Mom says Georgia 'girl bandit' is sorry

[DeclinetoState]

Source (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_re_us/girl_bandits;_ylt=ApHZZ.XCfhb6BGk4SbzGztWs0NUE)

1 hour, 37 minutes ago

ATLANTA - The mother of an 18-year-old arrested in a bank theft scheme said Monday that her daughter isn't a bandit, she just fell in with the wrong crowd and made a bad choice.

Joy Miller said her daughter, Ashley Miller, is sorry for what she did.

Ashley Miller and Heather Johnston, 19, were videotaped wearing sunglasses and laughing as they appeared to rob a Bank of America in upscale Acworth on Feb. 27. Police also arrested a bank teller and another man in connection with the theft, saying the heist appeared to be an inside job.

"I want (people) to know that her and Heather both are not bandits," Joy Miller told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday." "They're little girls that made a bad choice."There's a place for "little girls" who make "a bad choice." It's called jail.

[Rhino]

"I want (people) to know that her and Heather both are not bandits," Joy Miller told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday." "They're little girls that made a bad choice."In case you weren't paying attention, that's how little girls become bandits. Robbing a bank is usually a good clue.

[DesertFox]

19 and still girls. Feminists won't like you for saying that. At 19 they're women.

[DeclinetoState]

They're women, which means they'll go to prison (unless they get probation or something), not juvie hall.

What Rhino said (should be DUH, but it obviously isn't clear to the parents :( ).

[Wolfcounsel]

"I want (people) to know that her and Heather both are not bandits," Joy Miller told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday." "They're little girls that made a bad choice." --Dingbat from DeclinetoState's link

Good! Whack those little girls' peepees and throw their butts into prison for a few years.

[Rhino]

'Barbie Bandit' Teen Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft, Apologizes in Tears
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

MARIETTA, Ga. — One of the two young women dubbed the "Barbie Bandits" after a videotaped bank theft pleaded guilty Wednesday and apologized in tears.

"I regret what I did. I wish I could take it back every day," Heather Johnston, 19, told the judge.

She said she decided to plead guilty to felony theft and misdemeanor marijuana possession because she wanted to take responsibility for her actions. She did not have a deal with prosecutors....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294072,00.html