Man Holds Canton Bank Teller at Gunpoint; Customers Look On

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.