A 38-year-old man was tracked down by an SPD K-9 and arrested after robbing a man at an ATM in North Seattle.
Police responded to an armed robbery outside of a bank in the 400 block of N 85 Street just before 10 PM on Wednesday night
The victim told officers he was approached by the suspect as he walked up to use the ATM. The suspect pointed a gun at him and demanded he withdraw cash from the machine, which he did.
The suspect snatched the money as well as additional cash from the victim’s wallet and ran off northbound.
SPD K-9’s Jaeger (front) and his sister Ziva (back)
Officers set up containment and SPD K9 Jaeger and his partner Officer Rory Smith were able to track the suspect to a backyard in the 700 block of N 88 Street where he was found hiding behind a shed.
The suspect was positively identified by the victim and the victim’s money was found in his pocket.
The suspect told officers he threw the gun he used in the robbery in some bushes. Officers located the gun in a nearby park, which turned out to be a realistic looking pellet gun that had it’s orange tip painted black.
The suspect was booked into KCJ for investigation of robbery.