2 arrested on warrants after police surround WA apartment

KENT, Wash. - Police and SWAT surrounded an apartment complex in Kent last week, taking a man and woman into custody on felony warrants.

According to authorities, police and SWAT were called around 7:30 a.m. to Phoenix Court Apartments in Kent on Friday, Feb. 28. They were there to make an arrest on a 39-year-old man with several felony warrants, including a $30,000 for firearm possession, and including warrants for escaping custody and second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.

Police secured a search warrant and made several announcements to the suspect.

Eventually, the man came out and was arrested.

During the arrest, police noticed a 39-year-old woman in the house with him. She left the apartment and tried to hide in the bushes from officers, but they took her into custody, as well.

The police department says she also had warrants for her arrest, including escaping custody, two counts of residential burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, reckless endangerment domestic violence and third-degree criminal mistreatment.

The Source: Information in this story comes from the Kent Police Department.