Articles by Hank Sims

October 2015

Humboldt Bay Fire Knock Down Garage Fire in Midtown Eureka

They’re Mad As Hell: ‘Anti-Crime’ Rally in Front of the Bayshore Mall This Evening

Fortuna K-9 Cop Locates Fleeing Felony Warrant Suspect Hiding Under Insulation

(UPDATE) Body Found in Scotia This Afternoon

Eureka Man Arrested for Attempted Murder After Shooting at Guy Who Owes Him Money, Sheriff’s Office Says

Coroner Identifies Pedestrian Killed on 101 Over the Weekend as 29-Year-Old Eureka Man

September 2015

Probation Search in Arcata Yields Grow Op, Hash Lab and Handgun Stolen in Pacific Outfitters Heist

Missing Orleans Hunter Found, Helivaced to Hospital After ‘Four-Day Ordeal,’ Booked Into Jail on Outstanding Felony Warrants

Fortuna BK Burglary Suspect Picked Up Near Loleta Cheese Factory

Man Accidentally Shoots Himself, Nearly Dies; Sheriff Reminds You That Concealed Carry Permits Available

SoHUM: County Commission Wants to Hear About How Your Human Rights Are Being Violated

BUSTED! Fortuna PD Takes Rio Dell Police Escapee Into Custody

(UPDATE) Firefighters Extinguish AA Bar Blaze, Cause of Fire Still Unknown

Traffic Tied Up in Both Directions on Broadway Near Pierson’s After Bad Collision

Arcata Begs Residents to Get Just a Teeny Tiny Bit More Serious About Water Conservation

DA: Eureka Man Faces Maximum of 17 Years After Being Found Guilty of Breaking EPD Officer’s Nose, Other Charges

Glow-Eyed South Broadway Burglary Suspect Nabbed, EPD Says

‘Sheriff Allman Made a Grave Mistake’: Pinoleville Pomo Vow to Challenge Mendo’s Weed Raid on Tribal Territory

Humboldt Bay Fire Responding to Report of a Body Found in the Bay

‘Main Street Supplier of Heroin’ to SoHum Busted After Months-Long Investigation

Bomb-Bot Deployed on Bag of Laundry Near the Blue Lake Post Office Last Night

Willow Creek Man Pulled Over for Speeding With 54 Pounds in the Trunk

Fake Plane to Fake Crash at the California Redwood Coast–Humboldt County Airport This Afternoon

Mendo Sheriffs Raid Marijuana Operation on Tribal Territory; Pinoleville Pomo Megagrow Busted

INTRODUCING: SCANNER TRAFFIC INDICATES, the New LoCO Subsite That Tells You What Those Sirens Are For

Coroner Identifies Young Woman Found Dead in Redwood Park Earlier This Month

Eureka Police Nab Burglary Suspect in the Act of Busting Into Home

(UPDATE: FOUND) Missing New Mexico Man Could Be in Humboldt, Sheriff’s Office Says

Small Vegetation Fire East of Bridgeville; Power Lines Laying Across 36

Suspect Named in Last Week’s Trinidad Gas Station Holdup

Dead Body Found in Devil’s Playground Area

Harris Street Home Burns Early This Morning

Gunpoint Robbery at Willow Creek Chevron Early This Morning; Suspect at Large

(UPDATING) Arcata Police Attempt to Coax Man Who Fled From Them Off Downtown Rooftop

CC’D: When O When Will the County Finish Working on Pine Hill’s Union Street?

Kids Found With Stolen Car Had Meth and Pepper Spray and Replica Handgun, APD Says

Fairground Employee Tracks 19-Year-Old Ferndalian Accused of Stealing Truck

(UPDATED) Sheriff’s Office Holds Two at Gunpoint on South Broadway; Still Searching for Subject Who Fled Scene

Suspicious Samoa Cyclist Had Burglary Tools, Felony Warrant, False Name, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATED) Old Arcata Road Closed Until Noon After Car Goes Into Telephone Pole

Miranda Man Home-Invaded, Robbed in the Wee Morning Hours

McKinleyville Pizza Parlor Robbed at Knifepoint; Sheriff’s Office Seeks Suspect

Sheriff’s Office Names Hoopa Cop Involved in Fatal Shootout Earlier This Month

Man’s Failure to Remember His Own Fake Name Leads to Meth Sales Arrest, Sheriff’s Office Says

Former Rio Dell Cop Pleads Guilty to False Imprisonment, Avoids Jail Time

Juvenile Hall Officer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges

COOL NEW TOOLS: The Fortuna PD Now Has the Best Transparency/Public Crime Reporting Website in the County

Humboldt State Suspends Fraternity for Suspected Hazing, Drinking of Alcoholic Beverages

Another Stabbing in the Vicinity of Devil’s Playground

El Niño Will Not Save You: Rain, Snow a Big Question Mark for Northern California This Year