Article: Boyfriend of 'cell phone bandit' accused in bank robbery pleads guilty

DERRILL HOLLY, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-01-2005
Dateline: ALEXANDRIA, Virginia
The boyfriend of the accused "cell phone bandit" pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that could land him in prison for the rest of his life.

Dave C. Williams, 19, of Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to federal prosecutors, Williams admitted conspiring with Candice R. Martinez, also 19, to rob four northern Virginia branches of Wachovia Bank. Williams told authorities that he and Martinez used his computer to write a note threatening to shoot the teller or someone nearby if the ...

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