WENTZVILLE • A suspected robber was anything but stealthy Wednesday when he was caught sitting on the curb of the Wentzville police station with $100 bills in his pocket after a credit union robbery across the street, police say.

Police say Karsten Hardeman, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, was spotted just before 5 p.m., shortly after 1st Financial Federal Credit Union at 1232 Wentzville Parkway reported a man had taken cash and ran , according to Wentzville police.

The credit union can be seen from the police station.

An officer in the station decided to respond to the robbery on foot Wednesday, but when he opened the station door he immediately spotted a man matching the description of the robber, police said.

The officer approached and ordered Hardeman, 20, to show his hands, causing several $100 bills to fall out of a sweatshirt pocket, according to police.

“I have no idea what he was thinking or why he decided that would be a good place to go,” Officer Jacob Schmidt said.

Hardeman had been released from the jail inside the police station just 50 minutes before the robbery. He had been taken into custody at a towing company and charged with a misdemeanor drug offense.