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Lt. Doug Shepard, 425-556-2580 |
| April 23, 2008 |
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24-hour Media Line 425-556-2531 |
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On April 23, 2008 at approximately 1615 hours, Redmond
police responded to the 15400 block of NE 51st ST to
investigate a reported strong armed robbery. The
victim, a 28 year old male resident of Seattle, reported he
was assaulted by three male suspects while he was waiting
for a bus at a bus stop. They hit him several times
and forcefully took his jacket that he had been wearing.
The suspects then fled in an awaiting vehicle that was
parked close by. Both victim and witnesses described
the suspect vehicle as a maroon SUV and provided a
Washington State vehicle license plate number.
At approximately 1920 hours Redmond police responded to
investigate another theft that had just occurred at another
bus stop. This time, a 53 year old female resident of
Redmond, who was waiting for the bus in the 4200 block of
148th Ave NE, had her purse stolen. She told officers
she had been approached by a male who started talking
to her when suddenly another male subject ran by and grabbed
her purse. The first male then told her he would chase
the suspect to get her purse back. A short time later,
while reporting the incident to the officers, this same
subject was observed running to a maroon SUV that had pulled
to the curb of 148th Ave NE. The victim indicated that
the subject was the witness who had offered to help.
Officers approached the SUV to obtain a statement and
recognized the vehicle as the same described from the
earlier incident
A subsequent investigation by officers and detectives
determined that this was both the vehicle and suspects
involved in these incidents. Three arrests were made
and the vehicle was impounded, awaiting a search warrant.
The arrested subjects were an 18 year old male from Tukwila,
a juvenile male from SeaTac and a juvenile male from Renton.
Bellevue Police also are investigating a similar incident
that occurred today involving a maroon SUV and a strong
armed robbery.
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