LAKE STEVENS — A fourth person charged in a fatal home-invasion robbery linked to a Craigslist ad turned himself over to police on Thursday.
The man also is a suspect in a similar robbery in Lake Stevens.
“Now that we are confident the main suspects in the slaying are in custody, we will be reviewing all the reports and possibly re-interviewing the subjects to make sure everyone involved in the Lake Stevens home invasion is held accountable,” Lake Stevens Police Chief Randy Celori said.
King County Jail spokesman Major William Hayes said 23-year-old Clabon T. Berniard turned himself in to the Seattle jail about 1 p.m. Thursday. Berniard was later transferred to the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma.
The Pierce County sheriff’s office had sought Berniard on a nationwide arrest warrant on charges of murder, robbery and assault.
Two other men waived extradition from California and a woman entered a not-guilty plea in Tacoma on Wednesday. All face the same charges in Pierce County.
No charges have been filed in Snohomish County in connection with the April 25 home-invasion robbery in Lake Stevens. The family had advertised a flat-screen TV on Craigslist prior to being robbed.
Three days later, James Sanders of the Pierce County community of Edgewood was fatally shot at his home by robbers who showed up on the pretext of purchasing an expensive ring he had advertised on the Internet site. Sanders died defending his 14-year-old son, who was being beaten by the robbers.
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