BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A transient man remains behind bars after stabbing and robbing a person outside of the Arne Hanna Aquatic Center.
Court documents state that officers spoke with the victim at Peacehealth St. Joseph’s Hospital on August 29th.
The victim told investigators that the suspect accused him of stealing his clothes before stabbing him once in the lower back.
The suspect then took off in a car with the victim’s belongings.
A week later, Mount Vernon Police found the suspect and the car in the parking lot of Walmart.
40-year-old Juan Carlos Barron was arrested and remains at the Whatcom County Jail on $80,000 bail.