WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – A man with a string of arrests and convictions in Whatcom County, including for crimes that led to a chase that caused the death of a sheriff’s deputy, is in trouble with the law again.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Adrian Sassen Van-Elsloo and a female accomplice were found rummaging around a home on Grandview Road last Saturday, January 15th.
They told deputies that the owner of the property said they could enter and take what they wanted, but the owner told officers they had no such permission.
Van-Elsloo is a frequent visitor to the Whatcom County jail and is currently scheduled for trial on drug, weapon and other charges later this year.
Among his convictions are those for crimes that led to a car chase that caused the death of Whatcom County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Herzog in 2001.
The Bellingham Herald reports Van-Elsloo was convicted of two felonies in that incident and was sentenced to four years in jail.