Eureka Police Department press release: 

On July 18, 2016, at about 11:05 a.m., detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing unit (POP) served a search warrant at a residence on the 800 block of O Street as part of an ongoing investigation.

During the search, detectives located two loaded firearms, ammunition, 9.5 ounces of heroin, scales, over $7,000 in cash, and useable amounts of methamphetamine, marijuana, suboxone, and prescription medications. Six people were arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.

Above: Jarnaghan, Reidel, Wright
Below: Dunken, Downs, Claymore

  • Roscoe Reidel, 40 of Eureka. Possession of controlled substances while armed, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of controlled substances for sales, possession of marijuana for sales, maintaining a drug house, and an outstanding warrant for knowingly bringing a controlled substance into jail.
  • Monte Jarnaghan, 21 of Hoopa. Possession of controlled substances while armed and possession of controlled substances for sales.
  • Jana Claymore, 35 of Salyer. Possession of controlled substances while armed and possession of controlled substances for sales.
  • Leanna Dunken, 36 of Eureka. Possession of controlled substances and probation violation.
  • William Wright, 31 of Eureka. Possession of controlled substances and probation violation.
  • Suntalena Downs, 35 of Eureka. Possession of controlled substances and probation violation.

Anyone with information on suspected drug activity within the city limits of Eureka is asked to call the Problem Oriented Policing unit (POP) at (707) 441-4373.