June Trial for Mother, Daughter on Robbery Charges

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A June 4 trial is scheduled in Mississippi for a mother and daughter suspected in the robberies of four banks in three states. Evie Mearlene Herrin, 57, and her daughter, Amelia Darci Crew, 30, were indicted in Mississippi on April 3 on charges stemming a March 26 holdup of Regions Bank in Gulfport, Miss. The women are suspected in similar holdups Feb. 13 at Iberia Bank in Kinder, La., Feb. 29 at Citizens National Bank in Henderson, Texas, and March 15 at MidSouth Bank in Sulphur, Louisiana. They pleaded not guilty last week. An attorney listed in the case didn’t immediately respond to a message Monday. Herrin is retired postal worker from Texas. She had been sharing an apartment with her daughter in Cleveland, Texas.