Acworth, Cherokee County, Ga. July 26, 2007-On Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at approximately 9:00 pm Alphonso Bankhead, 33 years old of Acworth, was arrested and charged with Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder, Criminal Attempt to Commit Armed Robbery, Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Possession of Cocaine.
Pursuant to an undercover operation conducted by the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Unit Bankhead was arrested near Bells Ferry Road and Highway 92 after Bankhead made substantial steps toward the completion of the crimes of Murder and Armed Robbery. Bankhead obtained what he believed to be a loaded firearm from an undercover Sheriff’s Detective but was arrested after receiving the firearm.
It is believed the attempted Armed Robbery and Murder was drug related and was to be committed in Fulton County. The true identity of the proposed victim is still trying to be determined.