Alleged Armed Robbers Arrested (Update)

SMYRNA, GA -- A Smyrna woman and an Atlanta man have been arrested and charged with carrying out armed robberies of jewelry stores and banks across the southeast, according to federal sources.

Abigail Lee Kemp was arrested at a residence in the 2300 block of Cobb Parkway in Smyrna on Friday, according to the FBI. Agents also arrested 35-year-old Lewis Jones of Atlanta.

Kemp, 24, was charged Monday with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats or violence, according to federal prosecutors. A conviction carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.

Kemp allegedly participated in six armed robberies of jewelry stores in in Panama City Beach, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Prosecutors say that Kemp and her conspirators pulled a gun on the employees, ordered them to the back of the store, ordered them to lay down on their faces, and zip tied them. With the employees thus subdued, Kemp and her alleged conspirators ransacked the store to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen jewelry.

Jones is accused of participating in the Aug. 12, 2014 armed robbery of the Navy Federal Credit Union on Briarcliff Road and is also considered a suspect in the Sept. 9, 2014 armed robbery of the Regions Bank on Cumberland Parkway in Smyrna, the FBI says. He is being held at the DeKalb County jail.

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