Khyri Deandre Brown, 28, from Dallas, Georgia, has been sentenced to over ten years in prison for a series of bank robberies and attempted robberies that occurred in November 2023. U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg stated that Brown’s actions endangered the lives of bank employees and customers across multiple jurisdictions.
The case was highlighted by law enforcement officials as an example of successful collaboration between federal and local agencies. Paul Brown, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta, emphasized the swift action taken by these agencies to bring Brown to justice before further harm could be inflicted.
Details presented in court revealed that on four separate occasions between November 17 and November 27, 2023, Brown targeted banks while armed with a firearm concealed within a Pringles potato chip can. During these incidents at Wells Fargo Bank in Hampton, Truist Bank branches in Atlanta and Marietta, and Fifth Third Bank, he demanded money but fled without receiving any during three attempts. On one occasion at Fifth Third Bank, he managed to obtain cash by threatening staff.
Brown was apprehended on November 29, 2023, by officers from the Dallas Police Department after they stopped his vehicle in Paulding County. The arrest led to the discovery of cash, a green Pringles chip can on the passenger floorboard, and a gun on the rear floorboard.
On March 20, 2025, Brown pleaded guilty to several charges including attempted bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Geraghty subsequently sentenced him on June 30, 2025.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from multiple police departments including those in Atlanta and Marietta. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wylly and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney McClellon D. Cox III prosecuted the case.
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