Seattle Police arrested a man suspected of being the “Grim Reaper Bandit” shortly before midnight outside the QFC at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast Northgate Way.
The suspect was sleeping in a car behind the QFC, said Detective Mark Jamieson. An officer recognized the description of the car and the arrest was made without incident, Jamieson said.
The Grim Reaper bandit, so called because of his grim appearance, is believed to have robbed the Key Bank in University Village on April 19, said FBI Special Agent Fred Gutt. He’s sending us a bank photo of the robber in a hooded sweatshirt. The man claimed to have a weapon.
A different robber, the “F-Bomb Bandit” who turned out to be a 16-year-old girl, robbed the credit union inside that QFC, at 11100 Roosevelt Way N.E., in February. Both the Maple Leaf Pharmacy and Reckless Video in Maple Leaf were robbed late last year by a man who police said wanted drugs.
