WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Charges filed in 2 Westwood Village cases

In West Seattle Crime Watch tonight, prices have been filed in two incidents at Westwood Village shops:

BIG 5 BREAK-IN: The person arrested early Tuesday after a housebreaking on the Large 5 Sporting Items retailer, 37-year-old Nicky R. Taylor Jr. of Tacoma, is charged with first-degree housebreaking. Charging paperwork inform the identical story we reported that day – mall safety referred to as police after seeing somebody use a purchasing cart to interrupt into Large 5 by smashing a window. Police say Taylor had grabbed what seemed to be a rifle – and later turned out to be an airsoft gun – and pointed it at an officer, earlier than fleeing out a facet exit. They caught up with him simply south of the mall, on SW Barton. The charging doc say police who went into the shop after the arrest “noticed the airsoft and ammunition part was in disarray. A number of weapons appeared pulled off the wall and there was ammunition scattered on a counter.” Taylor is accused of taking bullets, boots, two coats, and a baseball bat, plus the airsoft rifle, all of which was recovered. The charging paperwork say he was needed on a misdemeanor DUI warrant from Federal Means and that he has had 22 failure-to-appear warrants since 2007; all his prior convictions are driving-related, together with three different DUIs. He stays in jail, bail set at $80,000.

ROSS SHOPLIFT-TURNED-ROBBERY: 27-year-old Issac R. Alejandro is charged with first-degree theft, accused of pointing a gun at Ross Costume For Much less retailer safety and administration whereas getting away with shoplifted merchandise. The incident occurred October 4th; the cost was simply filed final week, however Alejandro has been in jail since October twelfth in reference to a unique case. Within the theft case, prosecutors say, Alejandro went into the shop, gathered up greater than $300 in clothes, and when staff tried to cease him, pulled the gun and advised them repeatedly “Again off.” This safety picture is within the charging paperwork:

He then, investigators say, fled with two accomplices in what turned out to be a stolen Chevrolet Silverado, discovered by police lower than 5 hours later within the 2500 block of Harbor Avenue SW. (It had been taken from a light-rail park-and-ride in Tukwila hours earlier than the theft.) Meantime, a detective investigating the theft bought security-camera pictures from the shop, circulated them to officers, and had the stolen Silverado processed for fingerprints. The charging paperwork say he quickly heard from an officer who believed he knew the identification of the principle robber; one of many accomplices was recognized by means of a tip that he was in Renton. SPD subsequently heard from Renton Police that Alejandro was of their custody for an incident during which he allegedly shot at them. In addition they realized that Alejandro had a million-dollar warrant for a King County Sheriff’s Workplace theft/assault case and that he has prison historical past in California and Arkansas. The jail register exhibits he’s being held in lieu of $700,000 bail.