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Alleged bank robber caught after 6 incidents in Cobb, Fulton counties

Kevin Ray Williamson is accused of armed robberies between February and September at six banks in Johns Creek, Atlanta and Marietta.
Kevin Ray Williamson is accused of armed robberies between February and September at six banks in Johns Creek, Atlanta and Marietta.
By Geoffrey A Cooper
Oct 31, 2016

A Marietta man has been charged for committing a series of armed bank robberies in metro Atlanta between February and September.

Williamson would later strike Regions, BB&T and PNC banks in Marietta in April, May and July. In August, he also robbed a Fidelity Bank in Atlanta, and then a Renasant Bank in Johns Creek in September. 

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