Mother, Daughter to Plead Guilty in Bank Robbery

GULFPORT, MISS. (AP/Staff) – A mother and daughter suspected in a string of bank robberies, including one in Henderson, Texas, plan to plead guilty in a Mississippi case. They’ve notified court officials of their intent to accept a plea agreement in the armed robbery of a Gulfport bank. The Sun Herald reports Evie Mearlene Herrin, 57, and Amelia Darci Crew, 30, have been in custody since March 26, when Gulfport police arrested them minutes after the holdup of a Regions Bank. The women, who were living in Cleveland, Texas, are accused of taking just over $12,000.

A similar federal indictment in Louisiana alleges the women robbed two banks there. Court papers don’t show if their guilty pleas in Gulfport, set for October 1, will include the Louisiana robberies. And there was no immediate word on the status of the case involving a heist February 29 at Citizens National Bank in Henderson.