Crime

April 2026

Sheriff’s Office Announces ‘Saturation Patrols’ in the Hoopa Area, Highlights Some Arrests Made to Date

SCAM ALERT! Once Again, the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department Does Not Want You to Send It Money in Sketchy Ways

Two Suspects Arrested Following Early Morning Attempted Business Break-In in Downtown Eureka, Police Say

State Parolee Arrested in McK Yesterday Afternoon After Allegedly Kicking In Girlfriend’s Windshield as She Tried to Escape Him, Sheriff’s Office Says

Serial Vandal and Thrower of Rocks Arrested Outside a Bank, Eureka Police Department Says

Adult and Child Arrested Following Report of Gunfire in McK Neighborhood Yesterday Morning

(VIDEO) Look Familiar? Police are Seeking Leads in Late-Night Jewelry Burglary at a Home Near Sequoia Park

Using DNA Technology, the Sheriff’s Office Has Identified Human Remains in Two Decades-Old Different Missing Persons Cases

Recognize This Guy? EPD Seeks Help Identifying Suspect in Sangha Tattoo Studio Burglary

March 2026

The Sheriff’s Problem-Oriented Policing Team Made a Series of Drug Arrests in Eureka, Scotia and Rio Dell Over the Last Week

Welfare Check on Armed Man in Rio Dell Results in Arrest and Seizure of Guns and White Powders, Police Say

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

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