Alliance, Ohio (WTRF) — A 42-year-old man was arrested Friday, accused of robbing the Huntington Bank on West State Street, marking the city’s first bank robbery since 2010.
According to the Alliance Police Department, Jauan L. Mason, who recently moved to Alliance from Akron, entered the bank around 9:20 a.m. and claimed he had a weapon. He demanded cash and fled on foot with approximately $400 in one-dollar bills.
Police responded immediately and searched the area. Mason was located walking on South Union Avenue near State Street. He had changed clothes and was carrying the stolen money, according to police.
Mason was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Stark County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.
Authorities say Mason moved to Alliance just five days before the robbery. During his arrest, he reportedly asked police to deposit the stolen cash into his jail commissary account.
This is the first bank robbery in Alliance in 15 years. Police stated that all bank robberies in the city since 2000 have been solved.
The police department thanked local security teams from the college and hospital for assisting with video surveillance during the investigation.
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