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Bank robbers are sentenced
Brandy Joe Charles, 40, Franklin, N.C., and Anthony Robert Clifton, 23, Houston, Texas, have been sentenced by Judge Ronnie Greer, for their roles in the robbery of Tennessee State Bank in Newport. Charles was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison and Clifton was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison. Both Charles and Clifton pleaded guilty to the December, 2012 bank robbery of the Tennessee State Bank and to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of the robbery. Charles and Clifton have also been indicted in the Northern District of Georgia with bank robbery of the Suntrust Bank in Gainesville, Ga., and with brandishing a firearm in furtherance of this robbery. If convicted in Georgia, both face up to life in prison, which must be served consecutive to the sentence imposed in Tennessee. U.S. Attorney William C. Killian praised the cooperative efforts of the Newport Police Department and FBI for the investigation of this case. “These individuals were sentenced appropriately for their violent criminal acts. Fortunately, the victims in this robbery were not physically harmed," said Killian.
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