January 7, 2021 7:04 am clipart.com BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A Bellingham man was arrested after fighting with and injuring an employee at the county courthouse. Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the Whatcom County Courthouse at about 10:15 AM Wednesday for an alleged fight and discovered that 33-year-old Emmanuel Gonzales of Bellingham had gone in to use the restroom. He was approached by maintenance staff and asked to leave as scheduled maintenance was needed, but Gonzales refused to leave, became confrontational, and fought with the employee. Deputies arrested Gonzales and found drugs, a hatchet, and four knives in his backpack. They also found a large fixed blade knife on him while they were booking him into the Whatcom County Jail.