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Followup: SWAT-arrested drug suspects out of jail

October 9, 2013 at 10:11 pm | In Crime, West Seattle news | 20 Comments

(WSB photo from 8800 block of 24th SW search scene Tuesday afternoon)
Following up on this Tuesday report: The man arrested by SWAT officers inside an Alki restaurant is out of jail tonight, as is his brother, also arrested yesterday. Police would say only that both arrests are related to an investigation that's been ongoing since March. According to probable-cause documents we obtained from the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office after today's bail hearing for the two suspects, the man arrested while dining at Pegasus Pizza with a child is a 29-year-old man whose address is listed as the 24th SW residence where we photographed SWAT officers about an hour later (photo above). We don't know the identity of the handcuffed person in our 24th SW photo from Tuesday's story; the court documents say the 22-year-old brother was arrested at his residence in Magnolia. Both were held for investigation of drug violations.

The documents say that the vehicle and residence search related to the older brother arrested on Alki yielded more than $13,000 cash as well as 100 oxycodone and percocet tablets, plus a loaded gun. Vehicle and residence searches related to the younger brother arrested in Magnolia were reported to have yielded 75 tablets of the same drugs, as well as $1,000 cash, multiple guns, and a bulletproof vest. The King County Jail Register shows that both got out this evening after posting bond – the older suspect's bail had been set at $25,000, the younger one's at $20,000. No charges filed yet (which is why we are not identifying them) but we will continue to check on the case.