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• Sheriff’s Office Investigating Familial Attempted Homicide Case on Humboldt Hill

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A Eureka man accused of assaulting his uncle with a knife was charged with attempted murder by the Humboldt County District Attorney’s office Thursday.

20-year-old Felix Yancy Arbaugh has pled not guilty.

According to the complaint, Arbaugh is charged with alleged “willful, deliberate and premeditated” attempted murder and felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury. He also faces enhancements for the use of a deadly weapon — a knife — and for causing great bodily injury.

Police responded to a Eureka home on Humboldt Hill on Monday night to a report of a physical assault.

There, Humboldt County Sheriff deputies located a 47-year-old male reporting his nephew physically attacked him. The man was bleeding and sustained serious but not-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital, according to HCSO. 

Meanwhile, Felix Arbaugh had minor injuries “which did not require immediate medical treatment,” according to HCSO.

HCSO said based upon the victim’s statements, injuries and evidence located during the investigation, deputies determined a violent crime had occurred inside the residence on Wycliff lane.

Arbaugh was taken into custody and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility Monday. He is being held on $500,000 bail, according to court records.

He is represented by the Public Defender’s office.

HCSO, which is investigating the case, encourages those with information to call the office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

The next hearing is scheduled for March 3.