Crime

April 2024

(UPDATE: FOUND) Sheriff’s Office Seeks Help Locating Missing Woman, Last Seen in Alderpoint, Who May be Living ‘Transient Lifestyle’

March 2024

(VIDEO) HCSO Releases Body-Cam Footage From January Standoff With Man Who Allegedly Sliced Two Juveniles’ Necks With a Knife

Weapons Seized, Thousands of Cannabis Plants Eradicated During Raid on Airport Road in Fortuna

Suspect in Construction Site Burglary Nabbed After Neighbors Unite to Identify Him, Eureka Police Say

Watch Out, Coast Central Credit Union Customers! Some Phone Scammers Seem to be Targeting You in Particular

Late Night McKinleyville Home Burglary Suspect Taken Into Custody After Foot Chase, Sheriff’s Office Says

Antisemitic Social Media Messages Lead to Arcata Man’s Arrest, Says HCSO

Eureka Teen Arrested After Advertising Drugs for Sale on Social Media, 3D-Printing Firearms, Says Drug Task Force

Eureka Man Robs Bank, Feels Bad About It, Quickly Turns Himself In

Three Home Invasion Suspects Make Off With Weed and a Valuable Crystal After Zip-Tying Hydesville Resident’s Hands, Sheriff’s Office Says

Driver Who Plowed Through Eureka Nail Salon Over the Weekend Arrested for DUI

Rio Dell Man Arrested for Allegedly Stalking Scotia Business Owner

Teenager Arrested on Firearm Charges Following Traffic Stop in Bridgeville, Sheriff’s Office Says

EPD Now Investigating Recent Vehicle Arson as a Hate Crime

February 2024

A Black Business Owner’s Work Truck Was Firebombed and Spray-Painted With the N-Word in Eureka, Owner Says

(UPDATE: WEIRD STORY) Man Arrested in After Allegedly Firing Taser During Garberville Redway Bar Fight

Two and a Half Pounds of Meth En Route from Modesto to Eureka Intercepted by Drug Task Force

Two Arrested, One at Large Following Trinidad House Burglary That Involved the Theft of Guns, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested for Theft From U.S. Forest Service Station Out Highway 36, Sheriff’s Office Says

Rio Dell Man Skedaddles From Federal Court Just Before Jury Hands Down His Drug Trafficking Conviction, Says U.S. Department of Justice

(UPDATED) (PHOTOS) Arson Suspected After Fish and Wildlife Vehicles Torched in Early Hours Monday; CHP Investigating

Romance Scams Duped Humboldt County Residents Out of Nearly $250K Last Year; FBI Issues Warning Ahead of Valentine’s Day

Pro-Palestinian Activist Charged With Vandalism, Making a False Police Report in Connection With October Incident, Cal Poly Humboldt Says

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man in Connection With Large-Scale Cannabis Farm Burglary in Eastern Humboldt

Correctional Officers Rescue Female Inmate From Suicide Attempt, Sheriff’s Office Says

‘Peaceful Resolution’ to Incident That Saw Man Barricade Himself For Hours in Arcata Home

‘Butcher Zionist Pigs’ Poster Found in Mad River Hospital Bathroom; Arcata Police Investigating

Suspected Burglar’s Getaway Rig Gets Stuck in McKinleyville Mud Prior to Arrest, Says HCSO

Eureka Police Department Releases Names of Two SWAT Deputies Involved in the Shooting Death of a Standoff Suspect Last Week

Humboldt County Correctional Facility Releases 2023 Statistics

Local Felon Arrested With More Than Half a Pound of Fentanyl, Plus Other Drugs and Firearms, Drug Task Force Says

January 2024

MISSING: Sheriff’s Office Seeking Information on Man Last Seen in Alderpoint in 2017.

Impressive Arsenal Discovered During Rio Dell Raid Yesterday, Drug Task Force Says; Father, Son Arrested

EPD Names Suspect Killed in Yesterday’s Standoff, Police Shooting; 43-Year-Old Eureka Man Had Sliced Two Juveniles’ Necks With a Knife, Police Say

Iraqi Man Arrested on Dazzling Array of Charges, Including Human Trafficking, Following Table Bluff Road Grow Op Raid

(UPDATE: SUSPECT SHOT) SWAT Team Deployed to 14th and Union in Eureka After Report of Stabbing; Barricaded Suspect With Hostages; Streets Closed in the Area

Woman Arrested for Assault With a Deadly Weapon After Dispute Over a Vehicle, Sheriff’s Office Says

Manila Dunes Homicide Victim Identified; Sheriff’s Office Investigation Ongoing

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Public’s Help in Locating Felony Warrant Suspect

McKinleyville Man Arrested in Possession of Fentanyl and an Explosive Device, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspects, Presumably Young Punks, Who Tagged Up a Business on McK’s Central Ave. to the Tune of Tens of Thousands of Dollars

Human Remains Discovered Near Manila Dunes Friday; Sheriff’s Office Investigating

Theo Lengyel, Founding Member of Eureka’s Mr. Bungle, Arrested in Connection With Girlfriend’s Murder

December 2023

FYI, the California Highway Patrol is Going to Conduct a DUI Checkpoint Somewhere in the County Tomorrow

ARMORED DOG! Eureka Police K-9 Unit ‘Bolo’ Will Soon be Decked Out in Bullet- and Stab-Proof Armor Thanks to Charitable Giving

Two People Shot Following Youth Altercation at Cooper Gulch Last Night, Eureka Police Say; Suspects Still Unidentified

Sheriff’s Office Says it Has Identified Suspect in McK High Lockdowns, and Has Deemed Previous Threats ‘Not Credible’

More Stolen Toys Recovered From Nefarious Toys for Tots Heist; Stolen Handgun, Ammo, Body Armor and Digital Scales Also Seized

HUMBOLDT GRINCH PINCHED? EPD Makes Arrest in Connection With Toys For Tots Caper

McK High Parents Express Frustration and Fear in Face of Lockdowns; Sheriff’s Office Says it Believes That It’s Close to Identifying a Suspect

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