SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A southwestern Missouri man suspected in at least 20 bank robberies has been arrested after a traffic stop.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says 37-year-old Joseph Paul Young, of Rogersville, was taken into custody Thursday morning after a trooper saw him driving slowly on Interstate 44.

Young is a suspect in bank robberies credited to the "Plaid Shirt Robber" in a half-dozen states including Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Local authorities have been searching for Young, who evaded capture last week when he fled into a wooded area.

He was being held at the Greene County Jail on Thursday.

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