King County Sheriff’s Detectives and Shoreline police officers have arrested two Edmonds men suspected of committing eight armed robberies in Shoreline over the last month.
Detectives said that the men had been robbing citizens at gunpoint. In one case a Shoreline woman was robbed, kidnapped and sexually assaulted as she exited her car in a parking lot.
These same suspects are believed to be involved in similar robberies in the City of Seattle and Mountlake Terrace. Approximately 18-20 robberies have occurred in all.
On Wednesday, a King County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes detective spotted the suspect vehicle in Shoreline, and Shoreline Police stopped the vehicle in the 15200 block of Aurora Avenue North.
The two suspects, ages 34 and 35 from Edmonds, were booked into the King County Jail for multiple counts of investigation of first-degree robbery and kidnapping. One of the suspects was also charged with sexual assault.
The King County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is working in cooperation with the Seattle Police Department and Mountlake Terrace Police Department. Additional charges are anticipated in the days to come.
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