A man was arrested Tuesday after he was found to be driving a stolen car in the parking lot of a Bellingham hotel, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.
On Tuesday around 7 p.m., deputies were on patrol in the parking lot of a hotel in the 4200 block of Meridian Street in Bellingham when they noticed a car driving with no license plates. After contacting Swinomish Tribal Police, deputies learned that the car was stolen and that the person involved in the theft was 32-year-old Daniel Garcia of Mount Vernon.
Hotel surveillance video showed Garcia driving the car into the hotel parking lot before parking and exiting the car. Once deputies knew which room he was in, they tried to talk him into surrendering.Scroll down to continue reading