According to the plea agreement, Johnson admitted he was part of a robbery crew that included codefendant Kevin Thissel, 29, and other co-conspirators. During the summer of 2022, the group targeted families for home invasion robberies.
The crew would break into homes in the middle of the night dressed in black and sometimes claimed to be police officers while pointing guns at the families inside. The robbers wore masks and used zip ties to restrain victims, including children as young as nine, before ransacking homes for valuables.
The crimes admitted in the Johnson plea agreement include:
- May 24, 2022, the armed robbery of a family in Mount Vernon, Washington.
- May 24, 2022, the kidnapping of a young boy in connection with the Mount Vernon robbery.
- May 24, 2022, attempted robbery on Mercer Island – one robber fired a gun but did not hit one of three victims inside the house.
- May 27, 2022, burglary of an unoccupied Kent, Washington residence.
- June 19, 2022, the attempted burglary of an occupied residence in Kent. One of the residents fired at the robbery crew causing them to flee
- July 14, 2022, the armed robbery of a couple in Burien, Washington.
- July 28, 2022, the armed robbery of a woman in Kent, Washington.
- July 28,2022, the abduction of the victim in the Kent robbery to force her to obtain cash from ATMs.
- August 12, 2022, the robbery of two Kent residents who were locked in a closet while their home was ransacked.
- August 19, 2022, the Everett armed robbery of a couple and their child.
- August 19, 2022, the murder of one of the Everett robbery victims.
During the August 19th robbery, 36-year-old Irah Marcello Sok of Everett was shot and killed while her 7-year-old child lay next to her in bed…