Lacey police searching for man who robbed Regional Athletic Complex worker at gunpoint

The Lacey Police Department is looking for a man who robbed a Regional Athletic Complex employee at gunpoint Thursday evening. He was last seen leaving on foot toward the parking lot of the facility.

Sgt. Jeremy Knight said police were dispatched at 7:14 p.m. to the athletic facility on Steilacoom Road Southeast at Marvin Road Southeast. A concession stand employee called saying they were handed a note stating they were being robbed. The man then displayed a pistol from his pocket.

Knight said the man left on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He’s described as a white man in his 20s, 5-foot-7, weighing about 130 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants and gray tennis shoes, with a black mask and sunglasses.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Lacey Police Department at 360-459-4333, or if it’s an emergency, dial 911.

Ty Vinson

The Olympian

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription