Jewelry with a retail value of more than $500,000 was taken during a Bellevue robbery, and three men were charged Friday with the theft in federal court.
The charges filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle accuse the men of obstructing interstate commerce through the robbery Thursday.
The defendants were identified as Sergio Santamaria, Omar Richard Castillo and Carlos Vivas. The three were ordered held pending detention hearings.
The charges describe how police responded to a report of a robbery at a Factoria McDonald's restaurant about 9:40 a.m. Thursday and found a jewelry salesman there.
The salesman said he had been assaulted in the parking lot by three men who took his keys, eyeglasses and other items. One man shattered the rear driver's-side window of his vehicle and took a backpack that had jewelry inside valued at $250,000 wholesale and more than $500,000 on the retail market, an FBI affidavit accompanying the charges added.
The men then got in a white minivan and drove off.
The salesman said he is based in California and had been in Portland before coming to Seattle to make sales calls.
He described the men and the van to police, who found the van near Snoqualmie. Police stopped the van was stopped and the men were arrested without incident.
A search of nearby woods found a backpack with an air pistol inside. Jewelry was found inside the van, along with the salesman's backpack and materials believed to have been used in the robbery.
If the men are convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Source: nwsource
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