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Tattooed

By Shawn Matlock

Yesterday in the 213th District Court, Phyllis Dawn Harvey, known as the "Tattoo Bandit" got tattooed by a Tarrant County jury for her 12 day crime spree last July and into August. The spree began July 21 with a carjacking in Euless, and continued with robberies in Arlington, Bedford, Euless, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Hurst, North Richland Hills and Richland Hills. Generally, all of her victims were women. According to prosecutors, Ms. Harvey would use a ruse of asking for change or attempting to buy a lottery ticket to get her victims to lower their guard. According to Ms. Harvey, her crimes were simply a means to feed her drug habit. The jury apparently felt little compassion for the Bandit, and sentenced her to 18 life sentences as well as a 75 year sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).