BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Bellingham Police Department (BPD) officers were dispatched on April 2nd about 12:45am to the area of Birchwood Avenue and Northwest Avenue due to a report of a brandishing.
According to documents filed with the Whatcom County Superior Court, officers arrived to find 3 people on 1 side of Cedarwood Avenue and 1 person seated on the other. 1 of the 3 told officers that the person on the other side had sent a video threatening to damage her car. So, she and the other 2 went to that location and found the suspect parked in a vehicle behind hers.
As they confronted the suspect, he ordered the alleged victim to get in his car. When she refused, he reportedly pointed a handgun at her forehead and began pulling her into his car.
1 of the persons with the victim then sprayed the suspect with pepper spray. The suspect then let go of the victim. All parties then left the area in their respective vehicles.
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Upon stopping at a nearby location, a fight broke out between the suspect and the person who had used the pepper spray. This allowed the other person with the victim to confiscate the suspects keys and secure a handgun visible on a seat.
The suspect, identified as Erick Armando Price, age 27, was arrested and booked into the Whatcom County Jail. He now faces felony charges of 1st-degree attempted kidnapping and 2nd-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
Price was released from custody the next day after posting a $75,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned on April 12th.
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