Crime

February 2024

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

Sheriff’s Office Provides Details on What Led to McKinleyville High School’s Five Lockdowns in Eight Days

November 2023

Sheriff’s Office Puts McKinleyville Safeway on Lockdown, Shoots Man Wielding Large, Fixed-Blade Knife With Beanbag Rounds and Taser, HCSO Says

Wanted Man Arrested With Handgun, Meth in McK Neighborhood, Sheriff’s Office Says

Eureka Police Issue Statement on Today’s Officer-Involved Shooting Near the Library

BREAKING: Eureka Police Department Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting Near the Library

Fortuna Woman Arrested in Connection With Ambush Carjacking at Fields Landing Boat Ramp

Two Arrested in Eureka After Vehicle Search Uncovers Fentanyl and Meth, Sheriff’s Office Says

Fortuna Man Arrested For Attempted Homicide For Allegedly Trying to Set Ex-Girlfriend on Fire

Arcata Police Seeking Witnesses After Numerous Gunshots Fired Downtown Early This Morning

Oregon Deputies Arrest Fugitive Who’s Wanted in Connection to Missing Humboldt County Woman

Drug Task Force Arrests Suspected Traffickers, Seizes Narcotics and a Whole Mess of Guns

EPD Says It Nabbed a California Street Graffiti Vandal

Two Arrested in Connection With Last Week’s Bayshore Mall Parking Lot Robbery

Suspect in 2021 Bald Hills Murder Found Guilty, District Attorney Announces

Drug Task Force Busts Up Alleged MDMA & Shrooms & LSD & Ketamine & Cocaine Operation Off Myrtle Avenue; Two Arrested

Woman Whose Body Was Found Near Trinidad 43 Years Ago Identified Using Forensic DNA Testing

Willow Creek Knife-Wielder Arrested for Attempted Murder Last Week, Sheriff’s Office Says

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