Police arrest suspect in bold downtown robbery
SEATTLE -- A man suspected of robbing a foreign exchange student last month outside the downtown Nordstrom, despite the presence of dozens of shoppers, was arrested Tuesday in a SeaTac hotel.
According to the Seattle Police Department, the robbery took place just after 6 p.m. Jan. 25 when a man snatched a woman's iPhone and Orca card in the store's doorway, knocking her down, while another man blocked her from leaving.
The robbers ran off, escaping the handful of bystanders who gave chase, according to police.
The store's surveillance footage gave police a good look at both suspects, and one man was arrested a short time later in connection with an unrelated crime. He was also a suspect in a number of other phone thefts in downtown and had a warrant out for his arrest, according to police.
Police received numerous tips about the second suspect but were unable to locate him anywhere.
Robbery detectives finally tracked the 22-year-old to the SeaTac Red Lion Hotel, where he was arrested in a first-floor room Tuesday.
He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of robbery.
Surveillance video of the Jan. 25 robbery.
The majority of you have voiced your opinion on how "Liberalism" is the cancer that is destroying our state and this country. Its liberal thinking that keeps the criminals out of jail, or allows them shorter sentencing, its liberalism that dictates that hate crimes are against everyone else but white Americans. Hope you enjoy living in this kind of world.Â
Attempted Murder - obviously this punk is no good... execute him and be done with it... we have a budget crisis after all.. cannot afford to waste money on 'non-essentials'
Charge him with attempted murder for knocking her to the ground, Â 25 years in prison sounds about right.
It's kind of encouraging that these types of crimes are still infrequent enough here that they make the news. This would never have made the news in someplace like New York or Philadelphia. Glad they got them both.
Thieves are scum. If you want something, get off your lazy arse and work for it!
let'em swing - they've proven countless times they have nothing good to offer society so ....
I hope he is on the receiving end of justice and gets a little banged up along the way. Let James Bible come to their defense. Let him argue that they were profiled by these cameras and that his clients were provoked. A trip to jail is just a badge of honor among these "throw aways"
Great! Now you have my permission to take a baseball bat and swing it swiftly upwards, having it go between his legs. Should be a while before he can walk again, let alone run.
Now, if the revolving door of the courts can somehow get jammed...
"one man was arrested a short time later in connection with an unrelated crime"
yup, keep doin it and you'll get caught....and then let go.
Question. Will they be charged with a hate crime, as the victim was white? I rather doubt it. Just another crime of opportunity.
@SargeMcCÂ If the victim is white, then I think they are exempt from it being a hate crime because their great, great, great, great grandparents might have owned slaves. Â Â
@SargeMcC --- Ha ha. Call the ACLU, where's Sharpton and Jackson? Why haven't they spoken out in defense of this poor, white victim?
Sharpton went MIA and Jackson is in court trying to keep Jr. out of jail. FYI
But let's get rid of the surveilance cameras.
Oh the activists and professors will be howling in protest that this awesome young man is being detained by the authorites. My favorites are the ones who want to end incarceration but offer no public safety alternative regarding violent offenders or victims rights.
@Citizen#3457899654Â I am one who is for ending incarceration. Â I would prefer incineration for criminals. Â
Good follow up Mr. Hawthorne. They will get the other guy too eventually.Â
@lakeview Thanks. They arrested the first suspect in connection with a different crime shortly after the robbery. So, both suspects are now in jail.
@MichaelHarthorne @lakeview Oops. Not sure how I missed that. But great news!Â
@lakeview Story reads to me like they caught both guys?
I hope he was arrested in the same manner as he stole from this lady...FIRMLY and without regard for his well being. (not a fan of aggressive police force, but been know to make exceptions in certain cases)
Smile, JERK!