Crime

May 2021

Unpermitted Weed Operation Taken Down Near Dinsmore, Sheriff’s Office Says; 5,200 Plants Eradicated

Five Pounds of Meth, Stolen Handgun Seized at Suspected Drug Trafficker’s Home in McKinleyville, DTF Says

Eureka Man Arrested on Weapons, Narcotics Charges

(PHOTOS) Thousands of Cannabis Plants Eradicated, Numerous Environmental Violations Observed at Unpermitted SoHum Grows, Says HCSO

Undercover Agents Go On Valley West Meth Shopping Spree, Arrest Four

13-Year-Old Kid Busted After King Salmon BB Gun Assault Results in Minor Injury

Woman Arrested for Arson After Humboldt Bay Fire Responds to Scene of a Van Ablaze in a Eureka Garage

EPD Arrests Two For Meth Possession

Trinidad B&B Owner, Former Councilmember Arrested for Restraining Order Violation; Firearms Cache Seized

‘Approximately Eight Suspects’ Cut Gate to Blocksburg Property, Shoot at Residence, Sheriff’s Office Says

April 2021

Eureka Police Department Identifies Suspect in Last Month’s Hit-and-Run That Send a Pedestrian to the Hospital; Charges Filed

Driver Arrested After Allegedly Hitting Pedestrian and Running Yesterday Afternoon, Eureka Police Say

Drug Task Force Sweeps Three Locations in Hoopa, Takes in a Load of Meth and Other Drugs, Agents Say

SoHum Man Robert Cullen Again Arrested on Multiple Felony Warrants, New Charges

Man in a Subaru Wagon Leads Law Enforcement on a Brief High-Speed Chase

Belligerent Man Arrested for Calling 911 Dozens of Times, Harassing Dispatchers, Sheriff’s Office Says

Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit Ends With a Spike Strip, But Suspect Escapes on Foot Into the Woods

(UPDATE) Two in Custody in Connection With Home Invasion Robbery Near Garberville

Two Arrested During Sunday Fentanyl Bust in Stafford, Drug Task Force Says

Local Man Arrested in Orick Last Month Reportedly Killed Himself, Two Others By Intentionally Driving Into Oncoming Traffic on Highway 101 in Oregon, Officials Say

One Arrested After Meth, Fentanyl, Firearm Discovered in McK Raid, Drug Task Force Says

Someone Broke Into an Orick Gas Station to Turn on the Pump So They Could Steal Gas … But Who?

Man Assaulted and Robbed After Falling Asleep in His Vehicle in McKinleyville, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Man Arrested, Suspected of Trafficking Fentanyl Into Humboldt From Bay Area

Washington Man Arrested for Allegedly Driving Boat Under the Influence in Humboldt Bay Marina After Crashing Into Another Vessel, Piling

King Salmon Stabbing Suspect Booked for Attempted Murder; One Child Airlifted to Out-of-Area Hospital Due to Severity of Injury

(UPDATING) Two Boys, 11 and 7 Years of Age, Injured in King Salmon Knife Attack

POP Unit Finds Firearm on Felon Working at Sandwich Shop in the Eureka Mall; Drugs, Stolen Property Found at His Rio Dell Home, Police Say

64-Year-Old Eureka Woman Found Lying in Roadway After Hit-and-Run; EPD Seeking Suspect Vehicle

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting on North Bank Road Last Night; Victim Had Gunshot Wound to the Leg

Arcata Police Name Man Killed in Weekend Stabbing; Two Others Remain Hospitalized in Stable Condition

Late Night Knife Fight in Downtown Arcata Leaves One Dead, Two Hospitalized, APD Says

Heroin Was the Most-Seized Narcotic by Humboldt County Drug Task Force Last Year, Followed by Prescription Drugs and Meth

Sheriff’s Office Arrests One After Alleged Late-Night Mail Theft Spree In and Around West End Road

Agents Bust Another Fentanyl Importer on Highway 101, Drug Task Force Says

Remember Grow Houses? Old-Fashioned Unpermitted Weed Op Taken Down on Fickle Hill Road, Says HCSO Marijuana Enforcement Team

Southern California Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Willow Creek; Nearly a Pound of Meth Seized, Drug Task Force Says

Lots of Drugs, Guns Found During Probation Search of Miranda-Area Man

Two Arrested After Humboldt Drug Task Force Serves Search Warrant on Nuisance Eureka Residence

Piercy Man Arrested While Importing 44 Grams of Fentanyl, Drug Task Force Says

Three Suspected Storage Unit Burglars Busted; Two Stolen Firearms From Separate Burglary Recovered, APD Says

Arcata Police Searching for Two Suspects Following Motel Shooting in Valley West Last Night; One Man Hospitalized in Serious Condition

First River Rescue of the Swimming Season, and Not the Last; Deputies, Bystanders Retrieve Three Trapped in the Trinity at Big Rock

18-Year-Old Arrested For Attempted Murder After Allegedly Shooting at Indianola Man, Sheriff’s Office Says

EPD Arrests Rio Dell Man on Child Sexual Assault Charges Following Months-Long Investigation

POP UNIT: Eureka Man Arrested With Large Quantities of Narcotics for the Second Time This Month

Search and Rescue Team Locates Overdue Lost Coast Campers

Another Unpermitted Grow Op in Dinsmore Taken Down, Says Sheriff’s Office; $99,000 in Cash Seized, 6,600 Plants Eradicated

March 2021

Eureka Woman Arrested For Illegal Cannabis Sales, Manufacturing After Search of Henderson Center Residence

(UPDATE) Drug Task Force Busts Suspected Eureka/Hoopa Fentanyl Ring, Which They Believe Led to Several Overdoses — Including That of a 13-Year-Old — in the Valley

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