A man was arrested Tuesday in Jackson County, roughly 30 minutes after Ann Arbor police say he robbed the Bank of America branch on Briarwood Circle, authorities said.
No one was injured in the 2:30 p.m. robbery, Ann Arbor Detective Lt. Mark St. Amour said.
According to St. Amour, the man walked into the bank wearing a bandana covering his face and a cap on his head. He demanded money from a teller, implied he had a weapon and made off with an undisclosed amount of money, St. Amour said.
Officers responded to the bank within minutes of receiving a 911 call and obtained a description from witnesses of a car that left the scene, police said. Investigators disseminated that description to other police agencies, St. Amour said.
According to the Jackson Citizen-Patriot, a Chelsea police officer spotted the car on I-94 west and followed it into Jackson County. State troopers stopped the car in Blackman Township and arrested the 33-year-old man, the Citizen-Patriot reported.
Investigators recovered the stolen money and a loaded handgun after searching the suspect's car, St. Amour said.
Jackson police, Blackman Township police and the FBI also were involved in the bust, the Citizen-Patriot reported.
The man is at the Washtenaw County Jail. Charges are pending.
Lee Higgins covers crime and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at (734) 623-2527 and e-mail at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
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