Suspect in Lake Stevens bank robbery nabbed
Published 1:30 am Friday, December 30, 2016
Herald staff
LAKE STEVENS — A detective with the Lake Stevens Police Department arrested a man who reportedly robbed an Opus Bank on Thursday afternoon.
Police received a call around 12:15 p.m. A man allegedly walked into Opus Bank in Lake Stevens and demanded the money in the till, according to a press release. The suspect then drove off with the money.
A witness caught the car’s license plate number and passed it along to police. About 15 minutes later, a Lake Stevens detective spotted the car in Marysville near I-5 and 4th Street NE, police said.
The suspect, 58, was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of first-degree robbery.
