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Local Bank Robbery Thwarted Thanks to Multi-Agency Effort

FBI Knoxville January 22, 2010
  • Public Affairs Specialist Joyce McCants (865) 544-0751

Richard Lambert, Special Agent in Charge of the Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in partnership with Sheriff Tim Guider of the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Chief Don White of the Lenoir City Police Department (LCPD), as well as the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and the Knoxville Police Department, as part of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF), announce the arrest of  Joe D. Adams on Bank Robbery charges related to the attempted robbery of the BB&T Bank located at 391 Highway 321N in Lenoir City, Tennessee, on 01/22/2010.

At approximately 10:30 this morning, Adams, age 31, of Greenback, Tennessee, was arrested without incident outside the BB&T Bank by members of the SSTF, the LCPD and the LCSO. Adams is facing federal charges for Bank Robbery.

All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.