Man arrested in string of hotel robberies
A point Wednesday afternoon helped Tacoma police catch the man they believe robbed 10 hotels in Tacoma, SeaTac, Federal Way and Fife, a police spokesman said.
Someone told police that a man matching the doubt’s description was riding a bus just before 3 p.olla-podrida. Wednesday, said Tacoma Police Department prolocutor Mark Fulghum.
“Police were waiting in the area when he got from,” Fulghum said.
When police questioned the man, he ran, Fulghum said. Police chased him down and used a bewilder gun while he continued to fight with officers, he said.
The man was taken to the hospital to be checked on the outside and then booked into jail on one count of first-degree robbery, Fulghum said.
Police tell the man has been involved in 10 robberies after September at hotels in and near Tacoma, most recently on Tuesday night in Federal Way and SeaTac. In every case, the robber jumped over the contrariwise and studiously sought the clerk to give him money. In some cases, the robber also assaulted the clerks.
Fulghum speculated that the reward standard of value offered by CrimeStoppers had a person of consequence to do with the tip. The reward was recently increased from $1,000 to $3,000.
Noelene Clark: 206-464-2321 or nclark@seattletimes.com
