Chastain Montgomery, now 48, is a former state corrections officer.
Chastain Montgomery Jr. was killed in a shootout in Feb. 2011.MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A new federal indictment charges a man charged in the killing of two Henning post office workers with robbing two banks and planning another heist.
According to The Commercial Appeal, prosecutors said the bank jobs came in the weeks after the killings in which Chastain Montgomery and his teenage son were later implicated.
Police fatally wounded 18-year-old Chastain Montgomery Jr. in a shootout in Mason in February 2011 after officers stopped him driving a stolen truck.
The elder Montgomery, who is 48, is a former state corrections officer.
Postal employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray were fatally shot during an October 2010 robbery at the post office in rural west Tennessee.
Inspectors say only $63 was taken.
Montgomery has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
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Previous Stories:
- March 1, 2011: Man charged in post office slayings makes court appearance
- Feb. 24, 2011: Indictment coming in shooting of 2 postal workers
- Feb. 17, 2011: Teen killed by deputies linked to post office shooting
- Feb. 15, 2011: Armed fugitive wanted in Nashville shot, killed
- Jan. 16, 2011: Teen wounded in shooting talks about recovery
- Jan. 6, 2011: Suspect named in shooting of H.S. football standout
- Jan. 5, 2011: Antioch H.S. senior shot 7 times
- Oct. 19, 2010: Gunmen on loose in Tenn. post office attack
- Oct. 18, 2010: 2 workers killed at west Tenn. post office
