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$50K reward offered for identifying suspect in a June robbery of a Capitol Hill mail carrier

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The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is seeking help to identify a man suspected in a June armed robbery of a Capitol Hill mail carrier. USPS is offering up a $50,000 reward for anyone that can identify the suspect.

According to Postal Inspector Jeremy Leder, a man with a gun approached a mail carrier on June 30th around 5:50 PM in the loading zone of the Broadway and Denny post office. The suspect demanded the carrier hand over his mail bag, then fled the area.

Surveillance video showed the suspect was driving a white or silver Prius.

Leder told CHS investigators had some promising leads early on, but are now seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect. No images or details of the incident have been made public through the Postal Inspector’s wanted website or through the Seattle Police Department. The TV program Washington’s Most Wanted was the first media outlet to have access to the suspect sketch last week.

If you have information on the suspect, call 911 or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455 and select option 2.

Blotter | Gunpoint robbery at 24th and Harrison’s Prentis Frazier Park

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  • Gunpoint robbery: A woman said she was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night while sitting on a bench at 24th and Harrison’s Prentis Frazier Park, according to Seattle police. Police are searching for two male suspects. The victim told police that around 10:20 PM two men approached her as one pointed a silver revolver at her face and said “give me your stuff.” When she screamed the man threatened to shoot her, at which point the woman handed over her back pack and phone. According to SPD, the victim described the suspects as “two black males in their 30s. One man was about 5-foot-9, the other suspect was approximately 6-feet tall.” Officers searched the area around the park but made no arrests.
  • E Pike phone robbery: A Capitol Hill man said a group of men robbed him of his iPhone early Thursday morning outside the QFC entrance at Broadway and E Pike, according to police reports. The victim told police 5-6 men approached him near the Cha Cha Lounge on E Pike. The victim said the men chased him as he ran towards the QFC, where he tripped and fell. The suspects then took his phone. Police made no arrests.

Police search for suspects after armed robbery at Capitol Hill QFC

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[mappress mapid=”29″]Seattle Police are searching for two men who made off with cash early Sunday morning in an armed robbery of a QFC grocery store on Capitol Hill.

Police units closed off streets in the area following the hold-up as they searched for the two suspects just before 4 AM Sunday.

According to the preliminary SPD report on the incident, below, the two men entered the store in the 400 block of 15th Ave E, walked up to a checkout and told the clerk he was being robbed. One of the men reportedly displayed a handgun held in his waistband. The suspect descriptions are below. We’ll follow up with police to find out if any security images or video from the area is available.

Armed Robbery of a Grocery Store on 15th Avenue East

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Two men remain at large after robbing a QFC store early this morning.  On April 7th at approximately 3:45 a.m. officers responded to the 400 block of 15th Avenue East for the report of an armed robbery.

Preliminary investigation indicates that two adult male suspects walked up to a clerk in the QFC store and told him he was being robbed.  They demanded the clerk open his cashier drawer, which he did.  The suspects took the till money and left the store on foot without further incident.  Nobody was injured during the robbery.  The clerk subsequently called 911.

Responding officers conducted an area search for the suspects with the assistance of a canine unit however, the suspects remain at large.

The suspects are described as follows:

Suspect #1: Hispanic male, late teens to early 20’s, last seen wearing a red sweater and jeans.

Suspect #2: Hispanic male, late teens to early 20’s, black jacket with a gray hood.

Both suspects were thin built and spoke with an accent.  One of them had a handgun in his waistband.

Anyone with information about this incident or who may know the identities or whereabouts of the suspects is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police and refer to this incident.

Anonymous tips are welcome.

This remains an active and on-going robbery investigation.

Earlier in the night, police were called to 15th Ave E for a report of gunshots near the Key Bank. Police radio traffic indicated that a witness told police that the noises had been fireworks and not caused by gunfire.