Atlanta FBI Tweets Capture of Freedom FIghter Bandit with Crossville robbery photo

Based on the photo tweeted by the Atlanta office of the FBI it confirms that the young black woman who allegedly robbed the Crossville Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union on Saturday was the so-called Freedom Fighter Bandit, who got the name from telling those she robbed in the Atlanta area that she was robbing "for the movement" or "for the streets."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the "Freedom Fighter Bandit" was captured in Tennessee following a robbery "near Nashville."  Nilsha Urena was wanted for some 9 robberies in the Metro Atlanta area starting in October last year.

Arrest Photo from Davidson Co.

A tweet from the Atlanta office of the FBI this morning announced:

The "Freedom Fighter Bandit" was taken into custody after a bank robbery in TN. #FBI Atlanta believes Nilsa Marie Urena is responsible for as many as 9 bank robberies, most in metro Atlanta.

With the FBI tweet was the photo below that is from a surveillance camera the Crossville Main Office of the Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union. 

Nilsha Urena in surveillance video at Crossville UCFCU tweeted

by the FBI Atlanta

Urena was captured near Nashville about 2 hours after the robbery of the UCFCU that occurred at about 11:20 AM Saturday morning.  Her name showed up in the Davidson County inmate webpage on Sunday.  

While the name of the suspect in the Crossville Robbery has not been released, the photo tells the story of a notorious Atlanta bank robber who was captured after passing through Crossville. 

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