Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On Sept. 11, 2021, at about 3:39 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the area of Camp Creek Road and Placer Drive in Orleans observed a stolen vehicle parked in front of a residence.

While investigating, deputies located 58-year-old Robert Charles McCovey and 40-year-old Donald Lewis Olson nearby. Both men were wanted on outstanding warrants for their arrest and were taken into custody on scene without incident.

During a search of the stolen vehicle, deputies located ammunition and personal belongings of Olson.

Olson was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on fresh charges of possession of a stolen vehicle (PC 496d(a)), person prohibited in possession of ammunition (PC 30305(a)) and violation of probation (PC 1203.2(a)(2)), in addition to warrant charges of fleeing a peace officer (VC 2800.4), evading a peace officer (VC 2800.2), criminal threats (PC 422), felon in possession of a firearm (PC 12021(a)(1)) and resisting arrest (PC 148(A)(1)).

McCovey was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of violation of probation.

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.