When law enforcement officers screeched to a halt at the crash site in Marion, they found Tommy Lloyd Keene Jr. uncooperative and combative, forcing officers to handcuff the suspected Alabama bank robber.

    In his lap was a blood soaked bag said to contain thousands of dollars he reportedly took from a Butler, Alabama bank. But one of the main questions being asked was whether there was a female accomplice.

    Butler Police Department officials said Tuesday afternoon they have determined Keene was in fact alone during the entire ordeal.

    Reginald McGrew, police chief for the Butler Police Department, said they combed every second of surveillance video available from West Alabama Bank in Butler and said they could not see anyone else in the white Mitsubishi Eclipse that was driven by the 33-year old Keene. Initially, authorities believed there was a woman in the car with Keene as he raced west out of Butler on Monday on Highway 10 at around 9:30 a.m. Authorities said their first information was based on a witness outside the bank who told police she thought she saw a woman inside the car as it sped by.

    “We know now Keene was the only person involved in this incident,” McGrew said.

    McGrew said Keene was able to make off with more than $10,700 in cash. The FBI is now in charge of the investigation. Authorities said Keene is being treated for his injuries at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Keene is said to be under heavy guard.

    Between the Whynot and Vimville communities, pursuing law enforcement units lost sight of Keene. Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department deputies were searching areas around Camp Binachi Road and Fox Road Monday afternoon on the belief Keene had left the highway to let off an accomplice. LCSD officials even said there were fresh skid marks on Fox Road, which is a dead end, where Keene is believed to have tried to elude officers trailing him.

    “No one has contacted us in regards of continuing a search for an alleged accomplice,” said Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie Tuesday.

    McGrew said Keene had about a three minute head start on units from his department and of those from the Choctaw County Sheriff’s Department. He said at the small community of Yantley, six miles east of the Alabama and Mississippi state line, the units caught up to Keene.

    Alabama Highway 10 West from Butler turns into Highway 19 North in Mississippi.

    For the next 45 minutes Keene led about 20 law enforcement units from Alabama, the LCSD, Mississippi Highway Patrol, Mississippi Department of Transportation and Meridian Police Department on a chase that at times reached almost 120 mph.

    After taking the law enforcement units through a harrowing trip through southeastern Meridian, authorities said Keene lost control of his car and slammed into a Chevrolet Silverado driven by an unidentified elderly man. Officials said the victim in the crash is expected to make a full recovery, noting the deployment of the truck’s air bag and that he was wearing a seat belt as reasons why he didn’t suffer more extensive injuries.

    Sollie said a felony fleeing charge has been filed in Lauderdale County against Keene. Keene is expected to face federal bank robbery charges as well.

    The investigation is ongoing.