| March 22,
2005 |
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| Two Year
Old Bank Robbery Solved |
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Amanda Sue Cook |
Karen Lynn Morris |
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| Burke County Sheriff's Office investigators
believed they have solved a 2003 bank robbery in which a teller was reportedly
sprayed with pepper spray. |
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| Investigative leads into the March 20, 2003 robbery of First
Citizens Bank in Rutherford College had grown cold, but a promising tip was
received last Tuesday, detectives said. |
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| According to Detective Sgt. Becky Brendle, a tip
was received on March 15th which implicated Karen Lynn Morris, age 31, of 1515
D South Sterling St. Morganton, and Amanda Sue Cook, age 29, of Route 85 Martha
Town, West Virginia in the robbery. |
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| During the bank robbery, a female subject
brandished a handgun and demanded money from the teller, according to reports.
The female reportedly sprayed the teller with pepper spray and ran from the
bank to a waiting vehicle. |
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| Brendle said that Morris was brought in for
questioning on March 17th, after interviews and further investigation Cook was
identified as a suspect. Sgt. Brendle stated she then issued a warrant and Cook
was picked up in Madison County West Virginia. |
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| Amanda Cook waived extradition and investigators
picked her up in West Virginia and transported her back to Burke County on
March 18, 2005. Both women were charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon
and jailed under a $75,000 secured bond. Their first court appearance was
today. |
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