Police are looking for a robbery suspect brazen enough to pay for his dinner using a credit card stolen in an armed street hold-up on Capitol Hill.
Police believe the man highlighted in these pictures is responsible for two street robberies in which he threatened his victims with a revolver. Details on the first incident in which a man was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint on April 30th are below. CHS reported on the second incident in which two women were robbed of their purses on May 4th at Summit and E Olive.
SPD today asked for the public’s assistance identifying the man and posted these images from surveillance video captured at a Seattle-area restaurant where the suspect allegedly paid for the meal — and left an unusually large tip — using the stolen credit card.
Seattle police are looking for help identify a man suspected in two recent armed robberies on Capitol Hill.
The suspect first robbed a man near Summit Avenue and E. Thomas Street on April 30, and then mugged two women near Summit Avenue and E. Olive Street on May 4.
During both incidents, the suspect wore a bandanna over his face, and was carrying a revolver. Detectives believe he is a Hispanic male, between 22-29 years old, 5’6 to 5’8, with dark hair, possibly in a ponytail.
The suspect was later captured by surveillance cameras at a restaurant, where he paid his bill and left a large tip using one victim’s credit card. If you recognize the suspect in the photos, please call 911 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Hes Hispanic, that restaurant looks like it serves Hispanic type food.
Any chance he left a friend an unusually large tip, and they know him?
Just sayin…
You know that not all Hispanic people know each other, right?
Just sayin’.
when your brain ceases to function on a non-ignorant level so should your fingers and mouth cease to serve as the means through which you share useless thoughts
just sayin…
Well, I was going to post something along the same lines as errrrrr, just without the racist undertones. Obviously he left a large tip for one of 3 reasons: He doesn’t give a sh*t because the card isn’t his; He wants to stick it to the person he robbed as much as possible; or lastly as errrrr said, he knew the server to whom he gave the large tip and they’re a willing accomplice in getting more money out of the card. (I originally hypothesized that the server could be an innocent friend who got a large tip- however, they would know the card isn’t his when they saw the name on it, ruling out this possibility.)
In any case, it wouldn’t hurt to look into the possibility that the server knows the robber.
I wrote nothing racist. Thanks for seeing my point.
Seems very logical.
derp.
With your first sentence you insinuate that because the suspect is Hispanic and in a Mexican restaurant, he might know the server. My comment, while similar, doesn’t take race into account at all- It would still hold true if he left that tip at a Japanese restaurant.
Sorry if that subtle distinction is too much for you.
That wasn’t aimed at you. It was the racist overtone comment above yours.
I was agreeing with you, Gregory.
The reason why he is suspect is because he used a stolen credit card of one of the victims. READ. THINK.