"They immediately overcame patrons and a couple of employees that were inside," Det. In the Yakima case, there were five suspects, and two of them had handguns. Shaw says this kind of takeover style robbery is rare. "We do believe that there are some similarities that we're looking into," said Yakima Police Major Crimes Det. Police think the suspects in that robbery may be part of the group who robbed the Slow Burn marijuana shop on North 40th Avenue in Yakima on Feb. The suspect dropped the hat when he ran from the store. The company makes horticultural fasteners and ties for gardens and orchards. He's following up on several clues, including a hat that says 'Klipon' that the suspect in plaid was wearing. Curtis Santucci says this is the first pot shop robbery they've ever had, and he wants it to be the last. One of the suspects also robbed the customer before the group raced back outside and headed west from the direction they came. "What they didn't steal out of the case, most of it ended up broken on the floor," Markus said. A second suspect joins him and starts grabbing jars by the handful, knocking many of them on top of the employee who is covering his head to protect himself. Video shows the suspect in a plaid shirt putting glass jars of marijuana into a bag. One suspect jumped the counter and order the clerks to get on the floor. The chaos and damage they did during the robbery closed the store for a day. "They were in and out of here in 42 seconds," said Station 420 owner Adam Markus. Four suspects barged in wearing masks and latex gloves and held two employees and a customer at gunpoint.
27 at Station 420 on Main Street in Union Gap. The first robbery happened at about 8:30 p.m. Police in Yakima and Union Gap are working to identify a total of nine suspects after two separate takeover style robberies at pot shops within the last two weeks.
Terrifying takeover style robberies at two pot shops in neighboring towns
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