Two men have been arrested in connection with a series of bank robberies in Gwinnett, DeKalb and North Fulton counties, police said Wednesday.
Henry Lee Johnson, 20, and Ebanga Asuamah, 27, have each been charged with two counts of armed robbery, of a Wells Fargo Bank in unincorporated Lilburn and a SunTrust Bank in unincorporated Norcross, according to the Gwinnett County Police Department.
The pair faces additional charges in connection with bank heists in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, police said.
According to police, a man entered the Wells Fargo at 1028 Killian Hill Road in unincorporated Lilburn on Aug. 5, pointed a gun at tellers and got away with $10,000. In September, a Regions Bank in Dunwoody and a Wells Fargo in Sandy Springs were robbed in a similar manner.
Gwinnett County detectives began coordinating their investigation with detectives from Dunwoody and Sandy Springs and agents of the FBI, Gwinnett police said. That investigation allegedly led them to Johnson.
On Nov. 22, a man entered the SunTrust at 5950 Jimmy Carter Boulevard near Norcross, produced a black handgun and demanded cash, police said. The man then jumped up on a counter, threatened a teller and took about $18,000.
Investigators subsequently identified Asuamah as a possible suspect, Gwinnett police said. They said Johnson and Asuamah had been arrested together by Dunwoody police earlier in 2011 in an unspecified incident.
Gwinnett police said they obtained a warrant for Johnson shortly after the SunTrust robbery, and the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Unit tracked him down and arrested him Sunday. Later that day, Gwinnett detectives obtained a warrant for Asuamah, and Sandy Springs officers and FBI agents located the man and arrested him.
The suspects were being held without bond Wednesday in the Gwinnett County Detention Center.
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