Crime & Courts

Neighbor seeks protection against man accused of crossbow assault

Another person has filed for an order of protection against a Belfair man arrested by Mason County Regional SWAT Team on March 11 for allegedly shooting a crossbow at a neighbor.

Robert Bird’s neighbor in Belfair contacted police about a dispute that later escalated when Bird “returned with a cocked and loaded crossbow, which he pointed at me and fired, narrowly missing me,” the neighbor wrote in a March 12 protection order petition.

On March 18, another neighbor accused Bird of harassment and filed for an order of protection in...