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By Caleb Hutton
A man suffering from apparent mental health problems was arrested Sunday, Sept. 16, on suspicion of firing a handgun after hours at Samish Park.
Deputies responded to the park at 9 p.m. when they got a report of a gunshot. They arrived to find a blue Hyundai “crammed with stuff” in the upper parking lot, said Whatcom County Undersheriff Jeff Parks.
The gate of the park was closed, so deputies aren’t sure how the 33-year-old Everett man in the car managed to get in, or managed to avoid being detected when the park shut down.
He rambled about Satan and claimed he was God, then said he had a bomb in the car, Parks said. After the rant, deputies didn’t find him very credible, but they weren’t taking any chances and searched the car. Instead of a bomb, they found three meth pipes, some knives and some loaded handguns.
The suspect was booked into Whatcom County Jail on a series of misdemeanor charges: aiming or discharging a firearm, having a loaded pistol in a vehicle, use of drug paraphernalia and second-degree criminal trespassing. Parks expects he’ll be evaluated by a mental health professional.
By Caleb Hutton
An 18-year-old man was arrested Monday night, May 14, after he was accused of pointing a shotgun at a teenage girl walking in the Glenhaven area.
David P. Chavez Jr., who lives near Kendall, was driving a silver Honda about 4 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of Rainbow Drive when he came across five people he knew, said Whatcom County Undersheriff Jeff Parks.
The group and Chavez exchanged insults, and “somebody flipped somebody off,” Parks said.
Chavez stopped his car down the road and hopped out, armed with a black pump shotgun. He aimed the gun at a 17-year-old girl in the group, Parks said. The four other people, in their teens and early 20s, told deputies they witnessed the assault.
(It’s unclear what gauge of shotgun was used and whether it was loaded. Parks did a quick check and didn’t see any property was impounded in the case.)
Chavez was booked into jail on investigation of first-degree assault at 9:26 p.m. Monday.
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