Crime & Safety
Bank Robber's Note: 'I Got 2 Bullets, AIDS And Am Ready To Die': Police
Christian Ware, 18, and Tremmell Adams, 30, were arrested this week in a string of bank robberies in Cobb, Fulton and Tennessee, FBI says.
MARIETTA, GA -- A Tennessee teenager was recently arrested in a wide-ranging robbery investigation involving heists at four banks in metro Atlanta, including ones in East Cobb and Sandy Springs, federal authorities said. Christian Ware, an 18-year-old female from Memphis, and Tremmell Adams, a 30-year-old male from Kennesaw, were apprehended Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with Atlanta police.
The duo were implicated in the robbery of four banks and two attempts in the metro area and Chattanooga, David LeValley, special agent of the FBI's Atlanta Office, said. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)
A warrant in the case alleges that the female bank robber, purportedly Ware, allegedly walked up to a teller and handed her a handwritten note, saying she “had two bullets, AIDS and was ready to die, give me all of the money in the drawer," according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Woman Wanted In Recent Bank Heists In Marietta, Sandy Springs
In another instance, this time at a Kennesaw bank, Ware allegedly handed the teller a note that said, " “I have two bullets one for me and one for you. Give me all the Money! Thanks.”
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Authorities have been looking for Ware for several months, as security cameras have caught her on footage distributed around metro Atlanta police departments this summer. She and Adams were arrested in the 1800 block of Hazelwood Drive in Marietta.
Below is a list of the bank robberies that the duo will have been implicated in by authorities.
- Friday, June 16, 2017, at approximately 3:25 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 602 Roswell Street N.E., Marietta.
- Monday, June 26, 2017, at approximately 4:26 p.m.,at the PNC Bank located at 5640 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs.
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017,at Chase Bank at 2002 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta.
- Thursday, June 29, 2017, at approximately 11:55 a.m. at the SunTrust Bank,located at 4323 Ringgold Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Saturday, July 8, 2017at the Chase Bank located at 2350 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta.
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In all of the robberies, a black female was reported to have walked into the bank and demanded money. Additional charges are anticipated, the FBI said.
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