A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted seven people with nicknames such as "Dookie," "Fish" and "PricelessT" who are believed to be the Scarecrow Bandits, North Texas' most notorious bank robbers.

The indictment charges each of the defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence.

The suspects are: Corey Deyon Duffey, a.k.a. "Keyno," 27; Tony R. Hewitt, a.k.a. "PricelessT," 42;  Jarvis Dupree Ross, a.k.a. "Dookie" and "Dapree Dollars," 29; Darobie Kentay Stenline, a.k.a. "Fish" and "Dude White," 30; Charles Runnels, a.k.a. "Junior," 42; Antonyo Reece, a.k.a. "Seven," 31; and Yolanda McDow, 41.

All seven defendants are scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney at 2 p.m.

The indictment alleges that on Monday, the suspects conspired to rob the Regions Bank in the 2200 block of West Campbell Road in Garland, the U.S. Attorney's office said. The robbery resulted in multiple police chases through Dallas and neighboring cities before ending with the arrest of seven suspects believed to be involved in at least 20 takeover-style holdups.

"This is another great example of cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement.  As a result, these dangerous criminals will be brought to justice and the streets of our communities are safer," said U.S. Attorney Richard Roper of the Northern District of Texas.

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said authorities had been electronically tracking the vehicle of at least one of the suspects for days.

The series of chases apparently began in the area near Shiloh and Campbell roads in Garland, where two of the suspects were arrested. Authorities chased the other suspects in different directions, eventually arresting them all.

"Nobody got away, ultimately," said Robert E. Casey Jr., special agent-in-charge of the FBI office in Dallas, on Monday.

"We are very confident that our actions today prevented another bank robbery," he said. "And it gives us some peace of mind that the spree of crimes committed by a number of persons collectively that we call the Scarecrow Bandits has come to an end."

One of those arrested Monday was captured at a Costco in Plano after the Dallas police SWAT team responded to a confrontation at the discount store shortly before 10 a.m.

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Armored police vehicles loaded with officers toting automatic weapons converged on the store. No one was hurt and no hostages were taken, officials said. Authorities later towed a gold Mercedes-Benz sedan from the store's parking lot.

Two others were arrested near the 4100 block of Druid Hills Drive in central Oak Cliff, the FBI said.

In that area at 10:50 a.m., someone intentionally rammed a police car, forcing it off the road, a Dallas police report says. The suspects in that incident – Mr. Reece and Mr. Runnels – were booked into the Dallas County Jail late Monday.

Mr. Runnels was already facing a murder charge in the April 13 shooting of a man that occurred after a disagreement between the two, police said. He had been out on bail.

A woman who lives near where the two men were arrested said that for weeks, cars occupied by men who appeared to be undercover police officers had been parking in front of her home.

"They'd just park here and watch up the street," said Lisa Jackson, pointing toward a low-income apartment complex near where the arrests occurred.

Another pursuit ended at a Dallas apartment complex at Jupiter and McCree roads, just south of Interstate 635 in Lake Highlands. A suspect fled into the Hilton Head Apartments before being captured. According to early reports, he briefly took a woman hostage before police were able to arrest him.

Asked at the news conference whether anyone had been taken hostage, Agent Casey paused a moment and then answered, "I would say no."

A few blocks from that incident, at Jupiter Road and Northwest Highway, police arrested another suspect, who was sitting in a vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot. There was damage to the vehicle, which may have been rammed by police.

Agent Casey congratulated the FBI and local police agencies for what he called "dogged, methodical investigative work over a number of months." Police from Dallas, Plano, Richardson and Garland assisted the FBI in catching the suspects.

He said North Texans "can sleep a little easier tonight" knowing authorities have taken dangerous criminals off the street.

But Agent Casey declined to provide details about what had occurred, explaining, "We have to let the criminal justice system work as it is supposed to work." He also refused to say where the suspects were being held and gave a succinct reason for doing so: "Because I don't want to."

The Scarecrow Bandits got their name from the loose shirts and floppy hats they wore during holdups.

"That was just what came to mind for us because they looked like scarecrows," John Wetherington, the special agent-in-charge of the FBI's bank robbery unit in North Texas, said in April.

The baggy outfits have been replaced with mostly black garb recently. The bandits always obscure their faces, sometimes with nylon mesh masks.

The robberies take less than two minutes. Armed with handguns, the bandits usually work in teams of five or six and sometimes vault the teller counter and assault bank employees. They have threatened to kill bank customers.

The Dallas office of the FBI posted a $90,000 reward for information leading to their arrests. That's a record for bank robbers in the region.

"The Scarecrow robbers were very, very good at what they did," Dallas police Chief David Kunkle said. "But I think what this proves is that even people that are good at these kinds of crimes, ultimately, that they will get arrested."

Staff writer Richard Abshire contributed to this report.

Corey Deyon Duffey

(a.k.a. "Keyno" or "Calvin Brown")

Mr. Duffey, 27, went to prison as a teenager for his involvement in a road-rage shooting. Jarvis Dupree Ross told the FBI that it was Mr. Duffey who would call him before a robbery. Authorities believe he was living in a Lake Highlands apartment rented by Travis Stenline, a relative.

Tony R. Hewitt

(a.k.a. "PricelessT")

Some knew Mr. Hewitt, 42, as an assistant pastor at his father's east Oak Cliff church. Court records say he is a repeat felon. He has served time in prison over the past three decades for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and drug trafficking. He was released on parole in 2005 and was known to associate with Yolanda McDow and Charlie Runnels, who Mr. Hewitt's mother said is a distant relative.

Yolanda McDow

Ms. McDow, 41, filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s and was also sentenced to three years' probation after a charge of credit card abuse. In 2005, Dallas police accused her of shooting her cousin during a fight outside a nightclub, though the charges were dropped. Authorities say Mr. Hewitt brought her into the crew for several of the robberies, offering to pay her $3,000. The two have dated in the past.

Antonyo Reece

(a.k.a. "Seven")

Mr. Reece, 31, was paroled early last year after receiving a 30-year prison sentence in 1991 for a Dallas County murder charge. Records show he and Mr. Duffey were briefly assigned to the same state prison in 1999, though it is unclear if they ever interacted.

Jarvis Dupree Ross

(a.k.a. "Dookie")

Mr. Ross, 29, was convicted of biting a Dallas police officer on the neck during a struggle in 2002. His ex-girlfriend later accused him of beating her and threatening to kill her. She received a temporary restraining order against him last year. In April, he was arrested twice, once on charges of unlawfully possessing a gun and body armor and again on a cocaine possession count.

Charles Runnels

(a.k.a. "Junior")

A relative and childhood friend of Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Runnels, 42, was released from an Ohio prison in 2006 after serving nine years for aggravated battery. He also had a manslaughter conviction in Arkansas and an aggravated burglary conviction in Dallas County. On April 13, police say, he fatally shot a lifelong friend in an ongoing dispute over money. He was released on bail days after his arrest in that case.

Darobie Kentay Stenline

(a.k.a. "Fish" or "Dude White")

Darobie Stenline, 30, told the FBI that Mr. Duffey hired him as a lookout in five robberies in order to work off a $15,000 debt. His record in Dallas County includes misdemeanor theft convictions. His ex-girlfriend once accused him of choking her and received a protective order against him.

Travis Stenline

(a.k.a. "Keeze" or "Kenny Hill")

Travis Stenline, 28, has not been arrested in the Scarecrow Bandit case, but he is identified in federal court documents as a co-conspirator in several bank robberies. He is accused in police reports of running two drug houses last year. Mr. Stenline was arrested in December on drug-trafficking charges. It is unclear if he is related to Darobie Stenline.