Police Capture Soccer Dad Bank Robber

LYNNWOOD, WA - A man who recently began robbing banks in southern Snohomish County has been captured. The man, who dresses very much like a soccer dad, got clipped after knocking off a bank branch in Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, the alleged robber hit a bank near Martha Lake. He is the prime suspect in the robbery of two banks along 196th Street Southwest in Lynnwood - one last Thursday, the other on Monday. Unlike the other robberies, Tuesday's heist involved a threat.

Here's more from the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office:

Around 3 p.m. this afternoon, a teller at the bank called 911 and reported that the robber displayed a "trigger switch" and claimed to be carrying a bomb. During the robbery, a bank employee was able to place a tracking device with the cash. Patrol units, with the assistance of several other area police agencies, were able to track the location of the device to the area near Meridian and 164th St SW and contacted several vehicles and drivers in the area. In one vehicle, a patrol deputy noticed clothing that matched the suspect's partially hidden under the seat. The male passenger, believed to be the robbery suspect, and the male driver were arrested.

Members of the regional bomb unit were on-scene searching the area around the bank where the suspect admitted to throwing the "fake" device. Detectives with the Lynnwood Police Department are working with Sheriff's Office detectives in the investigation.

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