WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | TN woman arrested for bank robberies in SC, other states
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An East Tennessee woman was arrested Thursday on charges of being an accessory in the case of a man suspected of robbing 14 banks in six states, the FBI said.
Linda Christina Davis Goin of Morristown, also known as Christy Davis, was arrested without incident in Morristown, according to an FBI news release. She is charged with making false statements and being an accessory in the case involving Chad E. Schaffner, 37, of Indianapolis.
He was arrested Sept. 12 in Kingdom City, Mo., and is suspected of robbing banks in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
Schaffner's picture was posted on electronic billboards across the South before his arrest.
Agents did not say how she was allegedly involved or where exactly in Morristown she was arrested. She had been indicted earlier.
Schaffner had been wanted on felony warrants for bank robbery, burglary, armed robbery and receiving stolen property.
The FBI turned to electronic billboards to try to catch the robbery suspect after traditional investigations failed. Agents say the billboards worked: Schaffner was identified as a suspect within 24 hours of bank surveillance photos popping up on wall-size electronic highway signs in eight states.
Schaffner was released from an Indiana prison in December after serving time for armed robbery, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Tennessee to support an arrest warrant.
In each of the recent cases, authorities say Schaffner entered the bank, waved a handgun and threatened to use it. He demanded money then fled. He sometimes wore a red baseball cap but never tried to hide his face, which officials said was uncommon.
The FBI-posted picture has appeared on electronic billboards in Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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