Crime & Safety
2 More Arrests In Violent 'Takeover-Style' Bank Robbery: FBI
Three robbers, two armed with handguns and the third armed with an AR-15 rifle, entered a United Bank and forced employees to the ground.
Woodbury, GA – Two more men have been arrested in the violent armed bank robbery that occurred on June 28.
D’Asis Sheffield, 20, of Greenville, GA, was arrested Friday morning, after he was identified as one of the robbers shown in a video released to the public through the media July 27. Sheffield was one of three suspects seen inside the United Bank located at 33 Jones Mill Road in Woodbury, during the robbery, according to the FBI.
A fourth suspect, Dontavius Prather, 22, was also arrested Friday morning along with Sheffield. Prather is believed to be the driver of a getaway vehicle, the FBI said.
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Two other suspects, Derrick R. Scott, 26, of Augusta, GA and Antavious Bray, 29, of Greenville, GA, were taken into custody hours after the robbery.
The robbery occurred about 12:25 p.m., when the three suspects, two armed with handguns and the third armed with an AR-15 rifle, entered the United Bank and forced employees to the ground at gunpoint and stole an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Photos courtesy FBI
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