This is the potential dig I found researching street names on the Island. Turns out that the top of Whidbey Island is called "Deception Pass" and once you get through Deception Pass, there is a small island called "Ben Ure Island" which was notorious for human trafficking in the 19th century.
Omarosa smoke screen for PS firing?
Maybe the same "Bike-lock professor" treatment is in order.