Authorities arrested a suspect after a bank robbery on Saturday, November 4.

According to the Sedalia Police Department, a panic alarm was sounded at a central Bank branch at 9:51 a.m. Officers learned that a male suspect had robbed the bank by threat of a knife.

The suspect had an item concealed in his right hand that he told tellers was a knife and that he was going to use it. He was able to get approximately $2,100 in cash from the bank teller before fleeing on foot.

Officers worked with Central Bank staff and security footage was quickly recovered. Still images of the suspect were obtained and sent out to Sedalia Police Officers as well as Pettis County Sheriff’s Deputies. A Pettis County Deputy immediately recognized and identified the suspect as 36-year-old Dustin Bailey. His information was relayed to officers and deputies.

A Sedalia Police Officer found Bailey walking in the area of 6th Street and Montgomery Avenue not even an hour after the incident was reported. The suspect had changed his clothing but was identified by his backpack and facial tattoos. Sedalia Officers converged on the suspect and he was apprehended without incident.

Bailey was arrested and transported to the Pettis County Jail where he was placed on a 24 hour hold.

State charges of robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon are being submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office.