Update: Seattle police capture suspect who robbed blind man at downtown ATM
Mar 5, 2014, 11:23 AM | Updated: 11:25 am
Surveillance video captured a man suspected of robbing a blind man at a downtown Seattle ATM. (Seattle Police photo)
(Seattle Police photo)
Update: Seattle police say they have arrested a suspect who robbed a blind man at a downtown ATM thanks to a number of tips from the public.
The robbery happened around 7:30 a.m. last Saturday at the Bank of America in the 400 block of Pike Street. The suspect grabbed the victim from behind and demanded money.
The victim handed over hundreds of dollars he’d just gotten from the ATM. In a bizarre twist, police say the suspect, for some unexplained reason, gave the victim a cigarette and fled.
After releasing surveillance photos Tuesday, officers tracked down the suspect in Pioneer Square Tuesday evening and arrested him near 2nd and Washington. Police later determined he also had a warrant for his arrest out of New York. Detectives interviewed the suspect and booked him into King County Jail as a fugitive and for investigation of robbery, the Seattle police blotter reported.
