Police arrest Bellingham woman accused of twice cutting Barkley Village holiday lights
A Bellingham woman has been arrested for cutting the Christmas lights on the trees in the Barkley Village on two separate occasions. The 54-year-old woman was captured during both incidents by security cameras. Images were posted to a Barkley Village social media account Dec. 3.
Police found the suspect when a taxi driver called 911 to report a woman had smashed the back window of their cab. Police found the woman at a nearby establishment and established probable cause for her arrest regarding vandalism of the lights.
The first act of vandalism was discovered Nov. 1, the day after Halloween, and the second was Dec. 8.
The woman has yet to be charged. She was arrested on suspicion of second- and third-degree malicious mischief. She was booked and released from Whatcom County Jail on Dec. 11.
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