From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On 04-23-2015, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Sheriff’s Deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office contacted Heather Dufay (age 31) in front of the Lone Pine Motel, 912 Redwood Drive, Garberville. Dufay was a person of interest in a grand theft case and deputies wanted to speak to her about the investigation.

During the interaction, Dufay falsely identified herself as Heather Nash. Deputies were unable to locate a match for this name utilizing several law enforcement databases. Dufay eventually provided her true identity to the deputies. It was determined that Dufay is a wanted parolee at large from Curry County Oregon with full extradition.

Dufay was placed under arrest for her parole warrant. Dufay was searched and found to be in possession of suspected concentrated cannabis.

Dufay was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where she was booked for falsely identifying herself to law enforcement, possession of suspected concentrated cannabis, and the parole warrant.

Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539