3 Arrested In South Hill Jewelry Store Robbery

SOUTH HILL, WA — Three suspects are behind bars after a jewelry store robbery and police chase in the South Hill area early Wednesday.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, just before 11 a.m., 911 dispatchers received a call from a witness, who told them a man with a knife had just robbed a jewelry store in the 17400 block of Meridian E.

While interviewing witnesses, deputies learned that the knife-wielding suspect and two other people and hopped into a white Ford utility truck. A quick records check showed that the truck was stolen.

Not long after, deputies spotted the truck and tried to pull it over— but the driver took off, and deputies followed not far behind them.

Ultimately the deputies chased the fleeing car to the intersection of Steele St S and 102nd St S in Parkland, where all three suspects jumped out of the moving car. Images from the scene show the car continued forward, crashing into a nearby ditch.

Deputies then ditched their vehicles to finish the chase on foot, and eventually rounded up all three suspects. They have been identified as a 30-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman, and 25-year-old man. All three have been booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of first degree robbery.