Two men arrested for multiple robberies

On Thursday afternoon, King County Sheriff’s Detectives and Shoreline Police Officers arrested 2 men suspected of committing 8 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.

Yesterday around 3pm a King County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Detective spotted the suspect vehicle in Shoreline. Shoreline Police stopped the vehicle in the 15200 block of Aurora Avenue North and conducted a high risk stop without incident.

The two suspects, ages 34 and 35 from Edmonds, were booked into the King County Jail for multiple counts of Investigation of Robbery in the 1st degree, Kidnapping, and one of the suspects additionally for 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.