SULTAN — A man who thought police would go away if he remained inside his house long enough learned that they meant business when they warned him they would come in and get him.
Police obtained a search warrant for the man’s home, made "a dynamic tactical entry" and arrested him Friday. He was checked at a hospital and then booked into Snohomish County Jail on a variety of charges, Sultan Police Chief Fred Walser said.
Police responded to the home of the man’s next-door neighbor shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday after the neighbor called 911 and said the 39-year-old man was outside making threats and trying to break down his door.
The man apparently became irate when the neighbor refused to give him a ride to an undisclosed location, possibly to buy drugs, Walser said. When the neighbor refused, the man allegedly threatened to kill him.
The victim barricaded himself inside his house.
When officers arrived, the suspect refused to come out of his own house. He taunted them when they said they’d get a warrant, Walser said.
On the way to jail, he told police he didn’t think they’d get a warrant if he just hid inside long enough, Walser said.
The suspect’s girlfriend was present during the incident and told police that she told him to give up, but he "just wouldn’t do it."
Espresso stand robberies: A pair of young robbers held up two espresso stands early Friday, one in Everett and one in the Lynnwood area.
The first robbery occurred shortly before 5 a.m. in the 1900 block of 110th Street SE in the Silver Lake area, Everett police Lt. Greg Lineberry said. The two, in their late teens or early 20s, robbed the clerk of an undisclosed amount of money and fled on foot.
The second robbery occurred shortly after 5 a.m. at the Buzz Inn Espresso in the 16500 block of Ash Way in the Lynnwood area, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
In that incident, one of the males jumped through the stand’s window. They fled again with an undisclosed amount of money, Jorgensen said.
Witness descriptions of the robbers in the two holdups matched, authorities said.
One was a white male, wearing a mask and armed with a knife, wearing a dark blue shirt, dark blue pants, a dark blue hooded sweatshirt with a zipper, and tennis shoes. The other was a light-skinned black male, wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt and tennis shoes. Both were about 5 feet 7 inches tall with thin builds.
From Herald staff reports
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