BELLEVUE, Wash. — Three teenage girls were arrested in Bellevue after police said they went on a crime spree that began in Spokane and spanned across the state of Washington.
According to Bellevue police, the trio of 16 and 17-year-old girls started their cross-state “criminal adventure” in Spokane on Jan. 24 by carjacking a maroon car.
The teens fled to Seattle, where they’re accused or theft, robbery, assault and hit-and-run on Jan. 25, according to police. Early Sunday morning, officials said they took off, eluding police at a high rate of speed across I-90.
At 11:20 a.m. on Sunday, police said the three were looking for gas money and robbed a woman in a parking lot in Bellevue. Police said they knocked the woman down and drove over her arm.
The three then went to buy gas and get their nails done at a salon with the victim’s stolen credit card, police said.
Vanessa Tran, an employee at My Nail Salon & Spa, said when the girls came in, she could tell something was up. The girls allegedly asked how quickly they could get their nails done, saying they were in a hurry.
Two of the girls finished their manicures and went to a grocery store across the street, while the third stayed behind at the salon to finish up.
Tran said the girls paid for the services ahead of time and one of them had to keep looking at the name on the credit card to sign the receipt.
Bellevue police tracked the girls to the salon and, when the officers arrived, the girl getting her nails done quickly texted her two friends to warn them.
But in the end, all three ended up getting caught by police.
"They are too young to be doing that," Tran said.
Bellevue police said officers tracked the suspects down and took them into custody while one of them was still getting her nails done.
The suspects were arrested for robbery, vehicular assault and fraud. Additional charges are expected in other jurisdictions.
KING 5 staff contributed to this report.