A 49-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with a St. Joseph bank robbery.

St. Joseph Police Department Captain Jeff Wilson said a man entered the US Bank at 800 N. Belt Highway just before 11 a.m. and handed a teller a note indicating he was robbing the bank.

A man was taken into custody by officers at gunpoint a short time later in the parking lot of Apple Market on N. 36th street.

Law enforcement officials from St. Joseph Police Department, Buchanan County Sheriffs Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol were all on scene.

An investigation is ongoing.

More than 140 tickets were issued over the Labor Day weekend by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H.

“Troop H trooper’s vigorous enforcement efforts this Labor Day weekend helped keep everyone traveling through Troop H safe,” MSHP Capt. James McDonald said.

In total troopers issues 141 tickets and 237 warnings from August 29 to September 1 on a 20-mile stretch of I-29 from the Buchanan County line to the Iowa state line.

According to a release issued by MSHP troopers also encouraged motorists to buckle up in support of “The Drive To ZERO Highway Deaths” campaign.