A convicted sex offender from Harnett County has been charged in a multi-state bank robbery spree, one of which happened in the coastal North Carolina town of Carolina Beach.
Charles Lee Pingley, 52, of 210 Prince St., Dunn, was indicted by a Tennessee federal grand jury last week on one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and two counts of bank robbery.
Pingley stands accused in the Oct. 6 hold up of the First Citizen Bank in Carolina Beach, as well as bank robberies Nov. 5 in Lenoir, Tennessee, and Nov. 27 in Vonore, Tennessee, federal court records show. Media reports in Tennessee say the FBI dubbed the robber the Bluetooth bandit because in both bank robberies there, he wore a bluetooth headset.
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A convicted sex offender who has previously served time for robbery is accused of going on a multi-state robbery spree with his sister.
Charles Pingley, 52, of Dunn, and his sister, Loretta Johnson, 50, of Maryville, Tennessee, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Tennessee on Feb. 17 for one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and two counts of bank robbery, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
The indictment alleges that Pingley and Johnson conspired to rob banks in North Carolina and Tennessee between October and December.
Brother and sister charged in string of Bluetooth Bandit bank robberies across East TN and NC
The indictment alleges the siblings were involved with two bank robberies that happened in Lenoir City and Vonore, and another in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:02 PM EST February 26, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A brother and sister are facing charges in a string of bank robberies across East Tennessee and North Carolina that took place in late 2020.
A federal grand jury on February 17 indicted Charles Pingley, 52, from North Carolina and his sister Loretta Johnson, 50, from Maryville on two counts of bank robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery.
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