By AP
Benton, IL – Authorities believe they've solved three recent southern Illinois bank robberies with the arrests of a man and his half-brother.
Investigators on Monday announced the arrest of 37-year-old Nicholas Hall and 33-year-old Jonathan Bohn.
Authorities were investigating the holdup last Friday at Banterra Bank in Marion, an August 15th heist at First Collinsville Bank and a robbery two days earlier of the Mid-Country Bank in Benton.
In each case, a man armed with a small handgun entered the bank and displayed a bank bag and a note demanding certain denominations of U.S. currency.
The men were arrested Saturday during a West Frankfort traffic stop in which police reportedly found money taken in the Marion robbery the previous day.
They're jailed in Franklin County on $50,000 bond apiece.
