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CROCKED COP
On April 19, a former Seattle Police
detective was arrested in her home for
being an “imminent threat to public
safety” after she had been arrested the
previous week with the highest bloodalchol
level ever recorded in the state
of Washington. When troopers arrived at
the home of Deana Francine Jarrett, 54,
she was heavily intoxicated and refused
to come out, the Washington State Patrol
reported. Troopers were forced to
remove an air-conditioning unit from
a window to get her out of the
house after they assessed
her condition.
Redmond police say they
pulled Jarrett over on April
10 after drivers called 911,
complaining about her erratic
driving. Police said Jarrett
refused to take a Breathalyzer
test and was arrested on
suspicion of drunken driving. She
posted $500 bail.
Less than 14 hours later, she was arrested
again after a collision. This time,
as she climbed out of her car, she was observed
to “reach over into her purse and
pick out a small, airline-sized bottle of
Smirnoff vodka and drink it,” a witness
said. Washington State Patrol troopers
said Jarrett could barely stand and fell
asleep during sobriety tests.
The former detective’s blood-alcohol
level was recorded at .47, six times the
legal limit, greater than any recorded
out of 350,000 tests statewide since
1998, WSP said. A level above 0.40 is potentially
lethal, medical experts say. She
was convicted of DUI in 2001.
On April 19, Whatcom County Sheriff’s
deputies booked a pair of Maple Falls
brothers into jail after they allegedly
threatened to shoot a judge and an attorney
if their civil case didn’t go their
way. Offi cials say they also issued threats
against other litigants within earshot of
the judge.
YABLO
On April 22, Bellingham Police located
yet another bomb-like object near Wal-
Mart. Police say the improvised explosive
device, a bottle fi tted with BBs and
gunpowder, had partially melted after
having failed to detonate as designed.
On April 22, Bellingham Police responded
to a bomb threat called in by a drunk.
Nothing suspicious located.
On April 20, Bellingham Police interviewed
a Squalicum High School student
after he admitted during a class presen-
tation that he likes to build fi recrackers
and “small bombs.”
CUSTOMER SERVICE
On April 20, Bellingham Police interviewed
an employee at Lowe’s Home
Improvement. The employee had made
alarming statements to another employee
about how he was depressed and
he was going to get a 9mm or AK-47 in
order to shoot people at the store.
On April 22, Bellingham Police responded
to a call from a Lakeway
business. A 65-year-old man had
defecated himself inside the
laundromat. He had removed
his pants and was walking
around with his genitals
exposed. Fecal matter
was smeared down his legs.
When offi cers approached
him, he explained, “I shit myself.”
Then he explained he’d be
gone in 30 minutes and told offi -
cers to leave him alone and go catch
real criminals. He was provided with
a white Tyvek suit and escorted out
of the business with his shit-stained
clothes in a plastic bag.
On April 22, Bellingham Police issued a
six-month trespass to a suspected predator
allegedly stalking female volunteers
at Bellingham Public Library.
On April 22, Bellingham Police responded
to a report that a man had caused
a commotion at Mallard Ice Cream on
Railroad Avenue. The man would curse in
front of customers, including children.
Store employees requested the offi cer to
issue a trespass warning from the store
if he was located. He wasn’t.
On April 21, a 35-year-old woman entered
the Lakeway Fred Meyer with empty
shopping bags and wire cutters. She
selected $496 worth of clothing items,
some of which had security tags. Fred
Meyer Security watched as she used
the cutters to detach security tags and
placed the items into the empty shopping
bags she had brought with her in
her purse. Promptly arrested by police
as she exited the store, the woman explained
she had just brought the wire
cutters and shopping bags to Fred Meyer
just in case an opportunity arose to
steal, which—she said—it did.
THEY’RE MAKING HOUSE
CALLS NOW
On April Apr 21, a Southside resident
called police to report a drunk outside
her front door.