BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Bellingham Police Division officers issued the next assertion relating to an incident that occurred on November 4th and resulted in a visual police presence within the space of E Sundown Drive (SR542) and Sundown Lane.
On 11/04/2024 at roughly 9:12 am, Bellingham Police Division patrol officers responded to Studio Lane after receiving a report of an grownup feminine attacking an grownup male with a baseball bat.
The responding officers positioned the male sufferer not removed from the place the assault reportedly occurred on Studio Lane. The person, who was visibly injured, informed officers he was exterior the condominium advanced when a girl attacked him with a bat then informed him she was going to get a knife. Fearing she would proceed to assault him with a knife, he fled on a bicycle.
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Quickly after, Bellingham Hearth Division arrived on scene, assessed the sufferer’s accidents, then transported him to PeaceHealth [St Joseph Medical Center] for therapy of what seemed to be vital accidents to his head and face.
The feminine was final seen going again into her condominium with the baseball bat. When officers tried to contact her at her condominium, she refused to exit. As a substitute, the girl barricaded herself inside and threatened violence towards the officers.
The responding patrol officers retreated and requested that the division’s disaster negotiators reply to assist. BPD additionally started working to safe a search warrant so they may extract the girl from the condominium if she didn’t cooperate and comply with lawful instructions. Possible trigger existed to arrest the girl on Assault within the second diploma and felony Harassment and a search warrant was authorized by the Superior Court docket.
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For everybody’s security, BPD activated its SWAT workforce. Rescue 2, an armored rescue car, additionally deployed to the scene. After disaster negotiators have been unsuccessful at gaining compliance from the girl, chemical munitions have been launched into her condominium. She continued to stay inside and didn’t cooperate with officers.
At roughly 1:30 p.m., SWAT workforce members entered the condominium and safely detained her. As a precautionary measure, she was taken to PeaceHealth to be checked out by medical employees. After being cleared from the hospital, she was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on the established possible trigger.
Whatcom County Jail information present Jessica Lynn Whitis, age 33, was booked into the jail about 2:15pm and charged with suspicion of 2nd-degree assault and felony harassment. As of November fifth, no bail possibility was being supplied whereas she awaited a preliminary listening to in Bellingham Municipal Court docket.
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