Wednesday, March 07, 2007
'Down the Wrong Road' - Newsweek
That's how the father of one of the 'Barbie Bandits' describes their fall from grace. How nice middle-class girls became strippers and alleged bank robbers.
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Miller and Johnston apparently did a dismal job of laying low. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, they went on a buying binge the next day, shopping at Gucci and getting their hair done at a posh salon. The day after that, cops arrested all four suspects.
Both girls turned to stripping to earn cash. After meeting at Shooter Alley, they decided to move in together. About a month ago, they rented an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. The place had no furniture, and they slept on blankets on the floor, according to Miller's mother.
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Johnston, 19, was a straight-A student and a nimble tennis player, says her uncle, Jay Johnston. She received a HOPE Scholarship, awarded to Georgia students with at least a 3.0 GPA, according to her father, Edward Johnston. Miller, 18, wasn't strong academically but had a big heart and volunteered at a nursing home, says her mother, Joy Miller. But after graduating high school last year, each fell in with a shady crowd, according to neighbors and relatives. ...
That's how the father of one of the 'Barbie Bandits' describes their fall from grace. How nice middle-class girls became strippers and alleged bank robbers.
...
Miller and Johnston apparently did a dismal job of laying low. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, they went on a buying binge the next day, shopping at Gucci and getting their hair done at a posh salon. The day after that, cops arrested all four suspects.
Both girls turned to stripping to earn cash. After meeting at Shooter Alley, they decided to move in together. About a month ago, they rented an apartment in a sketchy neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. The place had no furniture, and they slept on blankets on the floor, according to Miller's mother.
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Johnston, 19, was a straight-A student and a nimble tennis player, says her uncle, Jay Johnston. She received a HOPE Scholarship, awarded to Georgia students with at least a 3.0 GPA, according to her father, Edward Johnston. Miller, 18, wasn't strong academically but had a big heart and volunteered at a nursing home, says her mother, Joy Miller. But after graduating high school last year, each fell in with a shady crowd, according to neighbors and relatives. ...
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