By Caleb Hutton
BELLINGHAM — A man ran away from Bellingham Municipal Court after he informed the judge his bail was set too high, police said.
Michael Ronald William Ackerman, 21, was in court at 11:20 a.m. for a domestic violence no-contact order case. When the judge told him his bail would be set at $2,000, Ackerman contended he wouldn’t be able to post bond, said Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young.
Officers were en route to the courthouse, so they could escort Ackerman to jail, when the would-be inmate ran out of the courtroom, Young said. At the time, police radioed the suspect had possibly tried to escape by bicycle, but Young didn’t see anything about a bike in the police report.
Ackerman was found hiding behind a house in the 2400 block of F Street, a few blocks away. He was booked into jail on the original charges: two counts of violating an anti-harassment order.
He has two ongoing Superior Court cases, one where he’s charged with buying heroin and another where he’s charged with possessing a glass pipe with methamphetamine residue on it.
Ackerman also pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery when he was 17 years old. According to court records, he stole a schoolmate’s wallet, with $480 and debit cards inside, by threatening to hit him with a rock.
(Disclaimer on the map: I don’t know the alleged route Ackerman took.)
I went to high school with this kid, and he’s nothing but trouble. It doesn’t surprise me to see him getting locked up once again. His brother isn’t any better either. If I were BPD, I would flag both for Officer-Safety and definitely stay on your toes when dealing with them.
I’ve heard things from people we went to school with, and it won’t shock me to hear in 5 to 10 years either he’s dead or locked up for killing a cop.
Ah yes, an upstanding young man. $2000 was too low for this guy.
Nah, in five to ten years the Republicans will run him for President.
his punishment is far less than the devil in the whitehouse. he will burn eternally for what he has done and is yet to do. you libs will accomany him if you don’t confess and repent of your wickedness. you have been warned.
odramaburninhell is a whackjob. Criminal runs from courthouse…..refers to Obama….you, idiot, are …an idiot. But then, you apparently don’t need any help proving that….lmao