By Caleb Hutton
The lead story is at the top of this post. More morning scanner chatter is at the bottom.
Via police scanner traffic:
Police got several calls about 11 a.m. reporting a burning car in a field next to Trigg Road. Here’s what we tweeted:
#policescanner: Stolen Hyundai “aflame in open field” at 1765 Trigg Road, near Ferndale. Suspect running. He may be armed with a revolver.
— Bellingham Herald (@BhamHerald) July 24, 2012
Helicopter searching for suspect in stolen car arson. He’s described as a tall, slender Hispanic man wearing black and white track clothes.
— Bellingham Herald (@BhamHerald) July 24, 2012
Police racing to suspect’s home in 5900 block of Portal Way. It’s a yellow house with a blue garage, two miles south of car fire in field.
— Bellingham Herald (@BhamHerald) July 24, 2012
As of 11:45 a.m., the cops were still looking for their suspect. A witness reported seeing him get dropped off in front of a day care on Portal Way — not sure which block. He walked west toward Interstate 5, then turned north, the witness said. Dispatchers were referring to him as “Junior.” Police dogs were trying to track him.
Police called a home just south of the day care a “residence of interest.” They were also scouring a converted chicken coop on Portal Way where the suspect, or accomplices, might live.
Update at 1 p.m. The suspect was detained on Interstate 5, just south of Slater Road. Story to come when we get confirmed info.
#policescanner: Police detain suspect in Ferndale stolen car fire. He was in a truck headed south on Interstate 5, near Slater Road.
— Bellingham Herald (@BhamHerald) July 24, 2012
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In other news:
9:40 a.m. Report of two shots fired in the 1000 block of Kenoyer Drive. Didn’t hear much followup.
9:50 a.m. Somebody fell in a room in the 4600 block of Celia Way. The patient, who was not responding, suffered a cut to the arm.
9:55 a.m. Another fall, this one in 1100 block of 22nd Street. Patient suffered a leg injury, possibly more.
10 a.m. A tree was blocking the eastbound lane of Slater Road, west of Elder Road, pretty close to the Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery.
10:45 a.m. A man wearing all black threw a stick at a passerby near the intersection of East Magnolia and North State streets. He had blond hair and was wearing all black. The police dispatcher said he had “possible tats on his face.”
Is this Armageddon? What’s going on?!!
People who live in chicken coops.. are destined to go coo coo.