Many details around the incident remained unclear Friday morning, including a timeline of events, suspect information and possible motivation.

...the results of the June 2 primary tilt the county’s most powerful body back to the center-right — ending a five-year MAGA experiment and signaling trouble for President Donald Trump in one of California’s Trumpiest strongholds.

“People have seen the result of a MAGA-led government, whether it’s on a national level or a local level,” said Mary Rickert, a lifelong Republican who served two terms on the Board of Supervisors before losing to a Trump-aligned challenger in 2024. “They are seeing the consequences of putting people in positions they are not qualified (for).”

A 45-year-old Bellingham man who is accused of committing a hate crime against a neighbor whose landlords are of Russian and Ukrainian descent has had his case dismissed due to an inability to admit him for treatment in a state psychiatric facility.

Joseph Charles Henrichsen, who also goes by the name Charles Philip Perry, had his criminal court case dismissed Wednesday, Aug. 17, in Whatcom County Superior Court. As of Wednesday, Henrichsen, who has been incarcerated in the Whatcom County Jail since his arrest, had been waiting 132 days to receive treatment.

Henrichsen was charged March 7 with a hate crime, malicious harassment and felony harassment, all felonies, according to court records. Henrichsen allegedly threw fireworks at the property owned by the landlords of Russian and Ukrainian descent, left homemade handcuffs and a note with a penis drawn on one side and “Assassinate Vlad Putin” on the back on the front door, and walked around carrying a gun, court records state.
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The person told the psychologist that Henrichsen’s behaviors changed about a year prior to his arrest, but worsened after the death of his ex-wife in August 2021, court records show. The person said Henrichsen had a minor disdain toward other people, but it had developed into more severe hostility and he was prone to emotional outbursts prior to his arrest, court records state.

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