Bruce Allen Hughes,48, appeared in a Gainesville courtroom Friday morning. The Blairsville man was expected to plead guilty in January to committing a series of robberies in Georgia and Tennessee over an 11-year-period but changed his mind at the last minute.
Hughes was arrested in Madison County last year.
FBI Special Agent Greg Jones says the guilty plea - in U.S. District Court - likely will lead to a life sentence for Hughes, who authorities say robbed 29 banks in the two states before he was apprehended. Hughes stole a total of over $300,000 in the robberies.
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias said, â
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