BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Blaine man wanted for an armed robbery earlier this month is in custody after a wild chase last Thursday, April 21st.
Bellingham Police had been looking for 29-year-old James Discher after workers at Winco Foods reported that he threatened them with a gun while stealing merchandise on April 6th.
They located him in a vehicle on Primrose Lane on Thursday and tried to contact him.
He took off, driving onto a sidewalk to get around traffic and then at a high rate of speed down Meridian and onto McLeod.
Officers called off the pursuit but they were later called to a home on Jones Lane.
The owner said someone drove onto their property and threw a tarp over their car.
Officers found Discher hiding in one of the property owner’s vehicles.