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By Caleb Hutton
BIRCH BAY — A Birch Bay woman was arrested on suspicion of attacking her 17-year-old son with a butcher knife this week.
The woman and her son got into an argument late Tuesday, Feb. 26, at a home in the 4500 block of Petticote Lane. The 37-year-old mom, Deanna D. Vandyk, struck him several times before letting up for a moment, said Whatcom County Sheriff’s Sgt. Larry Flynn.
But then Vandyk grabbed a large butcher knife, flew into a rage, screamed that she wanted to kill the boy and lunged forward, Flynn said. He managed to wrestle the knife from her. The teen didn’t suffer any stab wounds.
The boy’s grandmother witnessed the altercation. Deputies were called to the scene via 911 and a life alert. The boy had some minor injuries from the first barrage of blows, but wasn’t hurt otherwise.
Vandyk was booked into jail just before midnight on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence assault and felony harassment, for the threats to kill her son.
By Caleb Hutton
A 49-year-old drunk driver must serve one year in prison for crashing into a utility pole along Blaine Road, sending his girlfriend to St. Joseph hospital for a compound leg fracture.
Jack A. Smith Sr., of Birch Bay, showed signs of “extreme” impairment on the night of Nov. 19, after he crashed his Plymouth Voyager into the pole, according to charging documents. He admitted to troopers he was drunk.
His 48-year-old girlfriend — who attended several recent court hearings still bound to a wheelchair — suffered injuries to both legs. Neither Smith nor his girlfriend wore a seat belt.
Smith pleaded guilty earlier this month. He was sentenced last week to a year behind bars. He had two past felonies out of of Nebraska for possessing illegal drugs.
By Caleb Hutton
A toxicology report confirmed Joel T. Crowley, 72, had been drinking alcohol before he rolled through the intersection of Custer School and Birch Bay-Lynden roads last month.
Crowley was killed in the crash Sept. 3. Here’s the story we ran when it happened.
Whatcom County Medical Examiner Gary Goldfogel confirmed the results of the toxicology report Monday morning, Oct. 1.
By Caleb Hutton
A 60-year-old woman who fell and hit her head while aboard a yacht near Birch Bay was rushed to the hospital by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The woman suffered a large gash on her head about 1:30 p.m. The 65-foot yacht met up with Coast Guard crews about five miles west of Birch Bay.
Here’s the full press release from the U.S. Coast Guard.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured woman from a recreational vessel in the northern San Juan Islands, Wash., Monday.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, located in Seattle, received a request for assistance from the vessel Siesta at approximately 1:30 p.m., stating a 60-year-old woman on board had fallen and hit her head, suffering a severe gash to her forehead.
Sector Puget Sound diverted a 45-foot response boat crew from Station Bellingham, Wash., already on a routine patrol in the area.
The crew arrived on scene approximately 5 miles west of Birch Bay, Wash., took the woman aboard and transferred her to awaiting EMS in Blaine, Wash.
She was last reported to be in stable condition.
And here’s a handful of information about the boat, La Siesta.
By Caleb Hutton
A man suspected of beating a teen with brass knuckles earlier this month was arrested on assault charges Wednesday, May 24.
Another suspect remains at large.
Jacob Steven Humphrey, 21, was trailing a car with a 19-year-old passenger inside about 10:30 p.m. May 2 on James Tree Lane, off of Birch Bay-Lynden Road, said Whatcom County Undersheriff Jeff Parks.
When the teen got dropped off, Humphrey and another man, 20, jumped out of their car and attacked him, Parks said. The victim said he got hit with brass knuckles.
Humphrey was booked into jail Wednesday afternoon on investigation of second-degree assault. He had marijuana, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in his car when he was arrested, according to the Blaine Police Department.
The name of the other suspect has not been released.
Heroin is “involved in this scenario,” Parks said, but exactly how is unclear. A few of the people involved told deputies they had stopped using the drug long before the assault.
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