August 17, 2016

Conyers, Georgia Bank Robber Arrested in Ohio

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) J. Britt Johnson, FBI Atlanta, in conjunction with Conyers, Georgia Police Chief Gene Wilson, announces the following arrest in connection with an armed bank robbery that occurred at Conyers, Georgia on August 3, 2016.

On Friday, August 12, 2016, Kevin Simons, aka “Kevmurda,” age 28, of Cincinnati/Cleveland, Ohio, was arrested at Steubenville, Ohio by FBI agents from Cincinnati FBI’s Cambridge Resident Agency and the Cleveland Field Office, working along with the Steubenville Drug Task Force.

Simons is currently being held in Ohio on state of Georgia charges of armed robbery in connection with the August 3, 2016 robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank in Conyers, Georgia. Additional federal charges are anticipated.

The above are merely allegations, and the public is reminded that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.