Issaquah armed robbery suspect arrested in Alaska

A 19-year-old woman suspected trying to rob an Issaquah convenience store on March 10 was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals nearly 2,000 miles away in Kenai, Alaska.

A 19-year-old woman suspected trying to rob an Issaquah convenience store on March 10 was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals nearly 2,000 miles away in Kenai, Alaska.

The woman, listed as an Issaquah resident, was identified was positively identified by police officers and tips from citizens after a warrant was issued by King County Superior Court on March 15.

In the evening hours of March 21, task force members located and arrested the suspect on the felony warrant. She will be booked as a fugitive of justice and extradited back to Washington under normal protocol.

The woman allegedly tried to rob a convenience store in the 1400 block of Northwest Sammamish Road using what appeared to be a handgun and a knife.

The store’s clerk was able to knock both weapons out of the woman’s hands, and she ran off, according to the Issaquah Police Department.