More than a dozen bomb threats across the state, a bank robbery in Ogemaw County and a police chase 40 miles away.
Police believe they are all related and believe they have their suspect in custody right now.
Friday morning, police across the state say more than a dozen bomb threats in at least six counties were made before the robbery.
In Arenac, Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Roscommon counties, officers say someone called in bomb threats to schools, hospitals and businesses.
It forced some schools and hospitals to lockdown.
State police believe these threats were connected to the bank robbery.
In Crawford County, Munson Grayling was threatened.
It is located near an elementary school.
The sheriff’s office and public safety checked the school over to make sure the threat was false.
“Michigan State Police arrived and did an internal and external search with their dogs,” said Crawford County Sheriff Shawn Kraycs.
“At the same time the other schools were locked down, the county building was locked down.”
While law enforcement handled these threats, a bank in Ogemaw County was robbed.
It happened Friday just after 9 a.m. at the Mercantile Bank in Rose City.
State police say a 31-year-old Bay City man implied he had a weapon in his pocket when he entered the bank.
Police say they stopped the suspect nearly 40 miles away in Arenac County.
They say he ran into a cornfield outside Standish.
Using a drone, police eventually found and arrested the Bay City man.
“Many different law enforcement agencies surrounded the cornfield, set up a perimeter,” said MSP Lt. Dave Kaiser. “Eventually the suspect fled from the cornfield, refused to stop. A K9 was then released and brought him down.”
Police are now interviewing the man and searching his home.
They are looking for connections to the bank and to the threats.
“When you’re in law enforcement you’ve seen this before, you start looking for the bank or some big thing to get robbed because it’s a diversion nine times out of ten,” said Lt. Dave Kaiser.
“We believe they are connected it’s going to take a little bit of time to prove they are connected.”
The state police tell 9&10 News it was the work of law enforcement from many communities that were able to make this arrest happen.