Crime

September 2020

EPD: Felony Warrants Issued For Heroin Sales Suspects Identified During HACHR Fact-Finding Investigation

(PHOTO) Eureka Police Seeking Armed Robbery Suspect

Arcata Police Department Make Late-Night Illegal Fireworks Bust Near LK Wood Boulevard

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Attempted Homicide in Hoopa Area After 29-Year-Old Woman Found With Gunshot Wound This Morning, Deputies Say

Fortuna Man Arrested in Undercover Meth Sting by Humboldt County Drug Task Force

Multi-Agency Weed Busts on Island Mountain Yield Nearly 5k Pounds of Cannabis, 28K Plants and $100,000 Cash

Sheriff’s Office Identifies Human Remains Found Near Orleans Last Week; Will Investigate Case as a Homicide

Sheriff’s Office Recovers, Identifies Woman Found Dead Down Embankment Beneath Kneeland Road

Back-to-Back Barn Fires a Coincidence, Arcata Fire Battalion Chief Says; Sheriff’s Office Investigating Sunday’s Barn Fire After Illegal Marijuana Grow Was Found on the Property

August 2020

Arcata Police Arrest Suspect in Bicycle Road Rage Incident

Looking to Relieve Jail Crowding, Sheriff’s Office Turns to Electronic Monitoring

(VIDEO) Police Ask for Public’s Help Identifying This Arcata Rock Thrower

Hoopa Woman, Blue Lake Man Arrested In Connection to the Transportation of ‘Large Quantities of Meth’ From the Bay Area to Humboldt County for a Drug Trafficking Organization, DTF Says

Hoopa Man Arrested for Attempted Murder Following Reported Robbery, Shooting in Arcata; Two Additional Suspects Booked on Robbery Charges, APD Says

70-Year-Old Crescent City Man Killed in Industrial Logging Accident, Says Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office

PETA, Local Animal Advocate Offering $6,000 Reward for Helping Authorities Catch the Samoa Dunes Dog Killer

Hoopa Homicide Suspect Surrenders Peacefully, Sheriff’s Office Says

28,399 Plants, 6,415 Pounds of Processed Cannabis Destroyed by Law Enforcement in Northeast Humboldt County

Dog Found Shot Several Times at Samoa Dunes; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Owner After Euthanizing Animal

Woman Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing Man Saturday Afternoon, Following an Argument

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Homicide Suspect After Identifying Remains Found Last Week Off Highway 96 As Belonging to Missing Person

Sheriff’s Office Opens ‘Suspicious’ Death Investigation After Human Remains Found Off Highway 96

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Early Morning SoHum Stabbing

District Attorney to Bring Reckless Driving Charges Against Person Who Drove Through Mass of McKinleyville Black Lives Matter Protesters in June

Billboard On Safety Corridor Vandalized With Anti-KKK Message

Wrong-Way Driver Stopped and Ticketed, Then Arrested for Immediately Driving Back Onto the Wrong Side of Rohnerville Road and Evading Officers, Fortuna Police Say

Unidentified Human Remains Recovered in Northeast Humboldt

MANY MORE PHONE SCAMS! The Sheriff’s Office Runs Down the Most Common Phone Scams Circulating at the Moment, and Gives You Tips on How to Spot New Ones Yourself

Drug Task Force K9 Helps Law Enforcement Find 3.75 Pounds of Meth at Alleged Fieldbrook Stash House

Man Found Shot Dead in Southern Humboldt After Deputies Receive Tip from Out-of-Town Attorney, Sheriff’s Office Says

Shot Fired During Late Night Disturbance on Humboldt Hill, Sheriff’s Office Says; One Arrested

Lots of Meth and Hash and Evidence of Trafficking Found in Rio Dell Residence, Drug Task Force Says

Over 30,000 Unpermitted Cannabis Plants Destroyed in Three-Day Raid in the Blake Mountain Area, Sheriff’s Office Says

Trinidad Traffic Stop Results in Seizure of More Than 10,000 Xanny Bars, Half an Ounce of Meth, Drug Task Force Says

(UPDATE) McKinleyville Man Taken Into Custody After Allegedly Shooting at Neighbor’s Home Near Hiller Park Last Night

Eureka Man Found Inside First Street Business in the Early Morning Hours, Police Say; Surveillance Shows Suspect Passing Equipment Out a Window to Accomplice

Arcata Woman Arrested After Early Morning High-Speed Stolen Vehicle Chase That Ran From Eureka to Del Norte County

Kidnapping Suspect Apprehended in Oregon; Victim Unharmed

Anderson Man Arrested After Twice Fleeing From Cops, Ramming Patrol Car in McK Area, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) Fieldbrook Woman Believed Kidnapped; Law Enforcement Searching for Suspect Who May Be Armed and Dangerous

One Injured in Shooting Near Bridgeville; Suspect Vehicle Description Released

July 2020

Two Arrested, Five Pounds of Heroin Taken in Arcata-Area Bust, Drug Task Force Says

HSU Police Arrest Two Murder Suspects Out of Virginia Who Were Found Sleeping at a University Facility

NEW PHONE SCAM: There’s a New, Technologically Sophisticated Scam in Which the Scammer Impersonates a Particular Sheriff’s Office Investigator

Eureka Police Release Name of Person Shot By Officers Yesterday; Chief Issues Statement

Eureka Carjacking Suspect Arrested After Being Spotted Walking Near Henderson Center

OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING: Eureka Officers Shoot, Kill Man Who Had Leveled Weapon at Them, According to Police Report; Man Had Been Making Suicidal Threats

Two Women Carjacked in Eureka at Gunpoint; At-Large Suspect Considered Armed and Dangerous

Sheriff’s Office Dismantles Large BHO Lab on Humboldt Hill After Fire Breaks Out Inside

Weed Robbery in Eureka’s Rosewood Neighborhood Leaves One Out-of-Towner Shot, Hospitalized; Deputies Searching for Suspects

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