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By RHONDA COOK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 11/10/07

Perry police arrested a man the FBI had named the "Grandpa Bandit" Saturday at a hotel just off I-75 in Houston County.

The FBI said Bobby Joe Phillips, 64, is suspected in seven bank and credit union robberies in Knoxville, Tenn., and in Suwanee, Covington and Warner Robins in Georgia.

Phillips, who is from Covington, was being held in Houston County Jail until his first court appearance, which has not been scheduled.

The FBI said a Perry police officer saw Phillips' red Chevrolet S-10 in the Holiday Inn parking lot around 7:30 a.m. and moments later saw him walking toward the pickup truck. The officer arrested Phillips without incident.

Phillips robbed the First Georgia Community Bank in Covington on Sept. 20, the First Tennessee Bank in Knoxville on Oct. 1 and again on Oct. 12, the SunTrust Bank in Suwanee on Oct. 24, the Tennessee Members 1st Federal Credit Union in Knoxville on Nov. 1 and again on Friday, and a bank in Warner Robins on Thursday, according to the FBI.