Thursday, December 22, 2011

Police Retrieve Suspected Robbery Weapon

{Williamsburg, Kentucky}...On December 14th, a federal grand jury indicted Jason Fox, the "Bad Hair Bandit," and his wife, Tasha Fox, with armed bank robbery and conspiracy to carry and use a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for the December 1st armed robbery of the L&N Federal Credit Union in Williamsburg. Less than a week later, Williamsburg police believe they have recovered the weapon used. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird says police got information shortly after Fox and his wife were arrested that the gun had been discarded in a pond off Golden's Creek in Knox County. Emergency officials spotted the gun on sonar and used a magnet to retrieve it from the pond. Tabatha and Jason Fox had told investigators that Jason Fox only used a BB gun during the robberies. Jason Fox has confessed to robbing a total of seven banks, and of being the so-called Bad Hair Bandit, as he was dubbed by the FBI because of the wigs and various disguises he allegedly wore during the robberies in southeastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.