WTRF 7News · Bank robber in Ohio steals $400 in $1 bills, asks police if he can keep the stolen cash for jail commissary
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Posted: Nov 3, 2025 / 08:56 PM EST
Updated: Nov 4, 2025 / 03:38 AM EST
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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.
Authorities say Mason had 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.
Bank robber in Ohio steals $400 in $1 bills, asks police if he can keep the stolen cash for jail commissary
by: Mike HarrisPosted: Nov 3, 2025 / 08:56 PM EST
Updated: Nov 4, 2025 / 03:38 AM EST
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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.
Authorities say Mason had 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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