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One of the 'Barbie Bandits' Gets Prison Time
WIBA.com ^ | March 25, 2008 | Staff Writer

Posted on 03/26/2008 8:24:49 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Ashley Nicole Miller, 19, was sentenced to two years in jail and eight years probation.

United Press International

The so-called Barbie Bandits robbed a Georgia bank together but one will be going to prison and one won't, judge decided Monday.

Ashley Nicole Miller, 19, was sentenced to two years in jail and eight years probation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. She also was ordered to pay restitution to the bank.

Her accomplice, Heather Lyn Johnston, 20, was placed on 10 years' probation, the newspaper reported.

A third defendant, Benny Allen III, 23, the Bank of America branch teller who was the inside man in the Feb. 27, 2007, holdup, was given five years in prison plus five years' probation. Michael Chastang, 28, the person who plotted the whole scheme, has yet to be sentenced.

Miller and Johnston drew international attention when a video showing the two sunglasses-wearing blondes laughing their way through the holdup was splashed across the Internet. They were arrested two days after $11,000 in the heist.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: barbiebandits

1 posted on 03/26/2008 8:24:50 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Fair enough. The other one should have gotten some time on the inside though... they need to be scared straight.


2 posted on 03/26/2008 8:33:41 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I'm a TWiP and I'm proud.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I vote for time off for bad behavior :)


3 posted on 03/26/2008 8:34:04 AM PDT by arderkrag (Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
NOT...


4 posted on 03/26/2008 8:34:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hmmm...the lighter blonde only received 10 years probation.


5 posted on 03/26/2008 8:35:01 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

(sorry...couldn’t resist...)


6 posted on 03/26/2008 8:35:35 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: ichabod1

I agree that the other idiot should have gotten jail time, but to me, “scared straight” is something that should be reserved for young shoplifters and the like. Bank robbers of any age need significant prison time, period. Both should be rotting in a deep, dark hole for 10 years.


8 posted on 03/26/2008 8:45:48 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I pays to be the first to snitch out your bank-robbing partners!
9 posted on 03/26/2008 8:50:52 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let me guess... The one getting probation is the blonde? Obviously too good looking to go to prison.


10 posted on 03/26/2008 8:54:34 AM PDT by jerod (They were pro-abortion, for gun control & wanted a cleaner environment at all cost - The NAZI party)
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To: puffer

That must be Ken in the middle picture.


11 posted on 03/26/2008 8:54:38 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Aaron0617
better photos


12 posted on 03/26/2008 8:59:05 AM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: Aaron0617

Hey, look at what they’re packaging air in, nowadays.


13 posted on 03/26/2008 9:02:18 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
One gets 2 years for bank robbery, and the other gets probation?

What a great country.

14 posted on 03/26/2008 9:23:34 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Another case of pretty gals getting off light, and the guys getting proper sentences.

They ALL need to go to jail for the maximum time possible.


15 posted on 03/26/2008 9:33:47 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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