Canton Bank Robbery Suspect Indicted By Grand Jury

CANTON, GA — A Cherokee County grand jury has indicted a Canton man for robbing a bank more than two years ago. The grand jury this week indicted John Stacey Adams on one count of robbery by intimidation stemming from his role in the September 2016 incident.

Adams, who was 59 at the time of his arrest, was apprehended Sept. 20, 2016, after Canton police received information that tied him to the robbery reported at BB&T at 152 Prominence Point Parkway.

Police said a man walked into the bank around 10:52 a.m. Sept. 6 and made a demand for money. No weapon was brandished, and the accused robber left with an undisclosed amount of money in a light-blue older model Ford Thunderbird or Mercury Cougar.

According to warrants, Adams is accused of taking $1,395 in cash from a teller at the facility. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges at 9 a.m. Jan. 8, 2019, in courtroom 2D at the Cherokee County Justice Center.

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Photo: John Stacey Adams. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff's Office