Press release from the Eureka Police Department:

On November 7, 2025 at approximately 9:48 p.m., Eureka Police Department Officers were dispatched to the 600 block of G Street for a report of a strongarm robbery. The reporting party/victim stated while riding in a vehicle operated by Ryan Taylor Landowski, age 41 of Eureka, he pulled her hair and forced her to provide him her ATM card. Landowski refused to allow the victim out of the vehicle and drove to an ATM. Landowski removed money from the victim’s account and while doing so the victim was able to escape and phoned EPD for assistance.

The victim provided officers with a description of Landowski’s vehicle. EPD Officers began patrolling an area of town where they knew Landowski frequented and located his vehicle traveling on Highland Avenue. An enforcement stop was conducted by Officers and Landowski was detained without incident and subsequently identified by the victim. During a search of Landowski’s person, incident to his arrest, Officers located the monies stolen from the victim’s account.

Landowski was transported and booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, on charges of Kidnapping to Commit Robbery and Robbery.

If you have any information in regard to this incident, please contact Eureka Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 707-441-4300.