Police in Ohio say they captured the man who robbed a bank in Lawrence County.
Channel 11 NBC affiliate WFMJ reports that George Penson, 63, was arrested in Youngstown after officers received a notification to be on the lookout for his license plate and vehicle.
Penson has been identified as a suspect in a bank robbery that happened on Wilmington Road in Neshannock Township on Wednesday morning.
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Penson’s arrest happened on the 1800 block of Market Street at around 5 p.m., reports say.
He is in jail, and the FBI is handling the investigation.
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