Court dismissed 2021 felony case against Seattle Trader Joe’s suspect over state hospital delays

A registered sex offender with a history of burglary and sexual assault was arrested Tuesday after allegedly making death threats and behaving erratically inside a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Officers responded around 2:15 p.m. on August 5 to the Trader Joe’s located near the 1700 block of 16th Avenue East.

Police said store security reported that a man had exposed himself and was using racial slurs before brandishing a knife and threatening to kill customers and employees…

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