Could Crossville Bank Robber be the so called "Freedom Fighter Bandit?"

UPDATE: Nilhsa Marie Urena is listed as being held in the Davidson Co. Jail under a federal warrant and awaiting trial.  No bond is listed.  It appears that the Freedom Fighter Bandit has been captured.

The suspect in the February 3, 2018, robbery of the Crossville main Branch of the Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union on Saturday has been captured near Nashville and the Crossville Police press release said she may have been involved in other bank robberies.

Suspect in a string of bank robberies

in Georgia Nilhsa Urena

Photo from a Georgia bank robbery.

The FBI has been looking for a young black female suspect in a string of bank and credit union robberies in Georgia for the last several months.  She may have been involved in as many as 9 other bank robberies starting in October of 2017.  That suspect was identified as Nilhsa Urena, 25, who apparently recruited young and teen black males to assist in the robberies.  Several of the alleged accomplices have been arrested in Georgia.  She is called herself the Freedom FIghter Bandit as she claims the money she robs goes "for a cause."

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Could the Crossville robbery on Saturday, February 3 have been committed by the Freedom Fighter Bandit?  While the identity of the suspect in Crossville's robbery has not yet been released, the possibility seems strong that it might have lead to the capture of the "Freedom FIghter Bandit."

More information as it becomes available.

Grio Article on "Freedom FIghter Bandit"

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article

Suspect Arrested in Crossville Credit Union Robbery, Investigation Ongoing.

Crossville Police Dept. PRESS RELEASE 

February 3, 2018

On February 03, 2018 at approximately 11:19 am, Crossville Police Officers and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a Bank Robbery, at the Upper Cumberland Federal Credit Union on Livingston Road. Officers arrived within minutes, however, the suspect was gone upon their arrival.


A joint investigative effort led Nashville Metropolitan Police and the THP Criminal Investigative Division to locate and apprehend a black female suspect, in Nashville Tennessee, approximately two hours after the robbery. The female suspect, whose name has not been released, has possibly been involved in other bank robberies.

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Crossville Police Department and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the initial investigation, after which, assistance from the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Nashville Metropolitan Police, were paramount in the apprehension. The case will be further investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This is an active investigation and any other information will be released by the Nashville office of the FBI, as it is available.

TBI Top 10 Most Wanted in Custody in Indiana, Alleged member of Vice Lords-wanted for Heroin distribution

TBI announces arrest

NASHVILLE – A man who was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 Most Wanted list in July is now in custody, after being arrested today in Indiana.

Bradford (DOB 3-19-79) had been wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to face a charge of Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Heroin. Bradford is a known member of the Vice Lords with ties to Chicago and the Middle Tennessee area.

Brandon Bradford

Brandon Bradford was taken into custody today at a hotel on Eastern Boulevard in Clarksville, Indiana. He had barricaded himself in a room there for about an hour before surrendering. Bradford was taken into custody by the FBI, with assistance from TBI, the Metro Nashville Police Department, and officers with the Jeffersonville (IN) Police Department, the Clarksville (IN) Police Department, the Clark County (IN) Sheriff’s Department, the New Albany (IN) Police Department, and the Floyd County (IN) Sheriff’s Office.

Bradford is currently being held in the Floyd County Jail in Indiana.

This continues to be an active and ongoing investigation