Three DUIs before 4 AM, bomb threat at St. Joseph
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Three DUI arrests between 2 and 3 AM made for an unusually busy Saturday morning. The day ended with a bomb threat at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center just before 11 PM, though no further details are currently available.
At a Glance
Activity clustered in two windows - the early morning DUI sweep from 2-3 AM, and a midday stretch from 11 AM to 2 PM that brought most of the day's theft and welfare incidents. The middle hours were quiet, with only scattered incidents between 4 and 10 AM.
The bomb threat at St. Joseph came late, at 10:43 PM. Two suicide-related welfare incidents earlier in the day, one in Puget and one in Samish, contributed to the day's four violent-flagged incidents.
Category Breakdown
Vehicular led the day with 8 incidents, driven almost entirely by the early-morning DUI enforcement and a couple of afternoon traffic stops. Theft had 7 reports including two burglaries, one on Meridian and one near downtown. The assault category's single entry was the hospital bomb threat. Week-over-week, assault incidents are up 140%, though that's a small-numbers swing from 5 to 12.
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Timeline Analysis
Intel Briefs
Assault Trend Bears Watching This Weekend
Assault incidents have more than doubled week-over-week (12 vs 5 in the prior seven days).
Saturday Running Hot Despite Quiet Week
Today's 32 incidents are 27% above the typical Saturday average, even as the week overall tracks 17% below last week’s incident count. Sunday activity often mirrors Saturday patterns, so expect another moderately busy day.
Theft and Investigation Incidents Trending Down
Theft reports are down 14%, and investigation incidents are down 31% compared to the prior week.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's in the "Other" category?
The "Other" category includes 5 incidents that don't fit into our main categories. Here's the breakdown:
Where does this data come from?
All incident data is sourced directly from the official Bellingham Police Department Daily Activity Log. We aggregate and analyze this public information to provide community insights. Our data is updated daily and reflects only what the department publicly reports.