Crime

July 2024

Search of Convicted Felon’s Eureka Home Finds Lots of Illegal Guns and Drugs, Says Humboldt County Drug Task Force

Two Killed in Kneeland Plane Crash, Sheriff’s Office Confirmed; Additional Details Released

(UPDATE: ARRESTS MADE) (VIDEO) Shirtless Man Spews Racial Insults, Teen Girl Appears to Aim Gun at Onlookers During Arcata Plaza Confrontation; Three Detained After Traffic Stop

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Identifies Highway 36 Homicide Victim

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Provide Details on Latest Sex Offender Registration Compliance Check

Bones Found on Banks of Eel River Near Redway ‘Possibly Human,’ Says Sheriff’s Office; Investigation Continues

The Sheriff’s Office is Seeking the Owner of a Pitbull That Attacked a Person in McKinleyville Last Week

Man Arrested Near Bridgeville for Homicide, Says Sheriff’s Office

Ferndale Man Arrested at County Fairgrounds After Allegedly Brandishing a Loaded Handgun, Threatening Someone With It

McKinleyville Man Arrested With Meth in Stolen Vehicle in Fortuna, FPD Says

Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder After Allegedly Stabbing Acquaintance on Pine Hill Yesterday, Sheriff’s Office Says

McKinleyville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Killing Former Girlfriend, District Attorney Says

DUI Suspect in Fatal Eureka Collision Admitted to Using Nitrous Before Driving, Says EPD

Fortuna Police Arrest Wanted Chop-Shop Suspect After High Speed Chase Sunday

June 2024

Do You Know This Person, With Whom the Eureka Police Would Like to Have a Conversation?

Mariijuana Enforcement Team Busts Unlicensed Operation Off Avenue of the Giants, Agents Say

Eureka Man Arrested for Transporting Over Two Pounds of a Cocaine/Fentanyl Mix to Humboldt From Los Angeles, Says Drug Task Force

(VIDEO) In the Dead of Night Friday, Someone Stole the County’s Pride Flag From the Pole Outside the Courthouse; Suspect Identified, Arrest Warrant Being Sought, EPD Says

Fortuna Police Seeking ‘Armed and Dangerous’ Suspect They Say Fled From Chop Shop Where Multiple Stolen Vehicles Were Found

Fortuna Police Seek Suspect Who Attempted to Kidnap Two Girls

Eureka Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Felon Whose Vehicle Held Nine Firearms and Various Other Stolen Property, EPD Says

Eureka Resident Arrested With a Pound of Meth Coming Back From Sacramento, Drug Task Force Says

Local Woman Tried to Stop Teen Bullies From Beating a Kid, but When She and Her Husband Intervened, The Kids Attacked Her Instead; APD Seeks Video Evidence

The Sheriff’s Office Has Good Photos of Suspects in a Violent Shooting and Carjacking Two Months Ago, and It Would Like to Know if Anyone Recognizes Them

May 2024

Sheriff’s Office Reports That the Body of the Young Man Drowned in the Trinity Two Weeks Ago Was Finally Located Yesterday

Two Arrested in Eureka on Suspicion of Drug Trafficking, Child Molestation and More, Drug Task Force Says

Eureka Police Department Statement on Yesterday’s Crash Confirms That a 66-Year-Old Pedestrian Was Killed; Witnesses Asked to Come Forward to Assist Investigation

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Locating Missing Hydesville Woman

Two Stung During Underage Alcohol Sales Sting in Eureka Last Week

UPDATE: Sheriff’s Office Names Deputy Who Shot and Killed Suspect in Cutten Incident Last Month

The Cutten Man Shot by Deputies in Critical Incident Nearly Two Weeks Ago Died on Friday, Sheriff’s Office Says

April 2024

‘I Just Want Him to Come Back’: Search Efforts Continue for the 19-Year-Old Who Was Swept Away in the Trinity River Last Week

Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on Fortuna Teen Who Went Missing and Presumably Drowned While Attempting to Rescue a Girl in the Trinity Last Week

Sheriff’s Office Says Homicide No Longer Suspected in Fickle Hill-Area Death This Morning

Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on Today’s Shootings in Cutten

Former Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Sentenced to 90 Days for Criminal Threats, District Attorney’s Office Says

Two People Stabbed in Rio Dell This Afternoon Morning; Suspect in Custody, Police Say

Nasty Scammers are Stealing CalFresh Benefits From the Humboldt People Who Need Them Most

One Arrested Following Kneeland Home Robbery, Brief Vehicular Chase This Morning, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Task Force Seizes Over Three Pounds of Fentanyl After Tracking Eureka Man From Oakland, Agency Says

(PHOTOS) Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Large, Illegal Grow Near Berry Summit, Sheriff’s Office Says

Missing Person’s Car Found in SoHum May Have Been Swept Downstream by Winter Storms; Search Continues

Seven Years Later, Arcata Police Hope That More Witnesses to the Killing of David Josiah Lawson Will Come Forward

Humboldt Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Selling Fentanyl, Weapons, Among Other Charges

Sheriff’s Deputies Track Down, Arrest Trinidad Area Man for Making Violent Threats

Westhaven Man Arrested After Girlfriend Flees Home to Escape Domestic Violence, Says HCSO

Federal Disaster Funding Won’t be Forthcoming for Victims of the January Floods, Office of Emergency Services Says

Eureka Gym Owner Arrested for Allegedly Importing, Selling Black Market Chinese Testosterone, Drug Task Force Says

SPEAKING OF TIKTOK: Eureka Police Department Urges Our Dumb-Ass Youth to Resist the Call of the #DoorKickChallenge

Homeowner Detains Late-Night Burglary Suspect at Trinidad House While Deputies Arrive, Sheriff’s Office Says

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