Trial begins for first of 20 men arrested in State Patrol sex sting operation
Opening statements by the state and defense in the trial of Marc Archer on Tuesday, March 20, in Bellingham. Archer is charged with attempted second-degree rape of a child and attempted communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
Ron Guier makes his first appearance in Whatcom County Superior Court on Friday, April 13, in Bellingham. Guier is accused of first-degree child rape, first-degree child molestation, first-degree incest, second-degree rape and witness tampering.
Some Kansas law enforcement officers participate in an active shooter training at Antioch Church in Overland Park, where first responders were confronted with multiple gunmen and wounded civilians in a simulation.
Bellingham Police Cpl. Brooks Owen Laughlin, 33, of Everson hears domestic violence charges against him in Whatcom County Superior Court Wednesday, March 28.
Michael James “Suey” Sulak, 56, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to three counts of third-degree child rape and one count of unlawfully harboring a minor, talks about how he has spent his time in prison.
Seattle Police officers stood just outside Costco's back door waiting for a group of thieves to emerge on March 14, 2018. According to a statement from Seattle Police, “Loss Prevention officers inside the store recognized one of the suspects insid
Bellingham police provided this security and body camera footage of officers' response to a call at the Drop-In Center, an emergency homeless shelter. Robert R. Gagnon, 49, died while in custody.
Bellingham Police subdue Manuel Guillen at the downtown Bellingham bus station Sunday night, Feb. 4, 2018, after he refused to get out of the way of a Whatcom Transportation Authority bus.
Attorney Daniel Thomas Parsons appears Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Whatcom County Superior Court in Bellingham. Parsons is accused of threatening David Nelson, City of Ferndale’s prosecuting attorney.
William Ralph Smith of Whatcom County is resentenced after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Smith originally was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter by a jury after he fatally stabbed another man to death in
Two of the four women who were victims of Robert Dean McGlothern Jr., who pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted manslaughter and five counts of assault, speak at his sentencing Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Whatcom Superior Court in Bellingham.
