Crime

July 2026

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

(VIDEO) More Than 700 Dogs From Miranda’s Rescue Remain Unaccounted For, Sheriff Honsal Says; Excavation of Grounds to Continue for Several Days

Eureka Police Arrest Arcata Woman for Felony Evading and Reckless Driving After Brief Vehicle Pursuit

Sheriff’s Officers Find Woman on Probation with .40 Caliber Handgun, Drugs, and Stolen Checks

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in Connection With Vehicle-to-Vehicle Shooting Case Earlier This Month

McK Man Sprays Clerk With Lighter Fluid When Asked to Leave the Dollar General, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Recap Weekend Spate of DUI Arrests, Including One in Which a Person Allegedly Became Aggro in the McDonald’s Drive-Thru Before Bottoming Out on the Curb

Machete-Wielding Man Subdued by K-9 Officer After Allegedly Threatening Bystanders in Loleta, Sheriff’s Office Says

Some Vile Phone Scammers Scammed an Elderly Eureka Resident Out of a Substantial Amount of Money, So This is Your Periodic Reminder That You Shouldn’t Let Scammers Do That to You

Judge Sentences 38- 47-Year-Old Man to Eight Years in Prison Following His Conviction on Child Sexual Abuse Charges, District Attorney’s Office Says

Eight Eureka Residents Arrested As Sheriff’s Office Serves a Search Warrant at an Alleged Drug House

Eureka Police Arrest Anderson Woman for DUI After She Allegedly Plowed Into a Parked Vehicle in a Quiet Residential Neighborhood at 4:20 A.M.

Teenager Allegedly Pepper Sprays Employee After Stealing a Bottle of Booze from Blue Lake Patriot Station, Sheriff’s Office Says

A Large Unlicensed Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Network Was Taken Down in Garberville Yesterday, According to the Drug Task Force

Two Arrested for Driving Under the Influence Following Separate Weekend Crashes in Eureka

The ‘Saturation Patrol’ in Hoopa Continues, With a Vehicle Stop and Arrest on Tish Tang Road at Three in the Morning

A Passing Driver Got Skittish and Reckless Around the Scene of a Downtown Crash This Afternoon, Eureka Police Say; He Was Pulled Over and Apparently Discovered With Meth

Gunfire in Eureka This Afternoon, as Person in Black Vehicle Opens Fire on White Porsche SUV; Police Investigating, Ask Public for Information

May 2026

A Full 50% of the Adults Contacted Today Agreed to Buy Flavored Tobacco Products for Minors, Says the Eureka Police Department as it Recaps a Sting Operation

Sheriff’s Office Says: Yesterday Was a Good Day for Proactive Policing

Your Local Law Enforcement Agencies Will Be Carrying the Special Olympics Torch Through Arcata and Eureka on Thursday

Eureka Police Make Three Arrests, Issue Three Citations During Recent DUI Checkpoint on Fifth Street

‘This Case Remains a Priority’: Sheriff’s Office Issues Update on Miranda’s Rescue Investigation, Asks Public to Come Forth With Information

Wanted Felon Leads Officers on a Dance Through Neighborhood Backyards Before Being Taken Into Custody, Eureka Police Say

Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Arcata Man Sentenced to 125 Years to Life For Multiple Child Abuse Sex Crimes, District Attorney’s Office Says

Eureka Man Arrested on Charges of Sexual Assault of a Minor, Child Pornography, False Imprisonment and More

Woman Charged with Homicide for Child’s Death After Remains Found in Blue Lake

Sixteen-Year-Old Arrested With Concealed Handgun After Fleeing Police Down Kenmar Road Just Before Two in the Morning, Fortuna Police Say

Man Found With Meth and Burglary Tools After Short Foot Chase Near Highland Park, Eureka Police Say

A Police Call for Loose Dogs Running Around an H Street Residence Ends With Children Being Taken Into Protective Custody

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Cutten Man on Rape Charges

Guy in Hummer Shoots Gun at House in Willow Creek, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Will be Putting Up a DUI Checkpoint Tomorrow, if That Will Help You Not Drunk-Drive For One Day

Hoopa Man Arrested for ‘Serious Violent Assault’ on His Wife, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Suspects Arrested Following Strong-Arm Robbery at Eureka Construction Site, Police Say

Agents Find Kilo of Cocaine on Man Previously Busted for Selling Cocaine, Drug Task Force Says

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