Three years after Tamia Sims-Irby says she was pistol-whipped and stabbed while being robbed in Atlanta, the South Carolina woman has finally recovered most of the stolen money from Greenville police, who kept it under lock and key.
“I’m super happy,” she told Fox Carolina in a story published Nov. 6. (1) “I never want to go through this again and I never wish this on my worst enemy.”
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Sims-Irby was 18 years old at the time of the attack, and had been trying for years to get the $20,000 taken from her on the night in question. (2)
According to the local broadcaster, the cash was being held by police in Greenville, where the robbery suspects were arrested. Despite a guilty plea from one of the men, Sims-Irby says the authorities wouldn’t return her money. She filed a civil lawsuit in April to get it back.
What happened to the money?
The Atlanta Black Star, reports that court records state Sims-Irby and a female friend drove from Greenville to Atlanta to work at a strip club, which is apparently how Sims-Irby gained the large sum of cash. (3) The two women later met with four male acquaintances, who also drove in from Greenville, at a hotel parking lot. That’s when the robbery occurred…