An unexpected find at a Seattle Goodwill led to the arrest of a suspected bank robber over the weekend, according to police.
On Friday afternoon, a man entered the Columbia Bank on Broadway Avenue East. He approached the teller with a robbery note, saying he was armed with a gun and demanded cash. The teller gave the man money and the suspect fled on foot before authorities arrived, police said.
A couple hours later, an employee at the Capitol Hill Goodwill on Belmont Avenue East found an obvious bank robbery note in one of the changing rooms and called 911, police said.
After reviewing security footage from the thrift store, police located and arrested the 49-year-old suspect in the area, recovering cash believed to be taken from the bank robbery.
Detectives who interviewed the man at police headquarters determined he was also behind a similar bank robbery the day before at the Downtown BECU on Sixth Avenue. The suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of both robberies.
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