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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On July 15, 2021, at about 2:05 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the area of Briceland Road and Redwood Drive in Redway observed a vehicle reported stolen out of Eureka traveling on Briceland Road.

Deputies conducted a high-risk traffic stop on the vehicle and detained four occupants. Two of the occupants, identified as 36-year-old Dennis Richard Kanen and 47-year-old Kenneth Alan Wolf, were found to be persons prohibited from possessing firearms.

Inside the vehicle, deputies located a loaded firearm and a box of ammunition. During a search of Kanen and Wolf incident to arrest, deputies located over 10 grams of methamphetamine.

Kanen was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle (PC 496d(a)), felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)(1)), prohibited person in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)) and possession of a controlled substance (HS 11377(a)).

Wolf was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(A)(1)), prohibited person in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)) and possession of a controlled substance (HS 11377(a)).

Two additional occupants of the vehicle were released at the scene.

This case is still under investigation.

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