On Monday, February 1st, at about 8:25 a.m., the Subway shop in the 3400 block of Pacific Avenue SE was robbed.
The suspect is described as a white male in his mid 50’s, wearing a female wig, sunglasses, jeans, tennis shoes, and a blue/gray jacket. He had a thin face and spoke with a mumble.
The suspect fled on foot along the wooded trail behind the business.
On November 21st at about 8:15 p.m., an assault and robbery occurred in the Rainier Vista Park.
The victim reported that he met the three male suspects at Capital Mall and they rode the bus to an area near the park. Once in the park, the three males attacked the victim, stealing his wallet and iPod.
All three were white males. One was 5-6, 180, with puffy, curly brown hair, wore a black DARE jacket and green shirt. One was 5-11, 160, short brown hair, leather jacket and jeans. The third was 5-4, 130, with brown hair, wearing a black leather jacket and boots.
On Monday, December 21st, an attempted robbery was reported by the Washington Federal Savings Bank at 4110 Pacific Ave SE.
The suspect approached the teller and demanded money. When the teller showed him her empty till, the suspect left the bank.
The suspect is described as a light skinned possibly black male in his forties, wearing a blue or black jacket, tan hat and khaki pants. He was approximately 5-10, medium build. He also wore glasses.
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 4th Avenue.
On Wednesday, November 11th, 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 46th 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 1st Degree Robbery for Mapu.
Just before 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13th, 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.
On July 15th at about 3:15 p.m., Olympia Police were dispatched to a report of an auto theft which turned out to be a carjacking. The victim reported that he had been in his green full size Chevrolet Blazer stopped at a red traffic signal on Phoenix Street waiting to proceed north through the intersection at Martin Way. Suddenly he was approached by a white male, about 5’06” tall, 190 pounds, wearing blue jeans and a grey t-shirt. The male opened the victim’s driver’s door, assaulted him, and pulled him from the vehicle. The suspect then fled the scene in the stolen vehicle.
The victim sustained serious injuries during the assault. Investigation revealed that the suspect took the stolen vehicle to the parking lot of a nearby business where he removed several tool boxes from it as well as the victim’s wallet which remained in the vehicle at the time of the robbery.
