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Rocky Top man indicted for Oak Ridge bank robbery

Posted at 1:25 pm December 5, 2020
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A bank robbery was reported at One Bank in Oak Ridge on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

A Rocky Top man has been indicted for allegedly robbing One Bank in Oak Ridge in October.

Warren Calvin Lavender, 31, was charged in a one-count indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Greenville, Tennessee, on November 18.

Lavender entered a plea of not guilty to the charges in the indictment on December 3, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Lavender will remain in custody pending trial, which has been set for December 28 in front of United States District Court Judge Travis McDonough, the press release said.

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Filed Under: Courts, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories, U.S., United States Tagged With: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oak Ridge Police Department, One Bank, robbery, United States District Court, Warren Calvin Lavender

Robbery reported at One Bank

Posted at 11:43 am October 23, 2020
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A bank robbery was reported at One Bank in Oak Ridge on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, and the Oak Ridge Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation are searching for a suspect. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

A bank robbery was reported in Oak Ridge on Friday, and the Oak Ridge Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation are searching for a suspect.

The robbery was reported by a silent alarm at One Bank on Oak Ridge Turnpike at about 8:35 a.m. Friday, and dispatchers then received a phone call reporting the robbery, a press release said.

Officers responded and determined a white male, in his 20s, wearing a black knit watch cap, red face mask, black or dark gray hoodie, and blue jeans presented a note to tellers advising it was a bank robbery and demanding money, the press release said.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Tagged With: bank robbery, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Police Department, One Bank, ORPD, robbery

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