FBI Press Release
Atlanta Field Office
Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge

2635 Century Parkway Suite 400   
Contact:  SA Stephen Emmett
Atlanta, GA 30345  Desk:  (404) 679-6451
(404) 679-9000     Cell:    (404) 392-2506

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Atlanta – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, along with Chief Richard J. Pennington, Atlanta Police Department, announce the arrest of Thomas Eugene Bradley, age 47, of Palmetto, Georgia, subsequent to today’s armed bank robbery at the Bank of America, located at 1775 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Georgia.

At approximately 11:30 a.m. today (5/7/08), a lone white male entered the above Bank of America branch and, upon entry of the bank, immediately encountered the branch manager. The robber presented the manager with a device and stated that it was a bomb. Both individuals then went into the manager’s office located near the entry of the bank. At some point during the robbery, a Robbery in Progress call went out and a nearby Atlanta Police Sergeant responded. The responding officers encountered Mr. Bradley just outside of the bank branch and placed him under arrest.

Bomb Squads from both the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI responded wherein “render safe” procedures were put in place and the device was removed for further examination/handling.

Bradley will be charged federally with today’s robbery as well as for the use of a weapon in the commission of a crime. He will appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, May 8, 2008 for his initial appearance.

The public is reminded that all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law .