Melissa A. Brown - Middle School Teacher Arrested For Bank Robbery. School Officials ‘Stonewall’ Parent Concerns

Published: April 23, 2008, 10:46 pm

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Barboursville, W.V. (The Weekly Vice) -- Melissa A. Brown, a 28 year old art teacher at Stonewall Jackson Middle School and her brother, 24 year old Jeremy Brown have been arrested and accused of robbing a Barboursville bank. According to police, Melissa Brown drove the red Chevrolet Cavalier getaway car following the robbery of the First Sentry Bank. Her brother Jeremy Brown passed a note to tellers threatening he had a gun and demanding money.The sibling duo didn't get far. The Brown's red Cavelier was pulled over by police Monday morning, shortly after the bank was robbed. The brother and sister tag team was arrested and hauled off to jail. End of story.Well, not exactly.When authorities in nearby Charleston learned the details of the Barboursville robbery, they found many similarities to a robbery that occurred in their own town just a week earlier. Tactics used in both robberies involved similar methods and a similar description of the getaway car. Police also say

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