Crime

October 2021

Two Arrested With Drugs After Being Found in Stolen Vehicle on Scenic Drive, Sheriff’s Office Says

North Coast News, Redding Sister Station KRCR Broadcasts Possibly Disrupted By Ransomware Attack Affecting Sinclair Stations Nationwide

Two Eel River Valley Residents Arrested After Undercover Meth Buy/Bust Operation

New Phone Scam Targets Local Registered Sex Offenders, Sheriff’s Office Says

Thousands of Cannabis Plants Destroyed, Water Diversions Removed at Illegal Grow in SoHum

Eureka Man Arrested in Connection With Last Month’s McKinleyville Bar Shooting

Suspected Myrtletown Car Burglar Tussles With Deputies Before Being Taken Into Custody

Another Suspicious Death in the Blue Lake Outskirts Discovered Yesterday

Two Arrested in Eureka After Agents Intercept Large Shipment of French MDMA, Says DTF

The ‘Lost Coast Bandit’ Has Finally Been Arrested, Eureka Police Say; Suspect in Possession of Fentanyl When He Was Taken Into Custody

Deputies Tase Combative Wanted Felon Twice Before Arresting Him in Garberville, HCSO Says

Probation Check in SoHum Uncovers Drugs, Ammunition

Subject of Nationwide Manhunt Last Seen in Garberville

Wanted Man Connected With Vehicle Burglary Spree Following McK Stop-and-Search, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police POP Two City Residents on Charges of Fentanyl Trafficking and Offer Eye-Popping Month-End Narcan Stats

Suspected Samoa Meth Dealer Arrested in Possession of ‘Ghost Gun,’ Says DTF

September 2021

Two Arrested on Suspicion of Dealing Fentanyl in Hoopa; One Suspect Still Outstanding

McKinleyville Man Arrested for Alleged Armed Rape, Robbery

One Person Shot, Another Seriously Injured During Incident at Central Station Bar in McKinleyville

Naked Woman Arrested for Allegedly Setting Fire to Hoopa Cemetery Plots, Tribal Police Say

Erratic Driving in Eureka Results in Arrest for Heroin

K9 Yahtzee Sniffs Out the Drugs in Vehicle of Sleepy Parolee, Says HCSO

Workers Detain Suspected Burglar Believed to Have Stolen Items From Yurok Veterans’ Cemetery

Body Found in Blue Lake Identified; Sheriff’s Office Now Investigating Case as Homicide

Fortuna Man Arrested After Police Suspect Him of Sexually Assaulting Juvenile Over a Period of Years

Hoopa Man Arrested With Five Pounds of Meth Trafficked From Southern California, Drug Task Force Says

Victim and Officer Identified in Last Week’s Officer-Involved Shooting in Arcata Bottoms

Two Arrested Today After Months-Long Fentanyl Trafficking Investigation, Drug Task Force Says

Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Equipment Burglarized From Samoa Peninsula Volunteer Fire Department

15-Year-Old Arrested for Attempted Murder in McKinleyville After Woman Found Assaulted With Power Drill, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Wanted Men Arrested After Sheriff’s Deputies Find Stolen Vehicle in Orleans

Man Found Dead on Trail Off Hatchery Road in Blue Lake; Sheriff’s Office Investigating Case as Suspicious

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Felony Warrant Suspect Who Allegedly Rammed Vehicles and Brandished a Firearm in Eastern Humboldt

Sheriff’s Office Releases Recap on Events That Led to Fugitive Being Taken Into Custody Following Today’s Standoff in McKinleyville

One Arrested After Allegedly Firing Weapon During Prolonged McK Road Rage Incident, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Man Arrested for Vandalizing Skate Park With White-Supremacist Graffiti, EPD Says

One Arrested Following Elk River Road Burglary, Sheriff’s Office Says

KNOB FIRE UPDATE: Fire Stands at Nearly 2,800 Acres and is 52 Percent Contained

(AUDIO) This New ‘Hi-Lo’ Siren Will be Your Signal to Evacuate, So You’ll Want to Know What That Sounds Like

Firefighters Make ‘Significant Progress’ on the Knob Fire; Containment Jumps to 34 Percent

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Suspicious Death Near Herrick Overpass Early This Morning

August 2021

One Arrested On Weapons, Drug Charges After Investigation of Unpermitted Eureka Warehouse Grow and Hash Lab, Drug Task Force Says

51-Year-Old Eureka Man Arrested After Trafficking Investigation, Drug Task Force Says

Suspect in Multiple Arcata-Area Burglaries Arrested After Being Found Sleeping at a Gas Station in Blue Lake

Humboldt Unsolved Cases Database Includes HCSO’s Backlog of Missing Persons and Suspected Homicides

Man Wanted for Allegedly Scamming Elderly McK Woman, and is Also Wanted For Allegedly Scamming Other Elderly People Across the West

Arcata Business Owner Arrested on Alleged Kidnapping, Child Molestation Charges

Fortuna Police Arrest Man Allegedly in Possession of Stolen Property, Illegal Weapons, Narcotics, Bear Spray

Man Arrested For Assault After Allegedly Wielding Crossbow, Slashing Victim’s Tires

A Nailed-Up Squirrel, Illegal Pesticides, Trigger-Happy Subjects and Water Theft Galore — The Marijuana Enforcement Team Had a Pretty Astounding Week, According to Sheriff’s Office Report

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