Crime

December 2020

27-Year-Old Hiker Gets Lost in Headwaters Forest, Falls in a Creek, is Ultimately Rescued

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect in Early Morning Assault in Arcata’s Alder Grove Neighborhood

Deputies Chase Wanted Suspect From Hydesville to Kneeland and Into the Woods; Suspect Found at Night When Companion Knocks on Resident’s Door, Asking for Help

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in String of Early Morning Dumpster Fire Arsons

State Parks Cops Locate Woman Who Allegedly Threatened Orick Cashier With Death By Stabbing

Fleeing Suspect Rams Two Police Cars, EPD Says; Officers Discover Stolen Gun, Meth, Paraphernalia

November 2020

Bodies of Two Previously Missing Persons Discovered in Remote Part of Northern Mendocino County

Video Captures Unidentified Bozos Illegally Dumping a Truckload of Garbage Near Manila

Man Arrested in Loleta on Firearm, Drug Charges

Two Shasta County Residents Arrested for Allegedly Impersonating Cops in Honeydew; Sheriff’s Office Finds Patrol Uniforms, Airsoft Guns, Handcuffs, Burglary Tools Inside Their U-Haul Truck

Two Missing Following Assault, Possible Kidnapping in Covelo, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Says

55-Year-Old Man Arrested After Allegedly Brandishing Rifle at Parked Driver on Chezem Road, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested on Drug Charges in Arcata

K-9 Officer Baron Subdues Fleeing Federal Fugitive in Raid on Glendale Drive Property, Drug Task Force Says

Fortuna Man Arrested Detained With Loads of MDMA After Shipment From Netherlands Was Intercepted by Customs, Drug Task Force Says

(VIDEO) Eureka Police Remove Anti-Masker From Costco By Force, Say Case Will be Forwarded to DA for Charging Decision

One Arrested for Assault After Relationship Dispute in Eureka Homeless Camp

Two Arrested After Assault, Robbery of Honeydew Woman, Sheriff’s Office Says

McKinleyville Man Shot to Death on Samoa Peninsula Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect Associated With Matte, Two-Door Coupe

Sheriff’s Office Launches Jail-Based Mental Competency Treatment Program

Local 8-Year-Old Hospitalized With Serious Injury Following Head-On Crash in McKinleyville; Santa Barbara Man Arrested for DUI, CHP Says

Cache of Weapons Found in McK Home That Also Held Big Cache of Drugs, Says Humboldt County Drug Task Force

Man Arrested For Attempted Murder After Allegedly Setting Fire to Hoopa Home With People Inside

Eureka Police Officer Flown to Trauma Hospital With Major Injuries After Colliding With Uninvolved Vehicle During Today’s Pursuit; Bakersfield Parolee Arrested on Multiple Charges, EPD Says

Wanted Felon Arrested After Leading Numerous Law Enforcement Agencies on High-Speed Highway 101 Chase; EPD to Release More Info, HCSO Says

Campus Cops Warn of Suspicious Individual Who Tried to Climb Through a Third-Floor Kitchen Window of an Occupied Dorm Room Today

Shelter Cove Citizens Detain Man Who Had Allegedly Stolen Mail, Attempted to Set a Telephone Pole on Fire and Threatened People Who Tried to Stop Him With a Knife, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Woman Arrested in Arcata With Stolen Property From Loleta Car Break-Ins, Says Drug Task Force

Deputies Asked to Respond to Man Passed Out on Rohnerville Road; His Car Had Been Stolen From the Eureka Police Department, Sheriff’s Office Says

Missing Weitchpec Woman Found Deceased on Her Property; No Sign of Foul Play, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE: ALL’S WELL) Sheriff’s Office Looking for Recently Arrived 18-Year-Old Woman Gone Missing Under Mysterious Circumstances

NEW PHONE SCAM: This Time the Scammers are Pretending to be From Amazon, the Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested After Traffic Stop Leads to Violent Attack on a Fortuna Police Officer, FPD Says

Eureka Police Arrest Arcata Man for Attempted Murder After Investigation Connects Him to September Stabbing

Reported Westhaven Assault Leads Deputies to 16 Grams of Meth; Two Arrested

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Pellet Gun Shooting After Man Was Hit While Walking Near Arcata Community Forest

Sheriff’s Office’s Marijuana Enforcement Team Hits Three Operations in Blue Lake, McKinleyville and Eureka

Sheriff’s Office Says: If You See Suspicious Activity or Threats of Violence During the Election, Please Report Them

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: 48-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Found Injured in Old Town Today; Police Seeking Surveillance Video

October 2020

Suspected DUI Driver Arrested After Crashing Into County Coroner’s Vehicle With Deceased Person On Board

South Dakota Kidnapping Suspect Arrested In McKinleyville; Victims — an Infant and a Toddler — Found Safe

Two Brothers Arrested After Peruvian Customs Agents Intercept Large Quantities of Oxy Headed For Eureka, Drug Task Force Says

Suspect Arrested for Bayshore Mall Parking Lot Robbery, EPD Says

12,857 Cannabis Plants, 1,828 Pounds of Bud Destroyed by Humboldt Sheriff’s Office at Unlicensed Parcels in Eureka and Larabee Valley

McKinleyville Stabbing Last Night Appears to Have Followed Road Rage Incident, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Seeking Suspect in Broadway Business Copper Wiring Heist

Eureka Police Seeking Suspect in Late-Night Robbery at Downtown Dutch Brothers

BREAKING: Fortuna Police Ask Residents on South Fortuna Boulevard to Shelter in Place Due to ‘Police Incident’

(UPDATE) Man Arrested After Firing Weapon During Rosewood Domestic Disturbance, Sheriff’s Office Says

Speeding Motorcyclist Pursued Though Eureka Late Last Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

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