Crime

June 2025

District Attorney’s Office Provides Thorough Narrative of Events Leading to Sheriff’s Office’s Fatal Shooting of a Man in Cutten Last Year, Declares the Officers’ Actions Were Justified

Sheriff’s Office Releases Name of Law Enforcement Officer in Bear River Shooting

In Response to Homophobic Vandalism, Eureka’s United Congregational Christian Church Launches Fundraiser

Man Arrested in Blue Lake in Possession of Unregistered Fire Arms and Narcotics, Says Drug Task Force

Here Are the Numbers From the Sheriff’s Office’s Annual Sex Offender Registration Compliance Sweep, Which Just Wrapped Up

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Today’s Shooting at Bear River Was Witnessed by Several and Captured on Body Cam Footage; Investigation Underway

(UPDATE: SHERIFF PRESS CONFERENCE) Officer-Involved Shooting Near the Bear River Recreation Center

McKinleyville Woman Arrested After Probation Search Uncovers Fentanyl, High-Capacity Magazines, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Department Now Invites You to Report ‘Lower Priority Incidents’ Online

May 2025

(VIDEO) Law Enforcement Seeking Suspect in Crescent City Attempted Homicide Case

Search of Suspicious Vehicle in Samoa Dunes Leads to a Pair of Drug Arrests

Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Exposing Himself at Bear River Pump and Play, Sheriff’s Office Says

Pelican Bay Prison Artists Collaborate With Cal Poly Humboldt Students on ‘Project Rebound’ Mural

Four Adults Arrested, Two Children Placed Into Protective Custody After Search Warrant Served on Alleged McK Drug House Yesterday, Sheriff’s Office Says

Deputies Track Loleta Burglary, Car Theft Case to Man Let Out of Prison Eight Days Earlier, Sheriff’s Office Says

Suspect in Major Copper Wire Theft Tracked Down to Warren Creek Road Address, Sheriff’s Office Says

Arcata Police Arrest Convicted Felon Allegedly Brandishing Shotgun in Valley West This Morning

DNA Testing Closes Another Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case, This One from 1987

GHOST GUNS SEIZED: Two Arrested in Eureka on Suspicion of Firearms Trafficking

Loleta Man Arrested on Several Charges of Sexual Assault of a Child

Drone, Dog Help Arcata Police Locate Fleeing Suspects Among the Dunes at Mad River Beach Today

April 2025

Stolen Guns Found During Parole Search in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says

Fifteen People Arrested This Morning as Sheriff’s Office Serves Warrant at House on McK’s Murray Road

Suspect in String of Fortuna Burglary Cases Arrested, Says FPD

In Bold Smash-and-Grab at Harry Ritchie’s, Thief Makes Off With $20 Worth of Fake Jewelry, Eureka Police Say

Traffic Stop in Garberville Area Leads to Extraordinary Haul of Weapons and Explosive Materials in Alderpoint, Napa County

Wanted Hoopa Man Arrested With Suspected Heroin and Drug Paraphernalia, Sheriff’s Office Says

Humboldt County Drug Task Force Seizes Four Pounds of Meth, 600 Weed Clones En Route From Modesto; One Arrested

University Police Make Arrest in Connection With Attempted Vehicle Thefts on Campus

Eureka Police Department Investigating Altercation and Threats from Saturday’s ‘Hands Off’ Demonstration

Man Arrested With Large Quantities of Meth Following Report of Commercial Theft in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says

March 2025

Warrant Requested For Suspected Eureka Fentanyl Dealer After Raid on Two Homes Yields Massive Haul

Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Illegal Indoor Grow on Freshwater Road, Sheriff’s Office Says

Inside the Efforts to Identify Humboldt County’s Missing Dead

Eureka Police Actively Investigating a Series of Armed Carjackings

ALLEGED ASSHOLE IN CUFFS! 31-Year-Old Oklahoma Resident Arrested on Multiple Felony Counts for Making ‘Terrorist Threats’ to Local Schools

Extradition Arrest Warrant Issued for Out-of-State Asshole Who Keeps Threatening Local Schools

LOCKDOWNS UPDATE: Out-of-State Man Identified as Suspect Believed to Have Made Threatening Calls to Multiple Humboldt Schools and Businesses

Four-Month Undercover Investigation Yields Two Arrests, 258 Pounds of Weed, 2 Pounds of Cocaine, 8 Firearms and a Lot of Cash, Drug Task Force Says

Humboldt Inmate Tries to Flee Work Crew by Taking a Dip in Humboldt Bay

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is Looking for Descendants of a Wiyot Woman Born in 1843 to Help Solve a Mystery

Three Busted for Various Booze Crimes in Eureka’s ‘Shoulder Tap’ Operation Saturday

Deputy Finds Wanted Woman in ‘Suspicious’ Parked Car on Herrick Avenue, Sheriff’s Office Says

One Arrested in Loleta After Warrant Served on Suspected Drug House

Fortuna Man Arrested on Possession of Child Pornography Charge

Two People on Probation Arrested in McKinleyville on Drugs and Illegal Dumping Charges

Blue Lake Man on Probation Arrested in Possession of Modified Firearm, Says HCSO

Eureka Police Arrest 19-Year-Old, Minor in Connection With Zoo Vandalism Rampage

Wanted Samoa Man Arrested for False ID and Meth Possession, Despite Tossing Plastic Bag Containing the Drugs Over a Roadside Barricade, Sheriff’s Office Says

Police Reality TV Show ‘On Patrol: Live’ Has Wrapped Up Filming in Humboldt. What Did Sheriff Honsal Learn From the Experience?

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