Alliance police arrested 42-year-old Jauan L. Mason on Friday morning after he robbed Huntington Bank on West State Street, taking approximately $400 in one-dollar bills. Mason, who moved to Alliance from Akron just five days earlier, entered the bank around 9:20 a.m. claiming he had a weapon and demanded cash before fleeing on foot. Patrolman Paul Vesco found Mason walking after he changed clothes, but still carrying the stolen money. Mason was taken into custody without incident and booked into Stark County Jail on aggravated robbery charges. During his arrest, Mason reportedly asked police to deposit the stolen cash into his jail commissary account. This marks Alliance’s first bank robbery since 2010, with police noting all bank robberies in the city since 2000 have been solved. (Story URL)
