Straw hat robbery suspect arrested hours after Tri-Cities holdup
A Pasco convenience store robbery suspect is behind bars less than seven hours after the holdup.
Pedro Medina, 24, of Pasco, walked into Mr. Qwik’s convenience store near the intersection of Court Street and 26th Avenue at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, Pasco police said in a Facebook post.
He pulled out a gun and demanded money from the clerk. He was dressed in a wide-brimmed straw hat, gray sweatshirt and gloves.
“Although the suspect went to great lengths to disguise his appearance during the robbery, evidence indicated a particular suspect,” Pasco police said.
They found Medina at 8 a.m. on the 1600 block of West Irving Street. He was booked into the Franklin County jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery and fourth-degree assault.
The next day Kennewick police caught up with another Pasco robbery suspect, Ramiro Josue Villa, 30, said Pasco police on Facebook.
Officers had been looking for Villa in connection with the robbery of the Metro T Mobile shot at 800 W. Lewis Street on April 23.
Villa allegedly came into the store with a knife, demanded money and threatened to rape the clerk, said Pasco police on Facebook.
He grabbed a cellphone and left.
Villa was arrested Friday and booked into jail on investigation of first-degree robbery.