Article: BANK ROBBER LIVED IN TENN. UNDER FAKE NAME

A bank robber who pleaded guilty in federal court in Abingdon earlier this month spent almost 20 years living under an assumed identity, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee announced this week.

Samuel Jacob Webb, 45, a former resident of Kingsport, Tenn., robbed the Dominion Bank on Abingdon's Main Street in September 1989.

Exploding tear gas and dye packs that bank workers put in a bag with the money apparently detonated as Webb drove away, an investigating officer's report said. Webb's stained car and clothing were found, along with red-dyed money, but Webb himself disappeared.

In a news release issued Monday, Brownlee said Webb created a new identity with someone else's birth date and Social ...

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