Press release from the Arcata Police Department:

On 7/29/19 at 11:03 am, Officers with the Arcata Police Department conducted an enforcement bicycle stop on the 1700 block of Alliance Road. Officers contacted Stephen Ray Noble (Age 22) of Arcata. Noble is on active formal county probation for Assault with a Deadly Weapon. During the subsequent investigation, Noble was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm with an obliterated serial number concealed on his person. Noble was also in possession of a small amount of methamphetamine.

Stephen Noble was arrested on the following charges and booked into the Humboldt County Jail:

• (a)(1) PC - Felon in possession of a firearm
• 23900 PC - Alter/Remove Firearm serial number
• 29815(a) PC - Possession of Firearm while restricted by Probation
• 25850(a) PC - Possession of a loaded firearm in public
• 25400(a)(2) PC - Possession of a concealed firearm
• 11370.1(a) HS - Possession of a controlled substance while armed
• 1203.2 PC - Probation Violation.