SEATTLE — Charges were filed against two adults and a child who are accused of committing several armed robberies around Seattle.
According to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 19-year-old Amarri Lard and 21-year-old Ty'Zavius Holmes were charged with four counts of felony first-degree robbery and an 11-year-old child was charged with four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.
Both adults remain in custody on $400,000 bail and are scheduled to appear in court Dec. 4. The 11-year-old child is also still in custody and will appear in court Thursday.
Seattle police believe the trio is behind a series of convenience store robberies over an hour-and-a-half in the early morning hours of Nov. 15 – from Georgetown to West Seattle. According to court documents, the suspects made off with cash from the registers, tobacco products and a cashier's wallet. They were also captured on store surveillance footage at all four locations.
According to court documents, the three are believed to be connected to several other robberies from earlier in the month, but charges have not been filed in connection to those.
The three were arrested Saturday after leading police on a dramatic car chase that ended in a crash near Tukwila. At the time of their arrest, they were wearing some of the same clothing items that were identified on the stores' surveillance footage.
Convenience store owner Pawan Deep Singh, whose store was robbed last weekend, says he hopes the child and young men are still able to change course.
“Maybe they can learn something for the future,” Singh said.
