Kennesaw man arrested after North Georgia bank robbery, car chase
A Kennesaw man was arrested and faces multiple charges related to an armed bank robbery and car chase that ended with a dramatic crash on North Georgia’s twisty mountain roads, officials said.
Brandon David Nunnelly was captured after a Gilmer County sheriff’s deputy pursuing his car on Old Highway 5 near Ellijay performed a pit maneuver, forcing him to crash, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
According to the initial investigation, the bank robbery was committed in Fannin County around 10 a.m. An alert went out to neighboring counties for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a black car with tinted windows.
Gilmer deputies spotted Nunnelly’s car, a black Nissan Sentra, headed southbound on Ga. 515 about 15 minutes after the alert. They attempted a traffic stop, but the Sentra fled, beginning a high-speed chase that crossed into Pickens County, according to the news release.
The Sentra turned off Ga. 515 and headed back north on Ellijay Road, where a Gilmer deputy performed a pit maneuver at “a location and speed to safely do so,” the sheriff’s office said.
After the crash, photos from the scene show the Sentra filled with loose cash. According to the sheriff’s office, Nunnelly will be charged with multiple traffic violations in Gilmer, while the Fannin sheriff’s office will lead the robbery investigation.
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