Update, April 8, 8:10 a.m.
While police are still on the search for Key Bank's latest robber, the suspects for a previous robbing of the same Key Bank were recently found guilty, as of March 27.
The two men, 66-year-old Jack P. Sexton and 65-year-old Ronald C. Kettels, were convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, three armed bank robberies, and using a firearm during a crime of violence, according to the FBI. They are sentenced to a mandatory minimum 57 years in prison.
The Holman Rd Key Bank was their first target on August 8, 2011. In that robbery, the men disguised their faces with a bandanna and a t-shirt and pointed their guns at the tellers and threatened to kill them if they did not lie down on the floor.
They also robbed the Wells Fargo Branch on Greenwood Ave in Shoreline and a Washington Federal Bank in West Seattle. In these two cases, they used masks of an elderly man, Hillary Clinton and Richard Nixon.
Both men have a quarter-century history of prior convictions, including forgery, assault, burglary, bank robbery and armed bank robbery.
Here's how they were tracked down, according to the FBI:
"Key information in the case came from an alert neighbor at one of the robberies who noted the license plate number of the getaway car. The car was ultimately linked to Sexton, and the person who had sold him the vehicle knew where Sexton and Kettels were living. Both had recently been released from prison. A search of their vehicles and residence turned up bags used in the robberies as well as four firearms—including the ones used in the robberies. Investigators also found the masks used in the robbery, and DNA on the inside of the masks linked them to both men."
h/t Dennis Galvin of Crown Hill Neighbors.
Original, April 7
Officers are looking for a man who robbed Key Bank on the 9700 block of Holman Rd NW yesterday, according to the Seattle Police Blotter.
Officers responded to the incident at approximately 12:48 p.m. and through investigation concluded that a male suspect entered the bank, implied he had a gun (though no gun was seen) and revealed a note demanding money. Nobody was injured during the robbery.
The suspect, who was gone by the time officers arrived, left with an undisclosed amount of money and has not yet been found. Witnesses describe him as a thin white male, late 50's or 60's, six foot tall, gray hair, clean shaven and last seen wearing aviator glasses, a red, black and white driving cap and a dark navy blue jacket with a white-collared shirt underneath.
If you know anything about this incident or who/where the suspect is, call Seattle Police at 911. Anonymous tips are welcome.
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