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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Oct. 29, 2021, at about 7:38 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on the 200 block of North Westhaven Drive in Trinidad for the report of a stolen trailer found at that location.

McCloskey

Deputies arrived at the residence and located the trailer, which had been stolen earlier that morning from a construction business in Eureka. While outside the residence, deputies also located numerous items which appeared to have been stolen. At the residence, deputies contacted and detained 39-year-old Allen Don McCloskey. Based upon their investigation and the presence of additional suspected stolen property, deputies obtained a search warrant from the Humboldt County Superior Court to conduct a search of McCloskey’s residence.

During a search of the property, deputies located approximately $6,000 worth of lumber and other construction items which were confirmed to have been stolen from the construction business, approximately $2,400 worth of decorative trees which were confirmed to have been stolen from a McKinleyville golf course, burglary tools, two loaded firearms and ammunition.

McCloskey was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle (PC 496D(A)), possession of stolen property (PC 496(A)), convicted felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(A)) and person prohibited in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)).

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.