FBI Hunting Woman in Six Jewelry Store Stickups Across South
The suspect is believed to have knocked over six stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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By Tracy Connor
She got it at Jared.
The FBI is hunting for a young woman who has been hopscotching across the South, sticking up jewelry stores in at least five states.
The brunette suspect — described as white, in her 20s or 30s, 5-foot-8 and 130 pounds — is believed to have knocked over six stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina since April.
The most recent heist was Monday at a Jared Vault in Mebane, North Carolina, the FBI said. She forced two workers into a back room at gunpoint, zip-tied their hands and then piled jewelry from the cases into a shopping bag.
A male suspect — black, in his 30s or 40s, 6 feet and 250 pounds — was caught on surveillance cameras in three of the robberies.
"Both suspects are considered armed and dangerous," the FBI said.
Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324).
Tracy Connor
Tracy Connor is a senior writer for NBC News. She started this role in December, 2012. Connor is responsible for reporting and writing breaking news, features and enterprise stories for NBCNews.com. Connor joined NBC News from the New York Daily News, where she was a senior writer covering a broad range of news and supervising the health and immigration beats. Prior to that she was an assistant city editor who oversaw breaking news and the courts and entertainment beats.
Earlier, Connor was a staff writer at the New York Post, United Press International and Brooklyn Paper Publications.
Connor has won numerous awards from journalism organizations including the Deadline Club and the New York Press Club.
She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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