The alleged cross-dressing bandit is facing additional charges while he remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said Monday.
John Edward McCrary, 33, was initially wanted for a Halloween day bank heist in Marietta. McCrary allegedly went into the BB&T branch on Sandy Plains Road dressed as a woman. Once inside, McCrary told a teller, "Give me all your twenties, fifties and hundreds, I have a firearm and I will use it," according to a criminal warrant.
Investigators now believe McCrary and his girlfriend, Megan Rae Haney, had been planning the robbery for at least three days, according to the warrant obtained by the AJC. After the bank robbery, McCrary allegedly went to a nearby home and burned the clothes and wig worn during the heist, the Nov. 16 warrant states.
In the most recent arrest warrant, McCrary's second in Cobb County related to the crime, he is charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and tampering with evidence. McCrary also faces a robbery charge from a Nov. 6 warrant.
Haney, 24, was arrested Nov. 8 and remained in the Cobb County jail Monday afternoon. But McCrary eluded police for several days, even stopping for breakfast Nov. 10 at a Cobb County Waffle House.
The following night, McCrary turned up in Paulding County, where he was involved in a four-hour standoff with deputies. After allegedly pointing a gun at deputies, deputies shot McCrary, Sgt. Brandon Gurley with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office previously said.
McCrary was transported to Atlanta Medical Center, where he underwent surgery and remained in critical but stable condition Monday, Gurley told the AJC.
In addition to the charges McCrary faces in Cobb County, he also faces charges in Paulding, including two counts of aggravated assault on police, theft by receiving a stolen vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
McCrary served seven years in prison in Georgia for two previous felony convictions, according to the state Department of Corrections. He was behind bars for nearly 18 months following a burglary conviction in Cobb County in 1998. From June 2004 until January 2010, McCrary served time for aggravated assault and theft convictions, also in Cobb County.
Less than six months after getting out of Ware State Prison, McCrary was charged with loitering for allegedly being inside a vacant home in the Austell area.
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