PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Authorities say a 25-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to charges arising from a string of jewelry store heists across the South.
Abigail Lee Kemp waived her right to trial in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina when she accepted a plea deal Wednesday in Panama City federal court, local news organizations are reporting.
She has already pleaded guilty to conspiring with three men in the robbery of a Panama City Beach jewelry store, the reports say. Arrested last January, she was charged in a string of robberies spanning a 10-month period.
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Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13.
The FBI in Charlotte said Kemp is linked to a robbery in Mebane, North Carolina on Jan. 4.
Investigators said she held two employees at Jared's jewelry store at gunpoint and stole items from the display case.
Kemp is accused of robbing six stores spanning the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.
The News Herald reports she faces up to 20 years for each of six counts of interfering with commerce and could face a life sentence for brandishing a firearm during store robberies.
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