FERNDALE, Wash. – A second person has been arrested in connection with a Bellingham murder last month.
Bellingham Police said that the victim, 31-year-old Isaiah Mayshack, had planned to rob the shooting suspect along with 26-year-old Darian Polee of Ferndale.
Polee knew that the suspect, 28-year-old Matthew Roberts, would be in town with a large amount of narcotics on the day of the shooting.
Polee allegedly ordered Mayshack to arm himself as he went to pick up Roberts at a gas station.
The two returned to the 2300 block of Valencia St., where Mayshack confronted Roberts for the narcotics.
Gunfire was exchanged between the two, leaving Mayshack dead and Roberts seriously wounded.
Polee drove away from the scene without calling 911.
Investigators later determined that Roberts was in possession of nearly 100 grams of cocaine and over 1,000 fentanyl pills.
On Monday, October 31st, Polee was spotted near the Silver Reef Casino, prompting a large police response to the area.
He was found waist-deep and barefoot in a farmer’s manure bog.
Polee initially refused to acknowledge police but got cold and crawled to the edge of the bog, where he was taken into custody.