Former Georgia mayor arrested in Florida bank robbery

Associated Press

Thursday, January 08, 2009

YOUNGSTOWN, Fla. — A former small-town Georgia mayor was arrested in the Florida Panhandle for driving the getaway car in a bank robbery, police said.

Terry Musgrove in 1979 became one of the country’s youngest mayors. He won with a 13-vote margin in the South Georgia town of Newton before his 20th birthday.

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Musgrove, 48, has since faced legal trouble. He resigned the mayorship in 1985 after pleading guilty to distributing a small amount of cocaine to undercover agents. He was also convicted in the past decade on several drug and theft crimes in Georgia.

Musgrove and his brother reportedly robbed a north Florida bank Tuesday before leading authorities on a 100-mph chase, police said.


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