Several of the robberies were violent, as prosecutors said Sherman’s family was held at gunpoint and Ichiro’s wife was assaulted when the suspects tried to break in.
SEATTLE — A second man has now been charged in a string of burglaries and robberies targeting local professional athletes and the Seattle home of rapper Macklemore.
Patrick Maisonet was charged Thursday with 10 felony crimes, as he and another accomplice are accused of break-ins at the homes of Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo, Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell, and former Seahawks star Richard Sherman. Several of the robberies were violent, as Sherman’s family was held at gunpoint and Ichiro’s wife was assaulted during a break-in at his Issaquah home, according to court documents.
Maisonet was arrested in late August on a warrant related to a robbery of a Bellevue jewelry store. His co-conspirator, Earl Riley IV, remains in custody on $1 million after being charged with the crimes in June.
“Here, the defendants guaranteed that danger would go from potential to certain when they armed themselves with pepper spray, wifi frequency jammers and on at least one occasion a firearm. The defendants clearly anticipated and were prepared for a violent confrontation in each of the homes that they targeted,” prosecutors said in their request for $1 million bail.
Maisonet appeared in court on Thursday in the Bellevue jewelry store robbery. All the robberies and burglaries were committed between January and June of this year, according to charging documents.
There also was an attempted break-in at the home of former Mariners star Edgar Martinez’s Clyde Hill home mentioned in the court documents. Julio Rodriguez’s Mercer Island home was also broken into, although Riley is the lone person charged in that break-in.
Between all of Maisonet’s outstanding criminal cases, he is being held in King County Jail on over $2 million in bail. Among the items recovered from Maisonet’s home when police executed a search warrant were a Seahawks Super Bowl championship ring and a Seattle Sounders championship ring.
Maisonet is due back in court next on Sept. 9. Riley will next appear before a judge on Sept. 29.
