DEMING, Wash. — Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man suspected of threatening and pointing a gun at a couple near Nugent’s Corner earlier this month.
The incident occurred on July 13th at the Little Roadside Tavern off the Mt. Baker Highway.
According to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office, a couple purchased food at the tavern and were eating in the parking lot when a man exited the bar and started yelling at them.
He headed to his vehicle, grabbed a handgun, pointed it at the couple and threatened them.
They quickly fled in their vehicle.
An investigation led deputies to suspect 27-year-old Ian Langei from Deming.
He was arrested and booked into the Whatcom County Jail on Monday.