A Fayetteville man has been convicted on multiple charges after robbing a bank with a gun, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
Court records show 32-year-old Karim Brown went on a month-long serial bank robbery spree spanning from December 2021 to January 2022. They happened in Hope Mills, Angier, Fuquay-Varina and Fayetteville.
Karim Brown went into the bank with the gun in three of them, officials said, with the first being the PNC Bank in Hope Mills. Throughout the spree of robberies, Karim Brown and Shiheem Brown were able to collect over $25,000 in stolen money.
“He entered the bank and demanded money from the teller, which totaled $4,674. On New Year’s Eve 2021, Shiheem Brown was captured on surveillance footage scouting the First Bank in Angier before Karim Brown entered, brandished a firearm and demanded cash," the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. "He got away with $4,611. Two weeks later, on January 14, 2022, Karim Brown robbed the PNC on Main Street in Fuquay-Varina, brandishing a firearm and getting away with $9,000.”
During one of their robberies, Shiheem Brown took a selfie of their recently stolen cash as they were driving off.
Police said they finally tied the suspects to the robberies through the car they used in Fuquay-Varina.
Karim Brown still awaits sentencing, but faces a mandatory minimum of 31 years in prison. In 2024, Shiheem Brown confessed to one of the robberies and received an 18-year prison sentence.
