The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:38 PM
Blount County Sheriff, Alcoa Police Report One Man Dead, Woman In Custody After BBT Bank Robbery On Monday
According to BCSO, shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, APD officers were dispatched to the BB&T Bank on Associates Boulevard in response to a robbery call. Bank employees were unable to provide a description of the man, who they said was a white male wearing a dark jacket and a medical mask, to police. The employees said the man left in a dark blue Volkswagen sedan.
Blount County dispatch issued a "Be On the Look Out" alert for the vehicle, and shortly thereafter, a narcotics deputy spotted a vehicle that matched the description on the US Highway 129 bypass. The officer stayed behind the vehicle and followed it to Peterson Lane and Regent Court.
BCSO said the deputy located the vehicle when it was parked in front of a residence on Regent Court. The deputy noticed the driver had swapped out the license plate from a Tennessee to a Florida registration.
Deputies, the sheriff's office SWAT team and agents with the Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force all arrived at the scene and set up a perimeter around the residence. They evacuated the other tenants of the multi-family, three-level dwelling.
Deputies made contact with a female in the residence, who eventually came out of the building and told deputies that the man inside said he was going to kill himself. SWAT team members entered the building and found a deceased male with a gunshot wound.
During the investigation, detectives found a large amount of cash and a handgun.
BCSO said the man's autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday at the Knox County Regional Forensic Center. Detectives were also set to execute a search warrant on the Volkswagen on Tuesday.
The female was taken into custody at the Blount County Correctional Facility. BCSO said charges against her were pending as of Monday night.
