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Man arrested for kidnapping south Bellingham
BELLINGHA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A man is in custody after a kidnapping in south Bellingham earlier this week. Bellingham Police spokesperson Lt. Claudia Murphy says officers responded to assist the Washington State Patrol with a kidnapping investigation on Tuesday, May 14. State Patrol had stopped a vehicle in Skagit...
BRIEF: Police investigating after person found dead at Bellingham encampment
BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Police are investigating after a person was found dead in a Bellingham encampment. Bellingham Police Spokesperson Claudia Murphy says officers found the person unconscious at the encampment on West Maplewood Avenue early on Wednesday, May 15. Officers and medics attempted to revive the person, but...
Bellingham man sentenced for DUI fatality crash
BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Bellingham man who killed another man in a DUI crash has been sentenced. 37-year-old Jacob Seville was sentenced last Tuesday, May 7 to six and a half years in prison and a year and a half of community custody, according to court documents. Seville...
Bags of Fentanyl Pills
Bags of fentanyl pills seized in a December 2022 investigation of a drug distribution operation in Whatcom County. This was a joint operation of several agencies including Whatcom County Drug and Gang Task Force and federal Drug Enforcement Administration. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice)
Man sues Birch Bay Waterslides for serious injury on slide
A Skagit County man who spent nearly two weeks in intensive care after being injured going down a faulty slide at Birch Bay Waterslides last August has sued the water park for negligence. The water park won’t be open this summer as its operating permit remains suspended following the serious injury.
Persons parked outside Samish Way business flee after driver is assaulted
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Bellingham Police Department (BPD) officers arrested a 22-year-old man after responding to a report of a strongarm robbery outside a business in the 100 block of Samish Way about 1:25am on Saturday, May 11th. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by prosecutors in Whatcom...
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