Crime

August 2026

(UPDATE: LAST SUSPECT ARRESTED) HOOPA HOMICIDE: One Suspect in Custody, Another Suspect — Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’ — Still at Large

Three Cars Impounded From a House in Alton in Due to ‘Multiple Reckless Driving Incidents,’ According to the California Highway Patrol

Eureka Police Arrest Warrant Suspect at Fourth Street Hotel, and Say They Found Evidence of Ongoing Fentanyl Sales in His Car

Homicide in Hoopa Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Says it Has No Suspect at This Time

Jennifer Raymond Files Complaint With State Over Miranda’s Rescue, Asking Attorney General to Remove the Remaining Animals and Dissolve the Organization

High-Speed Chase of a Wanted Felon Ends After Foot Pursuit Near Fernbridge, Eureka Police Say

The Drug Task Force Would Like to Locate This Suspected Drug Trafficker, Whom it Says it Has Confiscated Almost Two and a Half Pounds of Fentanyl From Over the Past 18 Months

Drug Task Force Charges Man With Pimping and Pandering After Arresting Him Allegedly in Possession of Lots of Drugs and a Stolen Gun

McKinleyville Man Arrested in Connection With Gas Station Robbery Earlier This Week

Eureka Police Arrest 42-Year-Old Man on Suspicion of Dealing Fentanyl Out of the McDonald’s Parking Lot

McK Gas Station Held Up at Gunpoint Early This Morning; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect

Nineteen-Year-Old Hoopa Man Arrested for Alleged Sexual Intercourse With 14-Year-Old, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drunk Drivers Beware! CHP is Setting Up a DUI Checkpoint This Weekend

[UPDATED] County Suspends Miranda’s Rescue’s Permit and Bans Use of the Parcel Where ‘Kill Zone’ Barn and Burial Sites are Located

Hoopa Man Arrested for Arson (No, Not the Big Fire) and Assault, Sheriff’s Office Says

As If By Magic, Stickers Featuring an Image of the Eureka Police Department’s Badge Helped Foil a Crime Earlier This Week

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Recently Added Two More Flock Cameras to Its Surveillance Network; 11 Now in Operation

Marijuana Enforcement Team Eradicates 6,000 Growing Cannabis Plants From Illegal Willow Creek Grow, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Department Announces Arrest of Attempted Homicide Suspect Yesterday

University Police Arrest Eureka Man With 40 Grams of Cocaine at Off-Campus Location, According to Officers

The Sheriff’s Office’s Annual Sex Offender Registration Sweep Has Been Completed, and Here are the Numbers

Sheriff’s Office Recaps Successful Search-and-Rescue Mission in the Mattole Valley

July 2026

Two Men Arrested on Burglary, Assault Charges After Allegedly Forcing Entry into an Arcata Bottoms Home on Thursday Afternoon, APD Says

SCAM ALERT! Now the Scammers are Back to Pretending to be Sheriff’s Office Employees, and Their Scam is to Email You a Fake Bill for Something

Wanted Felon Feigns Sleep, Flees on Foot and Struggles Before Arrest Near In-N-Out, EPD Says

Microchips From Dogs Exhumed at Miranda’s Rescue Tied to 38 Registered Owners, Including Six Shelters or Rescue Orgs

Remember When Eureka Police Put Out a Warning About Someone Stalking High School Girls on Snapchat? They Just Made an Arrest in Connection With That Case

Former Fortuna Councilmember Sentenced to 20 Months in Federal Prison for Embezzlement From Employer

An Alert Citizen Spotted a Burgled Car on Broadway Yesterday After Recognizing it From Social Media Posts, EPD Says; Suspect Arrested

TODAY IN COURT: McKinleyville Shooting Suspect Pleaded Not Guilty to Attempted Murder, Trial Date for Providence Abortion Lawsuit Pushed Out Five Months

37-Year-Old Man Dies After ‘Medical Emergency’ at Humboldt County Jail; Sheriff’s Major Crimes Division Investigating

Drug Task Force Recaps a Crazy Haul From an Operation in Benbow Last Week

Sheriff’s Office: Suspect in McKinleyville Shooting Tracked Down Thanks to Court-Ordered GPS Ankle Monitor That He Was Wearing At The Time

Humboldt Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Illegal Alderpoint Grow, Destroys 3,000-Plus Growing Plants and 2,300 Pounds of Weed

Scam Alert! Sheriff’s Office Warns of Yet Another Round of Scammers Impersonating Humboldt County Planning and Building Department Staff

Macabre Details of Fatal Hoopa Stabbing Emerge During Preliminary Hearing

Felon With a Stolen Handgun and DMT Arrested, Says Sheriff’s Office

EPD Continues Investigation into Last Month’s Fatal Collision Involving 77-Year-Old Pedestrian; Case Forwarded to DA’s Office for Possible Vehicular Manslaughter Charges

Sheriff’s Office Shoots Combative Suspect With Beanbag Shotgun After Alleged Assault in Willow Creek

NICE TRY! The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Confiscated a Whole Lotta Fireworks Over the Weekend!

Shannon Miranda Admits Sending Fake Adoption Texts About Dogs He Shot Dead, Affidavit Says

A Landowner Clearing Some Brush Found Boxes of Live Military Ordnance Yesterday, Sheriff’s Office Says

June 2026

The Sheriff’s Office Reminds You That Aerial Firework are Illegal Almost Everywhere in the County

EPD is Ramping Up DUI Enforcement Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend

(VIDEO) Humboldt County Sheriff Details Evidence From Barn ‘Kill Zone,’ Offers Updates on Miranda’s Rescue Criminal Investigation

(VIDEO) Demonstrators Call for Arrest of Shannon Miranda, Justice for Dogs Amid Criminal Investigation

McKinleyville Man Arrested for Allegedly Poaching Old Growth Redwood Log, Says State Parks

‘This Investigation is Just Getting Started’: Sheriff’s Office Uncovers 117 Dog Carcasses, 21 Skulls and ‘Hundreds of Bones’ at Miranda’s Rescue

‘It’s Gruesome’: Investigators Dig Up More Than A Dozen Dog Carcasses at Miranda’s Rescue on Day Two of Excavations

Self-Reported Kidnapping Story in McKinleyville Turns Out to be Bogus, Sheriff’s Office Says

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