Eureka Police Department press release: 

On March 6, 2024, at approximately 9:20 am., Eureka Police Department (EPD) officers responded to the 700 block of 5th Street for the report of a bank robbery that had just occurred. The reporting party stated a male subject entered the bank, passed the teller a note stating he had a weapon and this was a robbery. The teller complied with the suspect and the suspect fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

While officers were searching the vicinity for the suspect, EPD’s Communications Center received information that that suspect was being detained inside the courthouse on the 5th Street side. Upon officer’s arrival, they met with a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy who had detained the suspect at the security check point. EPD Detectives responded to the scene and took over the investigation.

The suspect was identified as 58-year-old Jonathan Hening of Eureka. The investigation revealed that after committing the robbery, Hening began to regret his actions, entered the courthouse and surrendered himself to the security personnel at the checkpoint. All the cash from the robbery was recovered on Hening’s person at the time of his arrest and no weapon was found.

Hening was placed under arrest and booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on a robbery charge.