Crime

March 2026

Eureka Police Seek Information About a Kid Shooting a BB Gun at People Near Eureka High This Afternoon

Two More Juveniles Arrested in Hoopa in Connection With Last Week’s Murder, Sheriff’s Office Says

The Eureka Police’s St. Paddy’s Day Checkpoint Took Place on Harris Street, for a Change, and Here’s How it Did

(UPDATE: HCSO STATEMENT) The Sheriff’s Office Conducted a Big Operation on Eureka’s West Side This Morning.

ATTENTION, ST. PADDY’S DAY PARTY PEOPLE! EPD Will Hold a DUI Checkpoint at an Undisclosed Location in Eureka on Tuesday Night

The Victim in the Hoopa Shooting Has Died

Charges Filed Against Alleged Bridgeville Human Trafficker in Case Sparked by Mexican Consulate Tip

Third Suspect in Hoopa Shooting Surrenders at the Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Alleged Bridgeville Cultivator on Human Trafficking Charges Following Tip From the Mexican Consulate

Deputies Chase Down One Teen Believed to Have Burgled Babe’s Pizza in Cutten, but Another Teen Escapes

Another Suspect in Monday’s Shooting in Hoopa Taken Into Custody

15-Year-Old Arrested in Connection With Hoopa Shooting, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Other Teenage Suspects Still at Large

Loleta Man Arrested by Deputies After Being Found in Possession of a Firearm, Despite the Terms of His Probation

Hoopa Valley Tribe Offers $10K Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Suspect in Tuesday’s Shooting; Emergency Community Meeting in Council Chambers Tonight

(UPDATE) One Person Hospitalized With ‘Life-Threatening’ Injuries Following Yesterday’s Shooting in Hoopa; Suspect Remains At-Large, Says HCSO

Two Redding Residents Caught With Illegal Firearms After 74 MPH Stop on Fourth Street, Says EPD

23 POUNDS OF METH: After Months of Investigation, Humboldt County Drug Task Force Arrests Two in Tehama County With a Trunk Full of Drugs

Ettersburg Burglary Interrupted by Helpful Neighbor Who Holds Suspects at Gunpoint, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Remain At Large

Eureka Police Make Meth Sales Arrest Pursuant to OPERATION GATEWAY 101

DESPERATE SCAMMERS: New Online Scam Hypertargets People Who Have Applied to Serve on the McKinleyville Municipal Advisory Committee

Thirty-Year-Old Man Arrested After a High-Speed Chase is Brought to a Spike-Stripped Halt on Broadway This Morning

February 2026

Multi-Agency Bust at Illegal Weed Farm Uncovers Cache of Firearms, Hundreds of Rounds of Ammo, Stolen Vehicles and a Taxidermied Wolf, Says CHP

Eureka Motorist Decides to Flee From Traffic Stop; Chase Lasts About Two Blocks

District Attorney Clears Sheriff’s Office Corporal in Fatal Bear River Shooting, Details Events in the 29-Year-Old Simi Valley Man’s Life That Led to His Encounter With the Law

Homicide Ruled Out in Arcata Woman’s Oct. 2025 Death

Arcata Police Bust Man Who is Prohibited From Owning Guns for Allegedly Attempting to Sell an Illegal Gun on Snapchat, and They Say He Also Had a Bunch of Drugs

Eureka Man Charged With Attempted Murder, Accused of Attacking Uncle

Sheriff’s Office POP Team Arrests Humboldt Hill Man Allegedly in Possession of Fentanyl, Says 10-Year-Old Child in the Home Was at Risk

Attempted Burglary in Prestigious Rosewood Neighborhood Busted Up by Ring Camera and Swift Deputy Action, Sheriff’s Office Says; One Arrested

Two Arrested for Assault, False Imprisonment Following Incident in McKinleyville Early This Morning

Heroin, Meth, Fentanyl: Drug Task Force Investigation Results in Yesterday’s Arrest of Two Eureka Residents

Strong-Arm Robbery Outside Bank Branch in Hoopa Last Night; Police Seeking Man Who Made Off With Two Deposit Bags

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Familial Attempted Homicide Case on Humboldt Hill

Two Arrested Following Drug Task Force Investigation in Eureka; Fentanyl, Meth, Pills, Cash and a Stolen Firearm Found During Searches in Bayview and the West Side

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

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