ALLIANCE, Ohio (WTRF) — A 42-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after allegedly 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. 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 recor

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