This story updates one posted at 3:55 p.m.

HATFIELD - A man accused of robbing a bank branch with a stick was captured after he fell out of a tree.

Michael V. Taylor, 30, was arrested Monday after a four-hour search by police from five different departments. He was charged with armed robbery, resisting arrest, and failure to stop for police, said David Procopio, Massachusetts State Police spokesman.

Taylor allegedly demanded money from a teller at the People's United Bank on West Street at about 9:30 a.m. His weapon in the Christmas Eve robbery was a stick, Procopio said.

He then fled the bank in a red Jeep. Soon after, a State Police lieutenant spotted a red Jeep Liberty driving southbound on Interstate-91, in Northampton, and tried to pull over the driver who refused to stop, Procopio said.

Taylor, whose official address is in Mattapan but is believed to be living in Springfield, allegedly stopped the jeep in Holyoke and ran across the highway into the woods on the northbound side of I-91, he said.

That set off an intensive search of the area between I-91 and the Connecticut riverbank by multiple state troopers and police from Holyoke, Northampton, Easthampton and Hatfield. State Police and Easthampton K9 officers assisted with their dogs, Procopio said.

Taylor was able to elude police for hours until his hiding place gave way, Northampton Police Chief Jody Kasper said.

“The tree branch that the suspect was standing on broke, sending him to the ground, sack of stolen cash in hand,” Kasper said. Taylor again tried to run away from police, but he was apprehended.

Trooper Shawn LeBlanc apprehended Taylor at about 1:53 p.m. behind the Holyoke Canoe Club on the edge of the Connecticut River. A canvas bag with the money allegedly stolen from the bank was located nearby, Procopio said.

Police did not say how much money Taylor is accused of stealing.

The State Police detective unit attached the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office with and its Crime Scene Services Section with other state police units and local departments are continuing to investigate the crime, he said.