January 2017

Trinidad Man Gets Three-Year Prison Sentence After Violating Probation By Carrying Loaded Handgun

Still No Trial Date for Accused Killer of Fortuna Fireman; Goldberg’s Attorney Says He Needs More Time

Jury Awards $5 Million In Case of Elder Abuse and Wrongful Death at Timber Ridge Senior Home

Leigl Pleads Not Guilty for Third Time to 2014 Murder of 14-Year-Old

Facing Charges of Killing Her Own Daughter and Another Teen in Hit-and-Run, Marcia Kitchen Files Claims For Damages Due to Road Conditions

COURT ROUNDUP: Two Murder Cases, One Serial Armed Robbery Case All Pushed Back, for Various Reasons

With Attempted Murder Charges Dropped, Hoopa Teen Sentenced to 270 Days of Jail for Armed Robbery

Choking Back Tears, Humboldt State Student Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter for His Role in DUI Crash

As Prosecutors Try For a Third Time to Reinstate Murder Charges Against Nicholas Leigl, The Accused’s Father Argues His Son’s Case

NINTH CIRCUIT: City of Fortuna, Two of its Cops Can Be Sued for Shooting, Killing Meth-Influenced Resident Who May (or May Not) Have Tried to Club Them

Eureka Takes More Legal Action Against Slumlord Floyd Squires

Trial of Arcata Woman Charged With Causing Infant’s Death Postponed Until April

December 2016

Prosecutors Fail to Reinstate Murder Charges Against Nicholas Leigl; Eureka Man Charged With Being ‘Accessory’ in Slaying of 14-Year-Old Boy

McK Man Charged With DUI Murder Appears in Court Today; Hearings in Case Pushed Back to February

District Attorney Seeks to Reinstate Charges Against Eureka Man Implicated in 2014 Murder of 14-Year-Old Boy

‘He Was Just Scared’: Family of Man Shot By Eureka Police Earlier This Month Show Up to Support Him in Court

Manila Five Appear in Court This Morning, Their Faces Ranging From Jolly to Somber as Preliminary Hearings Postponed

Alleged Benbow Home Invader’s Requests For Girlfriend to Lie Recorded by Law Enforcement

Jon Goldberg, Suspect in Fortuna Murder, Appears in Court; Victim’s Wife Testifies

November 2016

Woman Arrested for Eureka Walgreens Hammer Assault Found Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial

Hoopa Stabbing Homicide Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Has History of Violent Behavior

Marcia ‘Marci’ Kitchen Hearing Postponed Until March

Hoopa Teen Arraigned for Attempted Murder

Suspect in Shotgun Crime Spree Arraigned on Nine Counts of Robbery

Trial Date Set for Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Infant Daughter

MCCLAIN VERDICT IN: No Unreasonable Force, But Jury Finds Officer ‘50 Percent Negligent’ in Tommy McClain’s Death; Awards Parents $150,000

MCCLAIN TRIAL, DAY FOUR: What Does ‘Get Down’ Mean? Testimony Closes With Dueling Expert Testimony

MCCLAIN TRIAL, DAY THREE: Tommy McClain’s Parents Take the Stand in Tears, Speak to Their Son’s Good Character

McCLAIN TRIAL, DAY THREE: ‘It Should Have Been Considered a Murder,’ Slain Man’s Family Member Testifies

Did He Go For the Gun? Day One of the Tommy McClain Wrongful Death Suit Against the City of Eureka

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges Against Arcata Woman Whose Infant Died of Head Injuries

Accused Walgreens Hammer Assailant Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder

October 2016

Lawyer Asks Judge to Dismiss Charges Against Arcata Woman Accused of Killing Child

Evidence of Drunkenness Unlikely to be Admitted in Case Against Eureka Officer Who Shot, Killed Tommy McClain

JURY SERVICE DEADBEATS! We Are Going to Start Sending the Cops After You, Court Says

Local Officials Meet With Angry Pine Hill Residents to Address Problems at Former Senior Home

September 2016

Judge Allows Eviction Proceedings to Continue Against Alleged Squatters at Former Senior Home

Eureka Neighborhood Up In Arms As Former Senior Home Overrun by Alleged Squatters

Marci Kitchen Arraigned for Killing Her Daughter, Another Teen in Hit-and-Run

Eureka Police Shooting Death Case Heads to Trial

August 2016

Whitethorn Woman Sentenced to a Year and a Day for Trespass Grow on the King Range

June 2016

Man Who Wielded Machete to Carjack a Pizza Deliveryman Convicted of Multiple Felonies

DA Maggie Fleming Has Hired 11 Deputies Since Taking Office

May 2016

(UPDATED) Gary Lee Bullock Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Priest Murder

April 2016

On Behalf of Homeless, Eureka Attorney Peter Martin Sues City, Police Department Over Palco Marsh Eviction Plan

Bullock Withdraws Plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Bringing Trial to an Abrupt End

Sidestepping a Legal Threat, County Counsel Agrees to Ignore Reproductive FACT Act

Bullock Found Guilty on All Counts

Jury Misses a Day; Deliberations in Bullock Trial to Continue Next Week

Man Sues Wild Planet For Allegedly Under-filling Tuna Cans