Olympia/Thurston County Crime Stoppers

On November 24th just after 11:00 a.m., Olympia Police responded to the parking lot of the Bank of America at 210 5th Ave SW in Olympia for a robbery.  Two women were confronted in the parking lot by a male who displayed a black handgun and demanded the bank deposit bag one was carrying.  The man then fled the scene and is believed to have entered a newer black station wagon, similar to a Dodge Magnum, with tinted windows.  The vehicle did not have license plates on the front or back.

The suspect is described as an African-American male, possibly in his early twenties to early thirties, about 5’8” to 6’, medium build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and white surgical mask.  The suspect vehicle had been parked in the Olympia Federal parking lot and was last seen traveling east on 4^th Avenue.

On Wednesday, November 11^th, just after 1:30 a.m., two males robbed the Burger King on Yelm Avenue in Yelm.  They forced the employees at gunpoint to a back office, where they were tied up.

One suspect was a white male, mid twenties, dark blue sweatshirt, black pants and a blue mask over his face.  The second male was possibly Hispanic in his mid twenties.

The gun was possibly a black semi-automatic handgun.

On August 23, 2009, a robbery occurred in the 9200 block of 46^th Avenue NE.  Two victims reported they met up with two males and one female in Pierce County to attend a party in the Olympia area.  After traveling to Lacey, the vehicle stopped and the two males each produced handguns and robbed the victims.

Two of the suspects have been apprehended in this case.  The third suspect was identified as David Mapu, 21 years old, 5-11, 250 lbs, Pacific Islander.  There is an active warrant for 1^st Degree Robbery for Mapu.

Just before 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13^th, the Arbor Chevron  reported an armed robbery.  Two white males, 18 to 22 years, one wearing a red bandana entered the store armed with a lever action rifle. The clerk believes that the suspects were wearing gloves.  The suspects appeared to have knowledge of cash registers as they opened the registered and stole money.  The suspects then fled the store running south west, where it is believed they had parked a vehicle.