WANTED IN SEATTLE -- Seattle detectives need your help identifying an armed robber wanted for a series of holdups this month. Take a look at the video from the University Market in Seattle as a store clerk stops the crook from getting to his register -- pushing him back, then turning and grabbing a big stick and chasing the guy out. Detectives say the suspect pulled a knife from his right pocket. They need your help identifying him. There's no question this thief is desperate. Just three days before this robbery, police say he held up a Subway sandwich shop on 15th Ave. NE while the clerk was holding her one-year-old child. "He waited till the customers left and then he approached her and implied that he had a gun, lifted his coat and according to the victim, she actually saw a gun. Small children were there. This is irritating. Why he's doing it we're not sure, maybe a drug habit, we don't know, but he definitely is dangerous,” says Ret. Det. Myrle Carner with Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound.
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WANTED: Serial store robbery suspect
Washington`s Most Wanted
Detectives think he's in his mid 20's to mid 30's, 5’9” and 150 pounds. He's wanted for four robberies so far, with the most recent one at a Subway sandwich shop on Lake City Way NE. He usually hits every couple of days, so he's due again. If you know who he is or if you see a man that looks like him wearing that blue and grey knit hat, call an anonymous tip into: CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive’s arrest.