Alex Harper Indicted in First National Bank Robbery

A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Alex Harper with the federal crime of bank robbery.

Harper, 27, of Richmond Heights,  $4,673 from the  in June.

Prosecutors say Harper gave the bank teller a note, demanding money, and then fled. Police arrested him after a lengthy car and foot chase through Mentor, Willoughby, Wickliffe and Euclid.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Mentor Police Department.

 of robbing five banks in 2005, including the First National Bank in Mentor.

He admitted to robbing five banks in the summer of 2005 in Northeast Ohio. In each case, Harper would enter the bank with a note, warning the teller that he had a weapon and demanding money.

At the time, Harper was 21 years old. He told authorities that he robbed banks to support his 4-year-old son that was born out of wedlock when he was 17.

The federal judge sentenced Harper to 57 months in prison.