the robbery.

Bond died in custody while making a bomb as part of an escape attempt, while Valeri turned state's evidence and testified against Gilday.

[5] As time went by, authorities received few tips regarding Power's location and she was eventually removed from the Most Wanted Fugitives list in 1984.

The following year, she settled in the city of Lebanon in Oregon's Willamette Valley with her son Jaime and boyfriend Ron Duncan, a local meat cutter and bookkeeper.

[1][2][13] While living in Oregon, Power taught cooking classes at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany and worked at restaurants in Corvallis and Eugene.

She reached the shortlist for the post of food writer for the Corvallis Gazette-Times [2] and became part-owner of Napoli Restaurant and Bakery in Eugene.

[14] She developed the desire to stop living her life under her assumed name[15] and, through therapy that included participation in the mock trial of a soldier charged with killing civilians during the Vietnam War, she began to prepare for her surrender to the authorities.

[2] Negotiations were carried out through her attorneys Steven Black, a public defender, and Rikki Klieman, a prominent Boston lawyer.

[5] In court, Power made the following statement about officer Schroeder: His death was shocking to me, and I have had to examine my conscience and accept any responsibility I have for the event that led to it.

[8] Additionally, Judge Robert Banks of Suffolk County Superior Court imposed a probation condition that Power could not profit from her crime.

[20] In March 1998, she was eligible for parole after receiving time off for good behavior but withdrew her request after opposition from Schroeder's family.