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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...

Cobb police announced on Thursday night the arrest of two young women in a Tuesday bank holdup, and revealed a twist in their investigation: The alleged robbers are 19 and were working in cahoots with the bank teller. The teller has also been arrested, along with a fourth person. Police did not immediately say how the fourth person was connected. The arrest caps two days of intense media scrutiny into the robbery at a Bank of America branch inside a Kroger store in Acworth. Police credited publicity that led to a solid tip and the arrest.