text: The brunette suspect — described as white, in her 20s or 30s, 5-foot-8 and 130 pounds — is believed to have knocked over six stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina since April. 
   
   The most recent heist was Monday at a Jared Vault in Mebane, North Carolina, the FBI said. She forced two workers into a back room at gunpoint, zip-tied their hands and then piled jewelry from the cases into a shopping bag. 
   
   A male suspect — black, in his 30s or 40s, 6 feet and 250 pounds — was caught on surveillance cameras in three of the robberies. 
   
   "Both suspects are considered armed and dangerous," the FBI said. 
   
   Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324). ||||| MEBANE, N.C. (WXII/WNCN) — A woman authorities believe has robbed jewelry stores across the Southeast, including one in North Carolina Monday, may be working with an accomplice. 
   
   The FBI on Tuesday released several photographs of the woman and of a man believed to be working with her. 
   
   A woman may be the same one who hit five jewelry store robberies in the South — netting more than $450,000 worth of goods — and then robbed a jewelry store Monday at Tanger Outlets in Mebane. 
   
   The incident was reported around 10:30 a.m. at the Jared Vault at 4000 Arrowhead Boulevard. No one was injured. 
   
   She may be working with a man caught on camera during robberies in Panama City Beach, Florida, and Dawsonville, Georgia. 
   
   Mebane police said the woman showed a handgun and ordered the employees to a back room before tying them up with zip-ties. In previous robberies of jewelry stores, the woman also showed a gun and tied up workers at the stores with zip-ties. 
   
   The woman fled with an undisclosed amount of merchandise, but so far has stolen more than $450,000 worth of jewelry in the six total robberies, officials say. 
   
   Police released a surveillance image of the suspect. She stands about 5 feet 8, weighs about 120 pounds and should be considered armed and dangerous, police said. 
   
   The same woman may be involved in similar robberies in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, police said. 
   
   Before Monday, the last jewelry store she robbed was in mid-October in Tennessee. 
   
   Officials are also investigating similar robberies of jewelry stores in Florida, South Carolina and two in Georgia. 
   
   In October, authorities say the woman went into Reeds Jewelers in Panama City Beach, Florida with a gun. In this case, she told two store employees to go to the store’s restroom where she zip-tied their hands, just like in Sevierville, before getting away with more than $400,000 worth of jewels. 
   
   Police say she pulls out a gun and forces employees into the back where she then ties them up before stealing the jewelry. 
   
   The first robbery was a Jared in Woodstock, Georgia. The next robbery was at a Zales in Dawsonville, Georgia. There she stole jewelry worth $13,000. 
   
   A week later a woman robbed a Reeds in Panama City Beach. She hit that one for $40,000. 
   
   The next store hit was a Jared Vault in Tanger Outlet Two in Bluffton, South Carolina. The thief was described as wearing a blue or purple striped skirt, a lavender and black brimmed hat according to WJCL. 
   
   Police are trying to figure out if the robberies were committed by the same woman. 
   
   The methods are similar and all the stores that were robbed were chain stores at large retail shopping/ entertainment plazas. 
   
   If you can identify the woman, know her whereabouts or have any other information that can help investigators, you’re asked to call Mebane police at 919-563-9031 or Alamance County Crime Stoppers at 336-229-7100. 
   
   — CNN and WATE-TV contributed to this report 
   
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target: – A woman believed to be in her 20s or 30s held employees of a Jared Vault jewelry store in Mebane, NC, at gunpoint on Monday before making off with jewelry piled into a shopping bag. But this wasn't her first rodeo: The FBI says the same brunette has robbed five other jewelry stores across the South since April, including in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, netting more than $450,000 worth of bling, per WNCN. A black man in his 30s or 40s, weighing about 250 pounds, was spotted by cameras during three of the robberies, reports NBC News. The FBI says both suspects "are considered armed and dangerous."