LORAIN — Police have arrested a man in connection with Thursday’s bank robbery in South Lorain.

Brendon Lieb, 22, from Lorain, was booked on robbery charges Friday, according to Lorain police Lt. Mark Carpentiere. Police responded to the robbery at the First Federal Savings Bank of Lorain at East 42nd Street and state Route 57 about 3:35 p.m. Thursday.
The robber did not display a weapon, according to police.

Carpentiere said officers recognized Lieb from a surveillance photo, and he was picked up on several unrelated warrants at his home on Meadow Lane, which is near the bank. Credit goes to officers Shawn Petty and Tim Thompson, Carpentiere said.

“They were the officers that developed information that led them to identify Lieb as a suspect in the bank robbery, then locate and arrest him on some outstanding warrants,” he said.

Carpentiere said Lieb got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and some of that money was recovered when he was arrested.

Contact Rona Proudfoot at 329-7124 or rproudfoot@chroniclet.com.