WCSO inmate attempts escape after door locks fail

Staff Reports BELLINGHAM — On July 4 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Whatcom County Corrections Deputies were alerted to an inmate out of his cell. The inmate, 23-year-old Christian Dillard, was being held in one of the highest security units in the downtown jail. “When he kicked the cell door, the door lock experienced a mechanical…