IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

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v. :
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TIMOTHY ALAN NORRIS : 17CR67-1

FACTUAL BASIS FOR A GUILTY PLEA

NOW COMES the United States of America, by and through Sandra J.

Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North

Carolina and states that the factual basis for a guilty plea is as follows:

December 16, 2016, at approximately 12:52 p.m., an individual later

identified as Timothy Alan Norris walked into a branch of the State Employees

Credit Union (SECU) located at 2305 Westchester Drive in High Point, North

Carolina. At all times relevant to the incident, the deposits of SECU were

insured by the National Credit Union Administration. Norris entered the

credit union from the front entrance and approached a teller, K.M. Initially,

Norris was friendly when he approached the teller window and began speaking

with K.M. After exchanging pleasantries, Norris handed K.M. a demand note,

which stated, in sum and substance, “[t]his is a robbery. I have a gun. Give me

all of your money.” In a state shock, K.M. began removing cash from her teller

drawer. Norris told K.M. to “be careful” when she looked at him. Norris also

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instructed K.M. to wrap the money in the demand note. The exchange took no

more than a minute. After K.M. placed the $809 in the demand note on the

counter, Norris calmly walked out the front door. K.M. pressed the silent

alarm after Norris left. Officers with the High Point Police Department

arrived on scene shortly thereafter.

When police arrived, they collected evidence, including footage from

SECU’s video surveillance. Only the surveillance camera in lobby captured

the robbery. The footage clearly shows Norris walking into the bank, waiting

in a short line at K.M.’s teller window, and then walking out a short time later

with something in his hand.

While on scene, HPD Detectives M. W. Blackman and R.D. Ward entered

the credit union and began speaking with employees and other individuals at

the scene. They immediately came across Leslie Englebright. Englebright

stated that she had driven a man who had identified himself as “Tim” to the

bank. Englebright explained “Tim” had approached her when she was in the

front yard of her home on Edgewood Drive, a short distance away from the

SECU. “Tim” asked for a ride to the SECU and told Englebright that he

resided of “Prospect Street.” Tim indicated he needed a ride to the bank

because he did not want to walk “all the way.” Once the pair arrived at the

SECU in Englebright’s vehicle, a red Ford Ranger pick-up truck, “Tim”

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instructed Englebright to park directly in front of the entrance on the west side

of the building. Englebright told police that “Tim” was in the SECU for less

than a minute before he returned to her car with a white piece paper and a

“handful of cash.” “Tim” kept motioning for Englebright to “go.” Sensing

something was wrong, Englebright asked “Tim” if he had just robbed the bank,

to which “Tim” responded “hell no!” Englebright then told “Tim” she was going

to into the bank to ask them whether the bank had just been robbed. When

Englebright exited her car, “Tim” jumped out from the front passenger seat

and headed in the direction of Edgewood Drive. At the point she entered the

bank she knew from the look on the bank employees’ faces that “Tim” had just

robbed the bank. Bank employees also indicated to Englebright directly that

the bank had just been robbed. Englebright claimed she did not know “Tim”

before the day of the robbery.

As officers arrived at the scene of the SECU robbery, they pieced together

a timeline of events that occurred after the robbery and tracked down Norris.

Witness R.H., another patron of the bank, indicated that a man matching

Norris’s description approached him for a ride shortly after exiting the bank.

When R.H. declined, he saw the man unsuccessfully attempt to enter another

car, and then walk down Edgewood Drive on foot.

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 Officer Dupke responded to the area of the SECU to attempt to set up a

perimeter. As Officer Dupke drove up Royal Oak Ave., toward Edgewood

Drive, he observed a white man wearing blue jeans and a plaid shirt appear to

exit a car in the area of 308 Burton Ave. Officer Dupke approached that car

and spoke with the driver. The driver told Officer Dupke that a man asked for

a ride and attempted to enter his car without consent. Norris then knocked on

the door of an apartment belonging to Ms. A.-F., who at the time was being

visited by her pastor, Dr. L. Norris offered Ms. A.-F. a $50 bill to “drive him

somewhere,” which she declined. When Norris tried to enter Ms. A.-F.’s

apartment, Dr. L. told Norris to leave. Moments later, Lt. Caldwell deployed

his K-9 to track Norris into an overgrown area of kudzu and brush behind the

Ridgecrest apartment complex. Norris complied with Lt. Caldwell’s commands

to stay on the ground. Norris was arrested without incident. Officers

confiscated exactly $809 dollars from Norris’s front pockets. Norris was

transported to HPPD police station where he was advised of his Miranda

rights. Norris made a brief statement in which he indicated that he had

problems and that the police “all knew what he did today.” Norris then

concluded the interview by asking for a lawyer.

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This the 26th day of April, 2017.

SANDRA J. HAIRSTON
Acting United States Attorney

/S/ JOHN M. ALSUP

Assistant United States Attorney
NCSB #43386
United States Attorney’s Office
101 S. Edgeworth St., 4th Floor
Greensboro, NC 27401
336/333-5351

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 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA :

:
v. :
:
TIMOTHY ALAN NORRIS : 17CR67-1

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 26, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing

with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification

of such filing to the following: Louis C. Allen, III, Esq. and that a copy of the

same was emailed to the U. S. Probation Office at

Probationecf@ncmp.uscourts.gov.

/S/ JOHN M. ALSUP

Assistant United States Attorney
NCSB #43386
United States Attorney's Office
Middle District of North Carolina
101 S. Edgeworth St., 4th Floor
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: 336/333-5351

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