UPDATE: A 28-year old Lake Stevens man has been arrested in relation to the Monroe armored car robbery that made headlines with a most unusual get-away vehicle: an inner tube. The robber held up an armored car with pepper spray, possibly escaped down the Skykomish River on an inner tube, and when police arrived, found a small group of men matching the description of the subject. A Craigslist ad placed 3 days before the incident asked for men looking for work to show up at a specific time wearing specific clothes, likely to fool police.

The suspect apparently wasn’t as smart as he thought. While he used an unlocked wifi account to post the Craigslist ad, police were still able to match DNA left on evidence at the scene to the suspect. A witness also reported the license plate number of the suspect’s wife to police after noticing unusual objects behind a dumpster next to the bank, which the suspect was observed picking up later in the day.

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