Crime

February 2026

Two Fortuna Women Arrested With Narcotics Following Drug Task Force Investigation

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Apparent Murder-Suicide in Weitchpec

Suspect in Last Week’s Willow Creek Stabbing Arrested in Del Norte County, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Men Arrested After Separate Confrontations at Recent Anti-ICE Protests in Eureka, EPD Says

Shots Fired at Locations Along Sonoma Street Yesterday; Eureka Police Seeking Suspects

‘Threat to the Community’: Warrant Issued for Suspect in Last Week’s Stabbing in Willow Creek; His Whereabouts are Unknown

Myers Flat Man Arrested for Firearms Violations After Allegedly Threatening Neighbor, Sheriff’s Office Says

January 2026

51-Year-Old Man Arrested for Attempted Murder in Redwood Park; 75-Year-Old Victim Airlifted Out of Town

Burglary Suspect Unsuccessfully Tries to Barracade Himself Inside Pine Hill Apartment, Sheriff’s Office Says

Arrest Made for the December Murder of 36-Year-Old at a Cannabis Grow Site in Eastern Humboldt, Sheriff’s Office Says

FBI Arrests 23-Year-Old Missouri Man in Connection With 2023 Threats Against McKinleyville High School, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested for Fentanyl Sales in Redway Yesterday, Drug Task Force Says

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Suspect in Assault That Occurred in Hoopa Early This Morning

Fortuna Police Arrest Man With Meth, Firearms After Checking Out a Sus Parked Car on South Fortuna Boulevard

K-9 Unit ‘Bodhi,’ a Sniff-Dog Pledged to the Eureka Police, Has Retired

Correctional Staffers Reverse Jail Overdose with Narcan; Subject Later Found to Have Fentanyl Concealed in a Body Cavity, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) Man Arrives at St. Joseph Hospital With a Stab Wound in His Back, Says He Was Attacked at Veteran’s Park in Willow Creek for No Apparent Reason, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Tasks Force Busts Up Alleged Fentanyl Operation in the Hoopa Valley; One Arrested

Two Eureka Teens Arrested After Allegedly Attempting to Rob a Homeless Man at Faux-Gunpoint, Police Department Says

Eureka Man Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Person, Dog at a Homeless Encampment

45-Year-Old Man Wanted in Connection With Last Night’s Stabbing in Willow Creek, Sheriff’s Office Says

Ferndale Man Arrested Following Standoff, Booked on Charges of Attempted Murder and Domestic Violence

Sheriff’s Office Busts Suspected Drug House Near Blue Lake; Two Arrested

Eureka City Council Greenlights EPD’s Plan to Research Drone Technology for Police Response

December 2025

A Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit Sniffed Out a Massive Collection of Illegal Substances During a Salmon Creek Traffic Stop Yesterday; Two Eel River Valley Residents Arrested

Eureka Police Officer Placed on Paid Leave After Christmas Eve Arrest for Alleged Drunk Driving

Humboldt’s Homicide Rate is the Lowest It’s Been in 20 Years

Sheriff’s Office Announces $20K Reward for Leads in Cold Case of Missing Hoopa Woman Andrea ‘Chick’ White

Eureka Police Arrest Three on Suspicion of Driving Under the Influence During Checkpoint on Fourth Street Last Week

Redway Couple Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping and Maintaining a Drug House, Sheriff’s Office Says

Human Trafficking Investigation Prompts Raid on Cannabis Operation in Petrolia, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation

Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday

University Police Arrest Townie on Suspicion of Indecent Exposure, Lewd Acts and Peeping

Repeat Violent Offender Assaults Girlfriend, Runs, Rams Sheriff Vehicle Before Being Taken Into Custody, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Caused Three-Vehicle Accident on Wabash Tuesday

Man Walking Around ‘With His Shorts Pulled Down’ Near Pine Hill Elementary Arrested for Indecent Exposure, Sheriff’s Office Says

‘TIS THE SEASON: Sheriff’s Office Offers Tips For Avoiding Porch Piracy

Rio Dell Man Wanted on Domestic Violence Charges Found in Possession of an Arsenal and Law Enforcement Patches

65-Year-Old Hydesville Felon Arrested for Attempted Homicide, False Imprisonment, Sheriff’s Office Says

November 2025

Eureka Police Department Awarded $170K in State Funds to Crack Down on Illegal Tobacco Sales to Minors

Two Loleta Residents Unleash Racial Slurs and Comments on Immigration Status in Scuffle With Security Officers at County Social Services Office

After a Standoff in Carlotta, Deputies Arrest Man Who Allegedly Assaulted His 70-Year-Old Mom

District Attorney Review Exonerates Police Officers’ Fatal Shooting of a Man Who Slashed Two Children’s Throats in Early 2024

The EPD Says It Broke Up a String of Vehicle Thefts, All Involving Kias, Early Yesterday Morning

That Big FBI Raid in Hoopa Yesterday? That Was a Child Pornography Investigation, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Task Force Busts Up Alleged Blue Lake Drug House; One Arrested, Loads of Firearms and an Eye-Popping Amount of Cash Seized, Agents Say

Two and a Half Pounds of Cocaine, Two Ounces of Meth Seized as Humboldt County Drug Task Force Arrests Two in Arcata

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Convicted Felon With Sawed-Off Shotgun, Editorializes About the State of California’s Criminal Justice System

Eureka Man Arrested for Strong-Arm Robbery of Passenger in His Car, Police Say

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