A 17-year-old teenager from Renton was arrested early this morning in connection with last week's Crown Hill robbery.

Seattle Police reports that the teen was arrested after gathering information from witnesses at two separate robberies in the Crown Hill and Lake City areas.

The suspect was arrested in Renton in the early morning hours and booked into the Youth Services Center for Investigation of Robbery. 

The suspect is accused of two robberies and threatening employees with shears.
The first robbery occurred in on Feb 11 in Crown Hill where the suspect attempted to cut the cable securing a mobile phone to the display.  When employees confronted him, the suspect threatened them with large shears and fled with a the stolen cell phone.

The second incident occurred the following day in Lake City where the suspect looked at various cell phones, then suddenly grabbed several and started to leave the store.  When he was confronted by an employee, he pushed and elbowed the employee out of the way and fled the area in a green sedan.