Lynnwood hotel employee hit in head with pry bar

Published 1:28 pm Wednesday, June 25, 2008

LYNNWOOD – A Snohomish woman was arrested early this morning after she broke into a Lynnwood hotel and hit an employee over the head with a pry bar, police said.

Lynnwood police believe the woman, 25, may be connected to several property crimes, car prowls and burglaries.

Just before 5 a.m., the woman broke into the Best Western Hotel on 36th Avenue W., Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said. The woman was trying to break into a vending machine when a male employee confronted her.

The woman hit the man over the head with a pry bar and ran off, Sessions said. Police were called and she was arrested hiding in a nearby strip-mall parking lot, she said.

The man was taken to a local hospital with head injuries.

The woman was jailed for investigation of several felonies, Sessions said.