Tacoma police arrest robbery suspect minutes after bank holdup in Stadium District
Minutes after a bank was robbed Wednesday afternoon in Tacoma’s Stadium District, surveillance video from the holdup helped officers identify and arrest a suspect about half a mile away.
The 22-year-old man was booked into Pierce County Jail for investigation of first-degree robbery and on an unrelated arrest warrant.
Tacoma Police Department officers responded about 1:36 p.m. to the 600 block of 1st Street. The first officer to arrive spoke with witnesses and learned the robber was a man wearing a green jacket and camouflage pants.
Police said the robber handed a bank teller a note demanding money and implied he had a weapon, according to a news release from TPD. The man received an undisclosed amount of cash and left.
The officer reviewed surveillance video and sent photos of the robber to patrol officers’ in-car computers. At 1:49 p.m., police saw a man who matched the photos in the 700 block of Tacoma Avenue, just southeast of Wright Park.
Police said the man was taken into custody without incident.
This story was originally published April 21, 2022 at 10:28 AM.
