UPDATE, AUGUST 13, 2015: On August 12, 2015, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office dropped all charges against Mr. Perkett.

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Press release from the Eureka Police Department:

On 07/23/13, detectives from the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant on a residence at the 1300 block of Myrtle Avenue in Eureka. The search warrant was served as part of an ongoing POP investigation regarding the resident, Kristen Ray Perkett (age 50).

As a result of the search, detectives located over an ounce of methamphetamine, a digital gram scale, packaging, and drug use paraphernalia. Perkett was arrested and transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked for Possession of Methamphetamine for Sale, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Maintaining a Residence for Providing Controlled Substances.

*Anyone with information concerning suspected drug activity, or other nuisances occurring in the City of Eureka is encouraged to call the Problem Oriented Policing Unit at (707) 441-4373.