Kent Police arrested a 27-year-old Kent man after he allegedly robbed a person at an ATM, tried to rob a bank and took luggage from a downtown business.<\/p>\n
Officers were dispatched at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 for a robbery in progress at a downtown bank, according to a Kent Police news release. Police did not disclose the name or address of the bank.<\/p>\n
Officers were told that the suspect had fled on foot towards the Kent Library.<\/p>\n
The man reportedly had entered the bank and attempted to rob a teller, but fled when she pushed an alarm. Upon arrival, the officers located a woman who stated that the suspect had stepped up to the bank’s ATM, where the victim was conducting a transaction, and forcibly took $300 out of her account.<\/p>\n
Kent officers and supervisors as well as Police Chief Rafael Padilla and Mayor Dana Ralph, who happened to be riding back from a meeting in the chief’s vehicle, flooded the area to look for the suspect. The King County Sheriff’s Office helicopter circled overhead to help search for the suspect.<\/p>\n
A K-9 unit also responded to assist. Officers quickly began to search and investigate and looking for any video to assist in a suspect description.<\/p>\n
Two officers were searching in the direction the suspect was last seen, and located him at First Avenue South running from two employees of a local business.<\/p>\n
The officers arrested the man without incident and reportedly recovered three $100 bills in his possession.<\/p>\n
In addition to the reported attempted bank robbery and robbery at the ATM, the man allegedly had attempted to steal about $2,000 worth of luggage\/contents from a business on First Avenue South. This was witnessed by the two employees who gave chase, and he dropped the items just prior to being caught by police.<\/p>\n
Officers booked the man into King County’s Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent for investigation of two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of second-degree theft.<\/p>\n
“We want to thank the Kent residents who either chased the suspect and\/or gave info on his last direction of travel,” police said in the news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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