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Green Lake mugger pleads guilty

What do you think? (No Comments) January 8, 2010 at 12:10AM

Remember that string of late-night muggings at the lake last September?  Yeah, those.

The getaway driver just pleaded guilty.

From The Seattle Times:

Sheena Blackburn, 24, who was arrested with two men last fall for their alleged roles in a string of North Seattle robberies, pleaded guilty today to three counts of second-degree robbery.

Blackburn, who authorities say was the getaway driver, faces a standard range of 15 to 20 months when she is sentenced, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. [ ... ]

Blackburn has also agreed to testify against her co-defendants, Jarvis Gibbs and Clovelle Harvey, who are still facing charges in the case. [ ... ]

The three defendants are believed to be responsible for at least some of a string of robberies in Magnolia, Green Lake, Capitol Hill and North Seattle.  [ ... ]

Police said the break in the case came when a credit card belonging to the one of the victims was used at a convenience store. Within a half-hour of the robbery more than $160 in charges were rung up on the man’s credit card at a nearby 7-Eleven, police said. Surveillance images from the store were obtained by police and distributed to the media, which led to the the suspects’ identification.