THE BELLINGHAM HERALD, BELLINGHAM, WA - A Bellingham convicted arsonist is back in jail after he allegedly lit a fire at a Walmart check stand and pepper sprayed two employees during a shoplifting incident Friday, March 5, then escaped from custody Tuesday during a medical evaluation at the hospital. A tweet by the Bellingham Police Department at 8:43 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, confirmed that Craig Stuart Wise, 56, was back in custody. A tweet four hours earlier at 4:37 p.m. said that Wise had escaped from the St. Joseph hospital emergency department during a medical evaluation while still wearing green scrubs and no shoes.  Wise is currently in Whatcom County Jail on suspicion of first-degree arson, first-degree robbery and third-degree escape, and jail records show he is being held in lieu of $40,000 bail. Visit the Bellingham Herald for more on this story.