By Chuck Hustmyre
March 2, 2007
MARIETTA, Ga. (Crime Library ) — After two days on the lam, the so-called Barbie Bandits have been captured.
Late Thursday, Cobb County police announced the arrest of Ashley Miller and Heather Johnston, both 19, of Fulton County, Ga. for felony theft in connection with a daring daylight heist at a suburban Atlanta branch of Bank of America.
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| Ashley Miller and Heather Johnson |
The pair of bandits was not hit with the much more serious charge of bank robbery because the two women had inside help. Police also arrested bank teller Benny Herman Allen III, 22, of Bartow County.
"This is basically a theft, not a bank robbery," Cobb County police spokesman Officer Wayne Delk told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "All of them conspired to steal the money. The teller, he was in on it."
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| Benny Herman Allen III |
Police arrested Allen Tuesday afternoon, shortly after the reported bank robbery, on an outstanding arrest warrant from Bartow County. At the time, investigators did not know he was connected to the theft.
Surveillance video of the strange heist generated scores of leads for investigators. It showed two young girls, neatly dressed, their hair pulled back, their faces covered only by what appeared to be designer sunglasses, giggling as they handed a robbery note to the teller.
They made off with what police described at the time as a "substantial" amount of cash.
The girls did not have the demeanor of other robbers caught on tape.
"They do actually appear to be, like this is all fun and games," Officer Delk said.
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