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2022-04-12 16:42:04 UTC
Idiot Judge! - "Catch & release" for armed robbers - Montrell Hatfield
Keep releasing until they do murder?!
And in a recent Shoreline case they released a murder suspect.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-police-arrest-15-year-old-wanted-in-deadly-tacoma-pot-shop-robbery-2-remain-at-large/
Seattle police arrest 15-year-old wanted in deadly Tacoma pot shop
robbery; 2 suspects remain at large
April 11, 2022 at 8:01 pm Updated April 11, 2022 at 8:13 pm
Montrell Hatfield, 16, has been charged with first-degree murder in a
fatal shooting at a Tacoma pot shop in March. (Courtesy Tacoma Police)
Sara Jean Green By Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporter
One of two juvenile suspects wanted in connection with the fatal
shooting of an employee at a Tacoma marijuana store in March was
arrested by Seattle police in Kent on Monday, less than a week after he
and two accomplices allegedly committed a smash-and-grab, takeover
robbery at a West Seattle jewelry store, according to Seattle police.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested by robbery detectives outside the
Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, said Sgt. Randy Huserik. He was
turned over to Tacoma police and booked into Remann Hall Juvenile
Detention Center, according to Huserik and Officer Wendy Haddow, a
Tacoma police spokesperson.
On March 24, Pierce County prosecutors charged the 15-year-old boy and
Montrell Hatfield, 16, with first-degree murder in connection with the
March 19 fatal shooting of Jordan Brown, 29, during an armed robbery at
World of Weed on East Portland Avenue in Tacoma, court records show. A
third suspect, who acted as a lookout during the robbery, has yet to be
identified.
Hatfield remains at large. He is described as a Black male, 5-feet-5,
130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, and a prosthetic right leg
that causes him to walk with a limp, according to Pierce County
prosecutors. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to
call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or 911.
All three are suspected of committing at least 10 armed robberies in
Pierce and King counties in recent months, according to the charges
filed in the Tacoma murder case.
The 15-year-old and Hatfield were charged in King County Juvenile Court
in February in connection with an armed robbery at a Federal Way
pawnshop, but were released from detention and placed on electronic home
monitoring over objections from prosecutors, said Casey McNerthney, a
spokesman for Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. Both cut off their monitoring
devices on March 16 and warrants were issued for their arrests,
McNerthney said.
The Seattle Times does not typically name juvenile defendants unless
they are charged as adults.
Under state law, 16- and 17-year-olds can automatically be charged as
adults for serious violent crimes like first-degree murder and
first-degree rape. For teens younger than 16, prosecutors can request
what is known as a decline hearing and a judge ultimately decides
whether to keep the case in juvenile court or decline juvenile
jurisdiction and transfer the case to adult court.
It wasn’t immediately clear on Monday whether Pierce County prosecutors
have requested a decline hearing for the 15-year-old in the murder case.
In 2018, first-degree robbery was among a handful of crimes that were
removed from the list of what are known as auto-decline offenses and
extended juvenile jurisdiction for those specific crimes from age 21 to
age 25.
The two boys are suspects in the Feb. 22 robbery of Elite Pawn, located
in the 29100 block of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way. The owner
called 911 just before 3:30 p.m. to report a robbery in progress, say
the charges filed in King County Juvenile Court.
Federal Way police arrived and learned three male suspects had just
driven off in a vehicle, say the charges. From witness statements and
video footage, detectives determined three armed suspects entered the
store and ordered employees and customers onto the floor. One of the
suspects forced the store’s manager to the safe, where the manager put
$20,000 in cash and jewelry into a bag the suspect provided, the charges
say.
Meanwhile, the suspect later identified as the 15-year-old fired a round
into a wall and forced an employee to empty the till, placing $10,000
into a plastic bag the teen provided, charging papers say.
As the three suspects drove away, a customer fired a gun at the fleeing
vehicle, which crashed into another car but continued north on Pacific
Highway South. Police found the abandoned car at a park-and-ride lot a
mile away and witnesses told officers that the suspects had fled into a
nearby apartment complex, the charges say.
Hatfield and the 15-year-old were arrested and police recovered $24,000
in cash and 98 pieces of jewelry, the charges say. The third suspect
evaded capture.
At their first court appearance on Feb. 24, Chief Juvenile Judge Averil
Rothrock ordered Hatfield and the 15-year-old released on electronic
home detention, court records show.
Just after 10 p.m. on March 19, Tacoma police responded to a report of
an armed robbery and shooting at World of Weed, where they found an
employee unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck, say the Pierce
County charges. He died at the scene.
Based on witness statements and video surveillance footage, police
learned two suspects entered the store, ordered everyone to the floor,
and provided plastic bags to employees, the charges say.
One of the suspects, later identified as Hatfield, fired a warning shot
into the ceiling and got into a fight with an employee, grappling with
him on the floor, say the charges. At that point, the second suspect —
later identified as the 15-year-old — leaned over the counter and fired
a round, hitting the employee in the throat, according to charging papers.
The two suspects and a third suspect who had acted as a lookout
apparently drove off in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, say the charges.
During the investigation, Tacoma police detectives discovered there were
ongoing investigations into a string of marijuana dispensary robberies
in King and Pierce counties and that the modus operandi was the same in
all of them, say the charges.
Around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, three armed suspects entered Bellevue Rare
Coins in the West Seattle Junction and ordered employees to lie down on
the floor, according to Huserik and an incident report posted to the
Seattle Police Department’s online blotter. They made off with $12,000
and several pieces of jewelry, according to police.
Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or ***@seattletimes.com;
Keep releasing until they do murder?!
And in a recent Shoreline case they released a murder suspect.
from
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/seattle-police-arrest-15-year-old-wanted-in-deadly-tacoma-pot-shop-robbery-2-remain-at-large/
Seattle police arrest 15-year-old wanted in deadly Tacoma pot shop
robbery; 2 suspects remain at large
April 11, 2022 at 8:01 pm Updated April 11, 2022 at 8:13 pm
Montrell Hatfield, 16, has been charged with first-degree murder in a
fatal shooting at a Tacoma pot shop in March. (Courtesy Tacoma Police)
Sara Jean Green By Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporter
One of two juvenile suspects wanted in connection with the fatal
shooting of an employee at a Tacoma marijuana store in March was
arrested by Seattle police in Kent on Monday, less than a week after he
and two accomplices allegedly committed a smash-and-grab, takeover
robbery at a West Seattle jewelry store, according to Seattle police.
The 15-year-old boy was arrested by robbery detectives outside the
Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, said Sgt. Randy Huserik. He was
turned over to Tacoma police and booked into Remann Hall Juvenile
Detention Center, according to Huserik and Officer Wendy Haddow, a
Tacoma police spokesperson.
On March 24, Pierce County prosecutors charged the 15-year-old boy and
Montrell Hatfield, 16, with first-degree murder in connection with the
March 19 fatal shooting of Jordan Brown, 29, during an armed robbery at
World of Weed on East Portland Avenue in Tacoma, court records show. A
third suspect, who acted as a lookout during the robbery, has yet to be
identified.
Hatfield remains at large. He is described as a Black male, 5-feet-5,
130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, and a prosthetic right leg
that causes him to walk with a limp, according to Pierce County
prosecutors. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to
call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or 911.
All three are suspected of committing at least 10 armed robberies in
Pierce and King counties in recent months, according to the charges
filed in the Tacoma murder case.
The 15-year-old and Hatfield were charged in King County Juvenile Court
in February in connection with an armed robbery at a Federal Way
pawnshop, but were released from detention and placed on electronic home
monitoring over objections from prosecutors, said Casey McNerthney, a
spokesman for Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. Both cut off their monitoring
devices on March 16 and warrants were issued for their arrests,
McNerthney said.
The Seattle Times does not typically name juvenile defendants unless
they are charged as adults.
Under state law, 16- and 17-year-olds can automatically be charged as
adults for serious violent crimes like first-degree murder and
first-degree rape. For teens younger than 16, prosecutors can request
what is known as a decline hearing and a judge ultimately decides
whether to keep the case in juvenile court or decline juvenile
jurisdiction and transfer the case to adult court.
It wasn’t immediately clear on Monday whether Pierce County prosecutors
have requested a decline hearing for the 15-year-old in the murder case.
In 2018, first-degree robbery was among a handful of crimes that were
removed from the list of what are known as auto-decline offenses and
extended juvenile jurisdiction for those specific crimes from age 21 to
age 25.
The two boys are suspects in the Feb. 22 robbery of Elite Pawn, located
in the 29100 block of Pacific Highway South in Federal Way. The owner
called 911 just before 3:30 p.m. to report a robbery in progress, say
the charges filed in King County Juvenile Court.
Federal Way police arrived and learned three male suspects had just
driven off in a vehicle, say the charges. From witness statements and
video footage, detectives determined three armed suspects entered the
store and ordered employees and customers onto the floor. One of the
suspects forced the store’s manager to the safe, where the manager put
$20,000 in cash and jewelry into a bag the suspect provided, the charges
say.
Meanwhile, the suspect later identified as the 15-year-old fired a round
into a wall and forced an employee to empty the till, placing $10,000
into a plastic bag the teen provided, charging papers say.
As the three suspects drove away, a customer fired a gun at the fleeing
vehicle, which crashed into another car but continued north on Pacific
Highway South. Police found the abandoned car at a park-and-ride lot a
mile away and witnesses told officers that the suspects had fled into a
nearby apartment complex, the charges say.
Hatfield and the 15-year-old were arrested and police recovered $24,000
in cash and 98 pieces of jewelry, the charges say. The third suspect
evaded capture.
At their first court appearance on Feb. 24, Chief Juvenile Judge Averil
Rothrock ordered Hatfield and the 15-year-old released on electronic
home detention, court records show.
Just after 10 p.m. on March 19, Tacoma police responded to a report of
an armed robbery and shooting at World of Weed, where they found an
employee unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck, say the Pierce
County charges. He died at the scene.
Based on witness statements and video surveillance footage, police
learned two suspects entered the store, ordered everyone to the floor,
and provided plastic bags to employees, the charges say.
One of the suspects, later identified as Hatfield, fired a warning shot
into the ceiling and got into a fight with an employee, grappling with
him on the floor, say the charges. At that point, the second suspect —
later identified as the 15-year-old — leaned over the counter and fired
a round, hitting the employee in the throat, according to charging papers.
The two suspects and a third suspect who had acted as a lookout
apparently drove off in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, say the charges.
During the investigation, Tacoma police detectives discovered there were
ongoing investigations into a string of marijuana dispensary robberies
in King and Pierce counties and that the modus operandi was the same in
all of them, say the charges.
Around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, three armed suspects entered Bellevue Rare
Coins in the West Seattle Junction and ordered employees to lie down on
the floor, according to Huserik and an incident report posted to the
Seattle Police Department’s online blotter. They made off with $12,000
and several pieces of jewelry, according to police.
Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or ***@seattletimes.com;