Cape Girardeau man sentenced to 46 months in prison for Charleston bank robbery

A Cape Girardeau man who fled a Charleston, Mo., bank robbery on a bicycle will spend 46 months in federal prison.

Isiah Mathis, 26, took $3,275 during a Feb. 13 robbery at Citizen's Bank in Charleston. Mathis gave a teller a vinyl bag and said "fill the bag up with money," according to a news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Reap.

A Charleston city worker who had heard a broadcast alert about the robbery spotted Mathis on the bicycle and followed him to a shed on Vine Street in Charleston. The city worker called police, who found the bag, the money and a large kitchen knife in Mathis's possession.

Mathis was sentenced to prison for one felony count of bank robbery by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.