Crime

May 2026

Numerous Eureka Police Units From Different Walks of Life Harmonized to Make a Significant Drug Bust Last Night

Sheriff’s Office Continues ‘Saturation Patrol’ in Hoopa; Three Arrested on Bench Warrants and a Stolen Vehicle Charge

Eureka Police Cited 10 People Last Month for Driving While Using Their Hands to Operate Cell Phones

Hoopa Man Arrested for Murder After Fatally Stabbing His Uncle, Sheriff’s Office Says

Search Warrant Served at Miranda’s Rescue Amid Allegations of Felony Animal Abuse, Fraud and Conspiracy

Eureka Police Find a Small Amount of Cocaine on a Man After Pulling Him Over for Traffic Violations

Sheriff’s Office POP Team Makes Big Bust on Alleged Drug House Near Arcata Elementary; 11 People Arrested, Some on Charges Including Elder Abuse

April 2026

A 65-Year-Old Man on Probation, Stopped for Speeding, is Found With Meth, Pepper Spray and Bear Spray, EPD Says

The Sheriff’s Office Has Seized a Lot of Counterfeit $100 Bills Lately. Here’s How to Not Get Duped

Eureka Police Searching for a Man Who Held Up a Convenience Store at Knife Point This Morning; Grant Elementary Briefly Placed on Lockdown

Woman Escapes Alleged Kidnapper By Texting 911 From a Gas Station Bathroom, Sheriff’s Office Says; Suspect Arrested

Two Arrested Following BB Gun Brandishment Near Henderson Street Last Night, Eureka Police Say

Big Fentanyl Bust in Blue Lake Follows Investigation by Sheriff’s Office’s Problem-Oriented Policing Squad, Deputies Say

Arcata Man Arrested on Suspicion of Kidnapping a Cal Poly Humboldt Student, Police Say

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

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