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GREENVILLE, Maine (AP) -- A thirst for a beer and a store clerk's long memory led to the arrest of a suspect in a Texas bank robbery.

Nathan Dilworth, 30, who was staying at his mother's Greenville apartment, is being held at the Piscataquis County Jail on a fugitive from justice charge while awaiting extradition.

Police Chief Scott MacMaster said Dilworth bought a beer Monday night at a Route 15 convenience store whose clerk recognized him, recalled his long criminal record in the area and contacted police.

A National Crime Information Center check on Dilworth found that he was wanted in a Nov. 28 armed robbery at a Chase Bank branch in San Antonio in which $4,827 was stolen.

Witnesses reported that a man wearing a purple sweat shirt went to a counter and pulled a note out of his jacket that said, "I want all the money you have. No marked bills or dye packs or you die."

MacMaster, who took part in Dilworth's arrest early Tuesday, praised the convenience store clerk for contacting police. The chief would not release the clerk's name or the name of the store because of possible retribution. Route 15 has many convenience stores, MacMaster noted.

"What it comes down to, I would say, is community policing in that somebody from the community identified this individual and told us that he was back," MacMaster said, "and we were able to get a potentially dangerous person off the street."

Dilworth had pleaded guilty to 2003 burglary of a Greenville pharmacy in which about $10,000 worth of drugs were stolen, MacMaster said. He served six months of a two-year sentence and was placed on two years' probation.

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com

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