Back Road Bandit faces 15 counts
The man accused of twice robbing DeKalb Community Bank in Alexandria and earning the nickname the “Back Road Bandit,” has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Jim Vines, United States Attorney for the Middle Tennessee District of Tennessee, has announced Keith Edward Glenn, 49, was indicted on 15 criminal counts relating to bank robbery and firearm offenses. Glenn has been in continuous custody since being apprehended by the Smith County Sheriff’s Department after a Sept. 30 robbery of Smith County Bank, located in Carthage.
On March 14, assistant special agent in charge Eddie Farris, and special agent Troy Human of the Tennessee Highway Patrol/Criminal Investigation Division currently assigned to the FBI/Violent Crimes Task Force, took Glenn into federal custody.
In addition to being indicted for the Smith County Bank robbery, Glenn was indicted for the November 2000 and January 2004 robberies of DeKalb Community Bank in Alexandria, the April 2001 and January 2003 robberies of the First Tennessee Bank in Watertown, the June 2003 robbery of Union Planters in Auburntown, and the June 2004 robbery of the Union Planters Bank in Eagleville.
Prior to Glenn being charged, the local media referred to Glenn as the “Back Road Bandit” due to the nature of suspected routes taken before and after the bank robberies occurred.
Glenn is a former LaVergne police officer and former deputy with the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department.