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Five men arrested for their part in the botched robbery of Union State Bank in Cedar Bluff last week have been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to FBI spokesman Paul Daymond the five are: Brian Jerome Lindsey, James Lavon Shropshire Jr., Cory Morgan, Ramarez Antwan Baker, and James Jahad Ravenel.

All five appeared in federal court in Birmingham Wednesday morning, according to a report on WEIS Radio.

Based on interviews with bank employees, the FBI determined that Shropshire, Morgan, Baker and Ravenel all wore masks during the holdup, which took place Tuesday around 10:45 a.m. in downtown Cedar Bluff. Wielding two guns and a toy gun, three of the men forced bank manager Jennie Moore to open the vault while the fourth took money from the tellers.

“Some of the girls thought there were only three,” Moore told The Post Thursday. “But I knew there were four because three of them were in the vault with me.”

According to the FBI, Lindsey, who was in Gadsden at the time of the robbery, orchestrated the heist and had directed the others to bring the money to him.

The men left the parking lot in a stolen Chevy Malibu, then switched cars a few blocks away. At some point during the transition to a Nissan Maxima behind a local self-service car wash, a dye pack in the money bag exploded and stained the interior of the getaway car with red paint.

The suspects fled toward Fort Payne on Highway 35, but crashed during a chase with Cherokee County Sheriff's deputies Tony Pettit and Keith Morgan, who gave chase after they spotted bills flying from the windows of the fleeing vehicle as it sped through the Blanche community.

“That was the first clue that this could be our bank robbers,” Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said later.

The four ran from their battered car and into the woods near Little River Canyon National Preserve. Morgan and Ravenel were taken into custody a short time later. Baker escaped capture initially, and later made his way to a convenience store on Lookout Mountain and called Lindsey.

Lindsey then made his way to the area in an attempt to pick up Baker, who was eventually found while hiding in a trash can thanks to the use of tracking dogs provided by officials from DeKalb and St. Clair counties. Earlier in the day, the dogs had located another suspect hiding in the cab of an abandoned truck.

At one point, DeKalb County deputy Red Taylor joined the search in his private plane, the Gadsden Times reported Wednesday. An Alabama state trooper helicopter was also dispatched to the area.

All five suspects were transported to the Cherokee County Detention Center before being transported to Birmingham by FBI agents.

“We're just glad we caught them,” DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris told the Times.

Moore, who was forced into the vault, was grateful for the quick response and swift apprehension of the suspects.

“The Cedar Bluff Police were there one minute after we called,” Moore said. “They came in to calm us and reassured us that we had done all the things we should have done. It was such a blessing for us to hear that all of them were captured.”

Lindsey was quickly and identified as the leader of a Gadsden-based bank robbery ring, which has been linked to several crimes counties across northeast Alabama, the Times reported.