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Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

Coons

On August 15th, 2023, Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) Agents with assistance from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and the Eureka Police Department (EPD), served a search warrant on Ryan John Coons (29 years old from Eureka).

HCDTF Agents observed Coons travel from Humboldt County to Oakland, California. Upon Coons’s return to Humboldt County, Agents conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle. HCSO Deputy Esget and his K9 partner Yahtzee conducted an open-air sniff on the vehicle. K9 Yahtzee alerted to the vehicle indicating drugs were present.

Inside the vehicle, Agents located Ryan Coons and Shawn Clinton Bartley (52 years old from McKinleyville). Agents also located 1.8 pounds of fentanyl, 1 kilo of methamphetamine, over 100 Alprazolam pills, approximately $4,000 in U.S. Currency, digital scales, and packaging materials. 

After the traffic stop, HCDTF Agents and EPD Officers responded to Coons’s residence in Arcata and located more scales and packaging materials. 

Ryan John Coons was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked on the following charges:

• PC182(A)(1)- Conspiracy to commit a crime
• HS11351- Possession of controlled substance for sales
• HS11352(A)- Transportation of a controlled substance 
• HS11378- Possession of a Controlled Substance
• HS11379(B)- Transportation of a controlled substance through noncontiguous counties

Shawn Clinton Bartley was denied by correctional staff at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. HCDTF will request the following charges be filed on Bartley:

• PC182(A)(1)- Conspiracy to commit a crime 
• HS11351- Possession of controlled substance for sales
  
• HS11352(A)- Transportation of a controlled substance 
  
• HS11378- Possession of a Controlled Substance
  
• HS11379(B)- Transportation of a controlled substance through noncontiguous counties

Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at 707-267-9976.