Canton Bank Robbery Suspect In Custody: Police

CANTON, MI – A bank robbery and hostage situation at a Citizens Bank branch on Canton Center Road ended peacefully and without injuries, police said. The bank robbery was reported to police at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, and ended just more than four hours later.

After negotiations with members of the Western-Wayne Special Operations and Hostage Negotiation Teams and FBI agents, the unidentified suspect released a pair of hostages at 6:30 p.m., and a third hostage a short time later, according to police.

By 7:45 p.m., the suspect was in custody, police said. An investigation into the robbery continues, police said.

No other details of the robbery were made public.

Officers did not indicate if the robbery Thursday was connected to other recent robberies, including one last week at the Huntington Bank branch on Michigan Avenue.

Police earlier this week announced that the bank was offering $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect in a robbery on Thursday, Jan. 18. In that robbery, police said the suspect wore a black coat, black hat and a mask made of bandages.

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