A person and lady arrested Wednesday morning have confessed to robbing a Salmon Creek financial institution amongst others, in line with the Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Detectives arrested Andrew Bekman, 31, and Amira Askew, 28, on suspicion of first-degree theft. The pair are suspects in additional than 10 financial institution robberies in Washington and Oregon relationship to June, in line with an announcement from the sheriff’s workplace.
The Southwest Washington Regional SWAT Staff executed a search warrant at a Battle Floor house Wednesday, the place investigators discovered clothes matching these worn throughout a number of robberies, in addition to firearms, ballistic vests, stolen automobiles and a be aware with the phrases, “This is a robbery. I have a gun. Empty your till,” in line with the assertion.
Clark County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies responded about 4:40 p.m. Nov. 7 to Umpqua Financial institution, 2515 N.E. 134th St., simply east of the Interstate 205 off-ramp.
The financial institution reported a person and a girl, sporting medical masks, robbed the financial institution. Financial institution employees stated the person implied he had a gun. In a surveillance photograph, the person might be seen reaching into his jacket for one thing, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
The person and lady left the financial institution with an unknown amount of money. Nobody was injured.