PORT ANGELES — After an hourlong search, Port Angeles police arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of robbing Jiffy Cleaners on Tuesday.
Nicholas Jacob Mallonee, who also was suspected in the recent robberies of Tiny Bubbles Pet Store at 1130 E. Front St. and the Barhop Taproom at 110 N. Laurel St., was booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of three counts of theft.
Port Angeles Officer John Nutter said Mallonee, listed as a transient, walked into the cleaners at 429 E. First St. shortly before noon, opened the till and walked off with $40 in cash as well as check and credit card receipts.
Acting on a tip, police located Mallonee at about 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Swain’s General Store a few blocks away. He apparently had been hiding near Webster Park near Swain’s, Nutter said.
Nutter said Mallonee accessed the register by flipping a switch underneath. He admitted to similar thefts from Tiny Bubbles and Barhop Taproom in the past two weeks, the officer added.
No weapons were used.
Port Angeles police officers, State Patrol troopers and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office deputies positioned themselves at intersections in the area shortly after the robbery was reported.