3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (228+ words) Bellingham Herald Here are key takeaways: - Singleton and Dennett met online, and Dennett bought him a bus ticket to Whatcom County so he could move in. About a month later, Singleton told detectives, the two smoked methamphetamine, and he grabbed…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1047+ words) The mother of a man who died from self-inflicted injuries while in custody at the Whatcom County Jail has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit against the county. Robert Michael Barness Jr., 36, of Everson died in September 2023 following a mental health…...

4+ day, 46+ min ago   (459+ words) Members of rival motorcycle gangs have been charged in relation to a shooting in Birch Bay over the weekend that left one man injured. Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other law enforcement officers responded to the 7800 block of Birch…...

4+ day, 37+ min ago   (153+ words) Bellingham Herald Police arrested a 51-year-old Bellingham man Tuesday night on suspicion of committing a hate crime in a Walmart bathroom. Bellingham Police Department Lt. Claudia Murphy said officers were called to the Bellingham Walmart around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2. They learned…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (103+ words) bellinghamherald.com Law enforcement officers with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and the Blaine Police Department arrested multiple people Sunday night in connection to a shooting that left one injured in Birch Bay. WCSO wrote on social media that deputies…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (244+ words) A Bellingham man has been charged with vehicular assault after crashing his van into a utility pole and injuring a child passenger. Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a crash on the 2900 block of E. Bakerview Road at 12:09 a.m....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (496+ words) A Texas man accused of murdering his roommate with a hammer while high on methamphetamine was sentenced in Whatcom County Superior Court on Tuesday to 17 years in prison. James Anthony Singleton, 38, of Dallas, was arrested June 6, 2024, and charged with premeditated…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) A Bellingham woman was sentenced to 10 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Monday for providing a false statement in an application for a passport in an attempt to kidnap her 4-year-old son and take him to Panama....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) A Bellingham man was sentenced Monday in Whatcom County Superior Court for disclosing intimate images of a former partner while pretending to be her on social media. The Washington Department of Health issued Ruginski a massage therapist license less than…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (344+ words) A Whatcom County man pleaded not guilty to an assault that left one man hospitalized with a facial fracture on Saturday. Police arrested Edy Geovani Mendoza Lopez, 26, on Aug. 22 following a fight with another man at his residence near Toad…...