The area where Joseph Roberts was arrested strikes me as very similar to Brittany's neighborhood in Florida.
Joseph Roberts was apprehended in a QFC grocery store with the University of Washington on two sides and the residential community of Laurelhurst on the other. The QFC is located in an upscale mall with a large Barnes and Noble (Free WiFi), the QFC has a Starbucks (Free WiFi) inside and various other high-end retail outlets and restaurants are present. Apple has a store here too (free Internet of course). Parking is plentiful within this mall both, at ground level, and in the large parking structure.
The mixture of patrons are both upper middle class and students. Lake Washington is within easy walking distance, just minutes away. Query: Was Joey hanging out at Barnes & Noble just like in Florida? Starbucks within the QFC? Query: Did Joey have someplace to cook the meat? Parking is extremely hard to find, in and around, the U-District (QFC is on the edge of the U-District). So I think the 2004 RAV 4 will be found or towed fairly shortly. However the bus system, Metro, is very efficient, in and around the U-District, and a con could easily ride for free with excuses or picking-up others' transfer passes. So it may take some time to find the car. Check those Park and Rides that feed into downtown Seattle and the U-District. It's not at the Issaquah Park and Ride.
The UW has many excellent libraries with free Internet access coupled with a good story to obtain a usage pass and a license. Did he use one of his licenses, which are recorded with the issuance of a usage pass? The libraries are open late, as one would expect of a large university. The campus is an excellent place to explore without being bothered by others.
An excellent place to blend and live on the fringes. Many drifters within the U-District north of campus (the QFC is to the east of campus). I wonder if he was a regular at Wholefoods, up on Roosevelt and 65th?
It just worries me, that he was attempting to pull the same scam on some unsuspecting "mark." It seems he very deliberately selected an upper middle class neighborhood each time.
Once LE has got as much information as possible, I assume they will publicize parts, to fill-in any gaps that Joey may have left out, in his story. I am glad he is cooperating so far. He looks defeated in his mug shot photo.
Great job by the QFC security personnel! They did an excellent job!!!