Former cop pleads guilty to back-road bank robberies

Keith Edward Glenn, 49, admitted holding up banks in Auburntown, Alexandria, Eagleville and Carthage in 2003 and 2004. He also pleaded guilty Monday to eight firearms offenses.

Investigators had said before his arrest that the robber appeared familiar with rural roads in the area and often used a luxury car as his getaway vehicle.

Glenn was a former police officer in LaVergne and a former sheriff’s deputy in Cannon County.

Authorities didn’t disclose how much money was taken from the banks.

A sentencing hearing was set for Dec. 5. The maximum term on each count of robbery is life in prison.