Crime

March 2026

Ettersburg Burglary Interrupted by Helpful Neighbor Who Holds Suspects at Gunpoint, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Remain At Large

Eureka Police Make Meth Sales Arrest Pursuant to OPERATION GATEWAY 101

DESPERATE SCAMMERS: New Online Scam Hypertargets People Who Have Applied to Serve on the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee

Thirty-Year-Old Man Arrested After a High-Speed Chase is Brought to a Spike-Stripped Halt on Broadway This Morning

February 2026

Multi-Agency Bust at Illegal Weed Farm Uncovers Cache of Firearms, Hundreds of Rounds of Ammo, Stolen Vehicles and a Taxidermied Wolf, Says CHP

Eureka Motorist Decides to Flee From Traffic Stop; Chase Lasts About Two Blocks

District Attorney Clears Sheriff’s Office Corporal in Fatal Bear River Shooting, Details Events in the 29-Year-Old Simi Valley Man’s Life That Led to His Encounter With the Law

Homicide Ruled Out in Arcata Woman’s Oct. 2025 Death

Arcata Police Bust Man Who is Prohibited From Owning Guns for Allegedly Attempting to Sell an Illegal Gun on Snapchat, and They Say He Also Had a Bunch of Drugs

Eureka Man Charged With Attempted Murder, Accused of Attacking Uncle

Sheriff’s Office POP Team Arrests Humboldt Hill Man Allegedly in Possession of Fentanyl, Says 10-Year-Old Child in the Home Was at Risk

Attempted Burglary in Prestigious Rosewood Neighborhood Busted Up by Ring Camera and Swift Deputy Action, Sheriff’s Office Says; One Arrested

Two Arrested for Assault, False Imprisonment Following Incident in McKinleyville Early This Morning

Heroin, Meth, Fentanyl: Drug Task Force Investigation Results in Yesterday’s Arrest of Two Eureka Residents

Strong-Arm Robbery Outside Bank Branch in Hoopa Last Night; Police Seeking Man Who Made Off With Two Deposit Bags

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Familial Attempted Homicide Case on Humboldt Hill

Two Arrested Following Drug Task Force Investigation in Eureka; Fentanyl, Meth, Pills, Cash and a Stolen Firearm Found During Searches in Bayview and the West Side

Two Fortuna Women Arrested With Narcotics Following Drug Task Force Investigation

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Apparent Murder-Suicide in Weitchpec

Suspect in Last Week’s Willow Creek Stabbing Arrested in Del Norte County, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Men Arrested After Separate Confrontations at Recent Anti-ICE Protests in Eureka, EPD Says

Shots Fired at Locations Along Sonoma Street Yesterday; Eureka Police Seeking Suspects

‘Threat to the Community’: Warrant Issued for Suspect in Last Week’s Stabbing in Willow Creek; His Whereabouts are Unknown

Myers Flat Man Arrested for Firearms Violations After Allegedly Threatening Neighbor, Sheriff’s Office Says

January 2026

51-Year-Old Man Arrested for Attempted Murder in Redwood Park; 75-Year-Old Victim Airlifted Out of Town

Burglary Suspect Unsuccessfully Tries to Barracade Himself Inside Pine Hill Apartment, Sheriff’s Office Says

Arrest Made for the December Murder of 36-Year-Old at a Cannabis Grow Site in Eastern Humboldt, Sheriff’s Office Says

FBI Arrests 23-Year-Old Missouri Man in Connection With 2023 Threats Against McKinleyville High School, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested for Fentanyl Sales in Redway Yesterday, Drug Task Force Says

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Suspect in Assault That Occurred in Hoopa Early This Morning

Fortuna Police Arrest Man With Meth, Firearms After Checking Out a Sus Parked Car on South Fortuna Boulevard

K-9 Unit ‘Bodhi,’ a Sniff-Dog Pledged to the Eureka Police, Has Retired

Correctional Staffers Reverse Jail Overdose with Narcan; Subject Later Found to Have Fentanyl Concealed in a Body Cavity, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) Man Arrives at St. Joseph Hospital With a Stab Wound in His Back, Says He Was Attacked at Veteran’s Park in Willow Creek for No Apparent Reason, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Tasks Force Busts Up Alleged Fentanyl Operation in the Hoopa Valley; One Arrested

Two Eureka Teens Arrested After Allegedly Attempting to Rob a Homeless Man at Faux-Gunpoint, Police Department Says

Eureka Man Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Person, Dog at a Homeless Encampment

45-Year-Old Man Wanted in Connection With Last Night’s Stabbing in Willow Creek, Sheriff’s Office Says

Ferndale Man Arrested Following Standoff, Booked on Charges of Attempted Murder and Domestic Violence

Sheriff’s Office Busts Suspected Drug House Near Blue Lake; Two Arrested

Eureka City Council Greenlights EPD’s Plan to Research Drone Technology for Police Response

December 2025

A Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit Sniffed Out a Massive Collection of Illegal Substances During a Salmon Creek Traffic Stop Yesterday; Two Eel River Valley Residents Arrested

Eureka Police Officer Placed on Paid Leave After Christmas Eve Arrest for Alleged Drunk Driving

Humboldt’s Homicide Rate is the Lowest It’s Been in 20 Years

Sheriff’s Office Announces $20K Reward for Leads in Cold Case of Missing Hoopa Woman Andrea ‘Chick’ White

Eureka Police Arrest Three on Suspicion of Driving Under the Influence During Checkpoint on Fourth Street Last Week

Redway Couple Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping and Maintaining a Drug House, Sheriff’s Office Says

Human Trafficking Investigation Prompts Raid on Cannabis Operation in Petrolia, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation

Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday

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