By Caleb Hutton
A 16-year-old boy told Bellingham police he was robbed of cash by two armed men over the weekend.
The boy claimed he was walking at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in the 4100 block of Cordata Parkway, when two men approached him and demanded cash, said Bellingham police spokesman Mark Young. The men’s faces were covered. One suspect flashed a weapon, possibly a gun, so the boy handed over his money.
A family member prodded him to report the crime to police, Young said. He called 911 the next day, describing both assailants as 5-foot-8 black men with a thin to medium build.
Victims of crimes should call police as soon as possible, Young added.
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In other robbery news, at the time of this posting, police have yet to track down the victim of a possible mugging at a Ferry Avenue apartment complex late Friday.
Here’s the nut graph of the story that ran in Sunday’s paper.
A resident living on the 3000 block of Ferry Avenue, off Bill McDonald Parkway, called 911 around 10:30 p.m. saying he may have witnessed a robbery while looking out of his third-story window, said Sgt. Dave Richards. The caller said he heard someone say “don’t take my phone” and saw three black males confronting a white male in the parking lot. The caller said he thought one of the black males was wearing a white mask and pointed a handgun at the victim.
The Bellingham Police Department, including a K-9 unit, responded to search for the suspects, but didn’t find anyone, including the victim.
Western Washington University issued a pair of campus alerts while police searched for the suspects.
Two armed black men robbing lone unarmed white kids in both crimes? I think there may be a pattern here.