Arrest Made In Connection To Violent Robbery Of Macklemore's Seattle Home

Seattle police arrested a man successful relationship to nan location penetration robbery of Macklemore's residence earlier this summer, erstwhile carnivore spray-wielding attackers stole nan rapper's Seattle Sounders title ring, authorities said Thursday.

A King County’s Valley Swat squad raided nan suspect’s location successful adjacent Renton connected Aug. 21 starring to nan unidentified man's arrest, according to a Seattle Police Department statement.

Two men entered done an unlocked doorway of Macklemore’s location successful Seattle’s Capitol Hill vicinity successful nan early greeting hours of June 7 and deed a 22-year-old nanny pinch carnivore spray, constabulary said.

They ransacked nan location and stole thousands of dollars worthy of "personal items, including 1 very distinguishable Seattle Sounders ringing pinch nan owner’s sanction connected it," constabulary said.

Following past week's ambush successful Renton, interrogator were led to "a jewelry shop successful South Seattle," wherever a hunt warrant was served connected Wednesday and "detectives recovered aggregate items stolen from nan owner’s location and from different section homes that person precocious been burglarized," according to nan SPD statement.

The Seattle constabulary connection didn't explicitly opportunity whether nan Sounders ringing was recovered and a section rep could not beryllium instantly reached for remark connected Friday.

The nanny and Macklemore's children were not injured successful nan June 7 attack.

The unfortunate told constabulary she had conscionable put nan children to furniture erstwhile nan robbers attacked. The nanny managed to fly and called 911 from a neighbor’s home.

It wasn't clear successful first reports if Macklemore was location during nan attack, but that seemed improbable arsenic nan rapper performed successful Ireland on June 4 and 5.

Macklemore, calved Ben Haggerty, and woman Tricia Davis are minority owners of nan Sounders and he's a longtime instrumentality of nan MLS side.

The four-time Grammy winner flashed his title ringing from nan 2019 MLS Cup-winning nine in video for "CHANT." He looked into nan camera astatine astir nan 2:50 mark, telling fans “I was expected to beryllium a one-hit ringer, now I’ve sewage excessively galore rings and not capable fingers.”

Macklemore is champion known for his 2012 deed "Thrift Shop" which won Grammys for champion rap opus and champion rap performance. His "Same Love" pinch Ryan Lewis came retired that aforesaid year, was nominated for opus of nan twelvemonth and became a salient anthem successful the push for matrimony equality.