Friday, October 25, 2013

Ethiopian Bereket Piatt Bank Robber Kidnaps College Student

Ethiopian Bereket Piatt Bank Robber Kidnaps College Student ---
tags: African suspect, kidnapping, college student suspect, arrested, bank robbery, no motive, dropout, Washington, Ethiopian Incidents , carjacking

1 kidnapping 1 robbery, 1 arrested January 23, 2013 Ethiopian Bereket Piatt Bank Robber Kidnaps College Student  In Everett, Washington a female student attending Everett Community College was kidnapped by Bereket Piatt who threatened her with a gun. He demanded she drive her to various locations across Everett, and park downtown, where he robbed a Wells Fargo bank with his gun and the student had to wait, telling her he would track her down from her licence plate and kill her if she fled. He then had her drive back to the original location. She was uninjured and the told the police.

Piatt made off with $8,000. Piatt spent the stolen money on a used car, strippers and a plane ticket to Puerto Rico. His father said his adopted son his son excelled at track and cross country, but dropped out when he could not keep up with schoolwork and lived with clinical depression. Piatt offered no explanation or motive. He faces 4 years in prison for robbery.

Alternate theory: No motive makes any sense unless it was a non-lethal dry run for the Boston case of Amy Lord who was hijacked and told to drive across Boston to withdraw money from ATMs before she was killed and her car burned. The only explanation that would make sense is if he and the suspect in the Lord case were on a sacrifice mission for a greater cause that we don't know about, and financial gain was just a cover story to commit mayhem for some unknown reason for some unknown party.


facts 

  • Armed robbery of Wells Fargo Bank
  • Piatt is himself a former Everett Community College student, last attending in March 2012.
  • He was a star cross country runner on an athletic scholarship studying criminal justice 
  • He is originally from Ethiopia and was raised by a foster family. He won a state cross-country championship while attending Port Townsend High School

*Sources

  1. Piatt pleads guilty to Everett bank robbery - Port Townsend ...

    www.ptleader.com/.../piatt...

    Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader
    by Tristan Hiegler - Jul 3, 2013 - Former Port Townsend resident Bereket Piatt faces more than four years in prison after pleading guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to  

  2. Ex-EvCC track star headed to prison for bank robbery ...

    www.heraldnet.com/article/20130628/NEWS01/706289890

    The Herald
    Jun 28, 2013 - EVERETT -- Everett Community College freshman Bereket Piatt was a star cross country runner, studying criminal justice on an athletic  ...
  3. Everett bank robbery, kidnapping suspect is former Port ...

    www.peninsuladailynews.com/.../everett-bank-robb...

    Peninsula Daily News
    Feb 2, 2013 - Bereket Piatt won the Class 1A state cross-country championship for Port ... Piatt reportedly approached a community college student near the  ...
  4. Police arrest suspect in Everett abduction, bank robbery ...

    www.komonews.com/.../Police-arrest-suspect-Bereket-Piatt-i...

    KOMO‑TV
    Jan 31, 2013 - Everett Police Department Major Crimes detectives identified Bereket Piatt as the suspect through an investigation and tips. Piatt was arrested ...
  5. Port Townsend's Adopted Sons Running Toward Greatness ...

    www.kitsapsun.com/.../pts-adopted-sons-running-toward-grea...

    Kitsap Sun
    Mar 16, 2010 - “Habs and Bereket, they are gong to go 1-2 at state this year in the 1600 and ... The story of Bereket Piatt and Habatamu Rubio, both PT juniors,  ...

January 23, 2013 Woman Kidnapped Prior to Everett Bank Robbery Everett Police today released additional details about the armed robbery of the North Everett Wells Fargo Bank at 18th and Broadway on January 23rd. Today they say prior to the robbery an Everett Community College student was kidnapped. Here are the new details…
5:00 p.m. on the evening of January 23, 2013, a female student attending Everett Community College returned to her vehicle parked on a public street near the college. As she neared her vehicle, an African-American male walked up, pointed a gun and demanded she get into her vehicle. Once inside, the man directed the student to drive to numerous locations around north Everett and the downtown district. At one point the man directed the student to park in downtown Everett. Before getting out, he threatened the student that if she left he would find and kill her since he knew her license plate number. The student was afraid and remained in the parked vehicle. The man returned and directed her to additional locations in Everett. Just before 6:00 p.m., the man directed the student to drive to the Wells Fargo Bank at 1801 Broadway Ave and ordered her to wait. The man returned within minutes and instructed the student to drive and drop him off near where he first abducted her. The student was not injured and later drove to the police department to report the crime.
  • Sounds like this Boston Case

    Amy Lord Kidnap and Murder in South Boston

    July 23, 24 2013 28-year-old Edwin Alemany allegedly murdered Amy Lord of South Boston and was held on $3 million bail in South Boston District Court in two other attacks on women.  She was kidnapped and forced to spend 47 minutes driving across Boston to take money out of five bank ATMs . Then her Jeep was found burning and her body was found that afternoon. Two other attacks occurred early on the mornings of July 23 and July 24. Lord was attacked the morning of July 23, in between the time of the two other attacks. He told the first woman told the first woman he attacked, “I’m not robbing you. I’m going to kill you”, punched her in the face and dragged her by the legs into a parking lot" but then told her “You’re not the one I’m looking for. I’m sorry. I have a hit out for a female pushing a baby carriage walking with a male wearing a white shirt” Alemany was arrested at Tufts Medical Center, where he sought treatment, initially claiming he had been stabbed in the hand in an argument at a South Boston gas station. 

    and this case in Renton
    28-year-old victim, Martinez’ former girlfriend, met him at a Renton restaurant Wednesday regarding some paperwork.  Police said Martinez had a few drinks before getting into the victim’s car.  While she was driving, Martinez pulled out a handgun, racked the slide, and then told her she would be spending the day with him, according to Renton police. Investigators said Martinez forced her to drive to several locations.  At one location, he pressed his gun into her side and sexually assaulted her.  When he drove into the parking lot of a Safeway store in Kirkland, she ran from him, went to the pharmacy in the back of the store and asked for help.While the victim was getting help, Martinez used her debit card to withdraw several hundred dollars from her account at an ATM. victim told Kirkland police Martinez had a handgun and might be thinking about "suicide by cop."



    www.everettcc.edu/news/2013/index.cfm?id=20180
    College News. Updated: January 31, 2013. Police have arrested a suspect in the bank robbery and kidnapping in north Everett last week. The man was arrested in Tacoma ...
    Everett Police Department Major Crimes detectives identified Bereket Piatt as the suspect through an investigation and tips. Piatt was arrested by Tacoma police at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.Piatt is himself a former Everett Community College student, last attending in March 2012. He is originally from Ethiopia and was raised by a foster family. He won a state cross-country championship while attending Port Townsend High School
  • myeverettnews.com/.../29/woman-kidnapped-prior-to-everett-bank-robbery
    Everett Police today released additional details about the armed robbery of the NorthEverett Wells Fargo Bank at 18th and Broadway on January 23rd.
  • www.komonews.com/.../Police-arrest-suspect-Bereket-Piatt-in-Everett...
    Jan 31, 2013 · Surveillance camera footage taken from an Everett Wells Fargo of the suspected bank robber who allegedly abducted a female college student at gunpoint
























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