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'Barbie Bandits' Sentenced

Johnston Gets Probation, But No Jail Time

POSTED: 6:24 am EDT March 24, 2008
UPDATED: 7:10 am EDT March 25, 2008

Only one of the so-called "Barbie Bandits" will be going to prison.

Ashley Nicole Miller, 19, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for her role in the bank heist that ended in a shopping spree.

Miller will only have to serve two years. The judge also sentenced her to eight years probation for her role in the Feb. 27, 2007 robbery at the the Bank of America branch in a Kroger store in Acworth. Miller received credit for three months already served. Miller pleaded guilty to theft by taking and possession of Ecstasy with intent to distribute. She's also expected to pay Bank Of America part of the $11,000 she and Heather Johnston, 20, took from the branch.

Johnston will not be going to prison because she cooperated with prosecutors. Prosecutors also said the incident was her first offense. The judge sentenced Johnston to ten years probation. Johnston pleaded guilty to theft by taking and misdemeanor marijuana possession.

Benny Herman Allen III, a teller at the bank, pleaded guilty to theft charges after he helped the girls pull off the heist. Allen received a five-year prison sentence and five years probation.

Authorities said the two went shopping after the heist and got their hair done.

Amy Cooper, a stylist who did one of the women's hair, told CBS 46 about that day.

"As soon as she walked in, I went up and greeted her. I said, 'What are we gonna do today?' She said, 'I want you to make me really blonde. I want to be blonde, like Barbie,'" Cooper said.

Police later determined that a bank teller was in on the crime.

A fourth person, Michael Darrell Chastang, was convicted earlier this month on charges of organizing the robbery.


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