Kent Police arrested a 41-year-old Renton man wanted for a felony state Department of Corrections escape from community custody on a first-degree robbery warrant.
A witness called at about 11:37 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 to report the man was in a parking lot in the 1700 block of West Meeker Street and reportedly carrying a gun, according to an Aug. 15 Kent Police news release.
Multiple officers responded and one officer spotted the man crouching down in a group of people by a car, according to police. Officers took the man into custody without incident. He was not armed at the time of his arrest.
The man also had a warrant out of Auburn for DUI, according to police.
Earlier in the week, Kent Police had been notified that the man, considered a career criminal by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), had the felony warrant and was in Kent. At one point, he was known to visit apartments in downtown Kent.
Officers had been looking for the man this week but had come up empty, according to police.
Officers booked the man into the South Correctional Entity (SCORE jail) in Des Moines for the felony escape warrant.
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