Bloomingdale Police have confirmed that fugitive Robert Maday was caught in West Chicago this afternoon after robbing a bank in Bloomingdale this morning.

Police Chief Tim Goergen said this morning police received a call that the First American Bank, 80 Stratford Square Drive, had been robbed with a hand gun and the perpetrator announced himself as Maday.

“He just went into the bank, implied he had a handgun but did not display it and said he was the individual from Rolling Meadows and the left the bank on foot,” Goergen said.

According to reports, Maday had escaped from police custody Thursday while in transit to a Rolling Meadows court for sentencing for robbery convictions. This morning, Maday allegedly hijacked a car in Hoffman Estates before robbing the Bloomingdale bank.

The perimeter of the bank's parking lot was taped off and police conjugated on the side of the building. The building was still on lockdown around 12:30 p.m., and people could be seen through the windows. The drive-up sign read closed.

"I have a client who works there and is pregnant. I'm hoping she wasn't working today. It's nerve-racking," said Shari Martino who has worked at Platinum Salon and Day Spa for one and a half years. Platinum is located off of Schick, next to the bank. Martino arrived at work around 10:00 p.m., when the salon opens.

Customer Carmen Iberra said she had no idea what was going on when she arrived for her 10:30 a.m. appointment. She first went to McDonalds, which is also in the Stratford Square Mall area, but couldn't get through to Platinum because the parking lot was blocked off.

Robert Vandergraw has been working at Platinum for 10 years. "I heard about it on the radio on my way here. It was freaky. My first concern was my clients. " Vandergraw said he doesn't believe anyone was hurt.

Numerous area schools announced lockdowns earlier this morning in response to the police search for Maday. School District U-46 announced its precautionary lockdown around 10:40 a.m., but lifted the lockdown shortly before 1 p.m. after Maday's arrest. Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream had also announced a "soft lock down" around 11:10 a.m. Friday.