(Above: Paulsen, Page, Grigsby)

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release: 

On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at about 7:30 a.m. the Humboldt County Drug Task Force along with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at three brand new houses on Maplewood Road in McKinleyville.

When the officers served the search warrants they discovered two of the houses were specifically for sophisticated marijuana grows. Officers arrested three people at the residences: Haley Marie Paulsen age 24, Emily Christine Page age 25, and Andrew Lee Grigsby, age 31.

The officers located growing marijuana plants, dried marijuana packaged for sales and distribution, concentrated cannabis for sales and distribution, high-end money counters, large quantities of packaging materials which indicate the shipment of marijuana, a large amount of ballistic body armor, security guard badges, police radios, handcuffs, cell phones, state and federal police clothing, and paperwork on how to be a narcotics smuggler.

All three arrestees were transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for the following charges:

• Paulsen: HS 11358 – Plant/Cultivate/Harvest Marijuana; PC 182(a)(1) – Conspiracy: Commit Crime; HS 11357(a) – Possession of Concentrated Cannabis.
• Page: PC 182(a)(1) – Conspiracy: Commit Crime
• Grigsby: HS 11358 – Plant/Cultivate/Harvest Marijuana; PC 182(a)(1) – Conspiracy: Commit Crime

Bail was set at $25,000 for each of the arrestees.

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