Bank robber in Ohio steals $400 in $1 bills, asks police if he can keep the stolen cash for jail commissary

Alliance, Ohio (WTRF) — A 42-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after 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, 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. Patrolman Paul Vesco located Mason walking on South Union Avenue near State Street. Mason had changed clothes and was carrying the stolen money.

Mason was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Stark County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery. Police noted that he has a lengthy criminal record…

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