EVERETT – Police captured a man who allegedly robbed Cascade Bank on Evergreen Way Tuesday.
The man demanded money from a teller about 1:30 p.m. and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. Shortly after leaving the bank, a dye pack carried with the money exploded.
Officers closed off the neighborhood and found the man in the 6900 block of Morgan Road. Detectives questioned the suspect, a 32-year-old Everett man, and arrested him for investigation of robbery.
No one was injured in the robbery.
Seattle: Surgery error blamed for death
An Everett woman who underwent surgery at a Seattle hospital to repair a brain aneurysm died after she was mistakenly injected with a highly toxic antiseptic solution, a television station reports.
Mary McClinton, 69, had the operation Nov. 4 at Virginia Mason Medical Center. She died Tuesday. The medical center has apologized for the error, sent out a detailed staffwide memo about exactly what happened, and retrained staff and changed its procedures in an effort to prevent a similar mistake in the future. At the end of McClinton’s operation, a technician was supposed to inject a harmless marker dye used for X-rays into a leg artery, KING reported. Instead, the syringe was filled with chlorhexidine, a toxic antiseptic.
Over the next two weeks, the woman deteriorated, suffering a leg amputation, a stroke and multiple organ failures until she died.
Snohomish: Suspect looked like bad Santa
Police are looking for an armed bank robber matching the description of an unkempt Santa Claus.
The man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Tuesday afternoon after robbing Washington Mutual Bank at the corner of Second Street and Union Avenue.
The suspect was described as a white man in this 40s to 50s with a long gray or white beard. He was about 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. Witnesses described him as having a potbelly.
He was wearing a green or khaki winter jacket, gray pants and a red stocking cap. He was “dirty looking,” according to witnesses.
No one reported seeing the man leave or getting in any kind of vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Snohomish Police Department at 360-568-0888.
Sultan: Man charged one year after standoff
A Sultan man who held a pipe bomb in his mouth during a police standoff a year ago was charged Wednesday with illegal possession of an explosive device.
The Snohomish County Superior Court charge is a felony. Deputy prosecutor Lisa Paul said police were called to the home of Joshua Daniel Nelson, 27, when a relative sought help for him.
Officers saw he had an object in his hand and appeared to have items wired to his mouth and chest. He was finally overcome with pepper spray when he removed a pipe bomb from his mouth to smoke a cigarette.
Police found bomb-making materials, including explosives, in the house.
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