With no plea bargain in place, one of the two young Atlanta women known as the "Barbie Bandits" entered a guilty plea to felony theft and misdemeanor marijuana possession. Heather Johnson (pictured) said she plead guilty without a plea deal because she wanted to take responsibility for her actions and she tearfully apologized in court.

"I regret what I did. I wish I could take it back every day," Heather Johnston, 19, told the judge. Before she was arrested with Ashley Miller for robbing a bank branch in Acworth, Georgia, Johnston was working as a stripper.

Since her arrest she has been working as a customer service representative for a local business.

"Money isn't everything," Johnston told the judge. "It's not what's important to me any more. Doing the right thing is. I feel more rewarded because I've worked hard for it."

Media Dubs Them "Barbie Bandits"

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley deferred sentencing until after the cases of the three other defendants are concluded. Judge Staley said she expects Johnston to testify truthfully if called as a witness.

Also arrested in the case was a teller at the bank and the driver of the car Miller and Johnston were arrested in two days after the bank robbery, which was caught on videotape.

Because both Miller and Johnston were blonde, wearing sunglasses and laughing during the robbery, the media dubbed them the "Barbie Bandits."

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