EVERETT — The last suspect has been arrested in a Sept. 18 robbery that ended with the victim clinging to life after being shot in the groin and having his skull fractured by blows from a baseball bat.
Christopher Cardinale, 53, was taken into custody Tuesday night, Snohomish County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.
Cardinale was booked into the Snohomish County Jail Wednesday morning. He was arrested on warrants for investigation of assault, burglary, robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. His bail was earlier set at $3 million.
Cardinale’s arrest occurred five days after police caught up with an alleged accomplice.
Jordan Jensen-Green, 31, was arrested in Bellevue on Friday, reportedly while trying to use stolen credit cards in a Nordstrom store. The Index man is being held on $2 million bail.
Like his alleged accomplice, he was sought on charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and first-degree burglary stemming from a violent holdup in Monroe at a garage said to have been used as a “chop shop.”
Witnesses said men wearing masks forced their way inside and left after critically injuring a man, 38.
It is unknown whether the victim, “who remains unresponsive, will survive his wounds,” Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Craig Matheson said in Superior Court papers.
Jensen-Green is believed to have been the “moving force” behind the attack, which reportedly was in retaliation for the theft of a trailer.
The intruders left with backpacks and cellphones taken from the people who were at the garage.
Two others suspects in the attack already were in custody by the time Jensen-Green was arrested.
Cardinale twice evaded arrest. That happened on Sept. 23 when officers showed up at a Mountlake Terrace house to make arrests. At the time, police were unaware of his alleged role in the Monroe crime and he was not detained.
A few hours later, a sheriffs deputy spotted Cardinale seated behind the steering wheel of a car. By then he was wanted for arrest. Cardinale initially cooperated but started the car and drove away as a deputy opened the door to take him into custody, prosecutors allege.
The deputy suffered minor injuries after being dragged about 25 yards before he was able to jump clear.
Cardinale has felony convictions for drugs, assault and property crimes.
Scott North: 425-339-3431; north@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @snorthnews.
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