Accused armed home invader, 12-time convicted felon wanted in Pierce County -- arrested in Parkland

FUGITIVE CAPTURED October 14, 2014 -- Deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department’s Community Support Team and officers in the Department of Corrections' Southwest Community Response Unit arrested Washington’s Most Wanted fugitive Robert James in Parkland on Tuesday. He is charged with Robbery in the 1st degree for an armed home invasion in Spanaway on March 13th, 2014. “The suspect in this case is extremely dangerous,” said Det. Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. “In this particular case he was armed when they did a residential robbery. He and his partners went in, pointed guns at the home occupants, took their TV, jewelry, anything of value before fleeing." Detectives were able to identity James through a fingerprint found on a bottle of alcohol that was brought to the victim’s apartment by the suspects. James was featured on August 8th on WMW as a Crime Stoppers of TacomaPierce County case. Deputies say he had cut his hair very short while hiding from authorities. James is the 564th WMW Fugitive caught. FUGITIVE WANTED IN PIERCE COUNTY August 8, 2014 -- Robert James is accused of an armed home invasion in Spanaway. "The suspect in this case is extremely dangerous,” said Det. Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. “In this particular case he was armed when they did a residential robbery. He and his partners went in, pointed guns at the home occupants, took their TV, jewelry, anything of value before fleeing. This is somebody who's going to continue to do this and hopefully and hopefully we won't get anybody hurt before we get him caught." Detectives say James was identified from a fingerprint he'd left on a bottle of alcohol at the apartment. He has long hair in his mug shot, but detectives say it's likely short now. He's 31 years old, 5’6”, 160 pounds, and known to hangout around Tacoma, Parkland, and Spanaway. This new photo shows the tattoo 12-time felon, Robert James has on his right cheek.

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