PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police have arrested a man they accuse of the armed robbery of one inn this week and suspect in the September robbery of another.
Colin Bradley, 33, of Port Angeles was arrested at about 8 a.m. Thursday after an overnight robbery at the Port Angeles Inn on the 100 block of East Second Street.
Deputy Chief Jason Viada said Bradley had been staying at a hotel next to the Port Angeles Inn and police arrested him there without incident.
At about 2 a.m. Thursday, police received reports that someone wearing an Obama mask brandished a knife as he demanded money from the night clerk at the hotel, Viada said, adding that the man had taken about $500.
Bradley is also the suspect in the robbery at the Port Angeles Days Inn in September, Viada said.
$300 stolen
In that robbery a man entered the main lobby of the hotel and demanded money from the night clerk, taking $300.
The man threatened the clerk, but did not display a weapon. He wore yellow and red contact lenses.
Viada said police would recommend charges against Bradley for both robberies.
“Both cases were worked separately and both cases separately indicated the same suspect,” Viada said. “One obvious similarity is there’s a similar [modus operandi] in that they are hotel robberies occurring at 2 a.m., among other similarities.”
Bradley was in the Clallam County jail with no bond set on Thursday.
Bradley was previously charged with first-degree theft, accused of stealing $5,266.51 from the Port Angeles Days Inn.
Court records say Bradley, previously a night-shift employee at the hotel, had been processing refunds and crediting the fund to his own bank account.
He was arrested for that in November 2017.
He entered into the Clallam County “Friendship” Diversion Program in September of this year for that charge, two days before the robbery at the Port Angeles Days Inn, and was ordered to pay back the $5,266.51 to the hotel.
In March he was charged with two counts of forging prescriptions. He was also ordered into the Clallam County “Friendship” Diversion Program in that case.
Successful completion of the program results in charges being dismissed. Among the requirements is having no further criminal violations.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.
