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NAME: US ROBBERY 20091122I TAPE: EF09/1093 IN_TIME: 10:26:48:01 DURATION: 00:00:52:11 SOURCES: POLICE HANDOUT DATELINE: Twinsburg, Ohio - 19 Nov 2009 RESTRICTIONS: Must Courtesy Ohio.Com SHOTLIST ++MUTE AT SOURCE++ 1. Dash-cam video of suspect being escorted and searched by police, police officer placing note on car and suspect leaning over hood of police cruiser eating note STORYLINE Police in the United States said a bank robbery suspect in Ohio might have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. A police cruisers dashboard camera captured 35-year-old John Ford of Cleveland grabbing the paper with his mouth as police emptied his pockets. Ford was arrested following a report of a bank robbery in Streetsboro just south of Cleveland on Thursday. Police said a man walked into the bank and handed a teller a note that demanded money. The whereabouts of the note demanding money came into question after Ford was taken into custody and Streetsboro investigators asked whether officers had found the piece of paper. Twinsburg police reviewed the images captured on camera and said they observed Ford leaning over to eat something off the hood of the cruiser. Police say they found money in a bag in Ford's car, which fit the description of the bank robber's vehicle, along with a bank die pack that had exploded and a 38-calibre pistol. Ford was being held in the Portage County Jail on Saturday where his file did not indicate he had a lawyer. Ford is also a suspect in bank robberies in Stow and Akron.