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Four plead guilty to area bank robberies
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Bank robbery can be a federal offense and often brings in the FBI.
Four people have pleaded guilty and another has been indicted for their roles in three armed robberies of a Wells Fargo Bank in Savannah and a SunTrust Bank in Garden City. Javel Roberts, 17, of Valdosta entered a guilty plea Dec. 14 before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. for the armed robbery of the SunTrust Bank in Garden City on Sept. 7 and for brandishing a firearm during the bank robbery. In addition to the SunTrust Bank robbery, Roberts was charged with the armed robberies of the Wells Fargo Bank at 10422 Abercorn St. in Savannah on July 25 and Aug. 8.
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