Man Holds Canton Bank Teller at Gunpoint; Customers Look On
October 18, 2024 11:27AM EDT
A 27-year old Canton man is in custody after Canton Police say he tried to rob the Chase Bank on 30th Street NW Thursday morning around 11:30. Officers were called to a robbery in progress and when they got there saw Zaviee Pledgure brandishing a firearm at a bank teller. Customers were in the bank, watching. Officers ordered him to the ground. He was secured and taken into custody without incident. The recovered about 65-hundred dollars in cash and his gun. He faces one count of aggravated robbery and eight counts of kidnapping. He’s in the Stark County Jail. No one was injured.