Crime

October 2017

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death of 68-Year-Old Dinsmore Man as Possible Homicide

Redding Man Busted Transporting Nearly 200 Pounds of Pot From Eureka to Alabama in Horse Trailer With No Registration Tags, Says Wyoming Highway Patrol

Spooky Eureka Storyteller Arrested on Numerous Child Sex Abuse Charges

September 2017

PG&E Crews Find Body in the Forest Near College of the Redwoods

SoHum Man Wanted for Homicide, Considered Armed and Dangerous

(UPDATE) Two ‘Armed and Dangerous’ Men Sought in String of SoHum Marijuana Robberies

Man Attempting to Sell Weed Reportedly Beaten With Firearm, Thrown From Best Western Balcony by Two Robbery Suspects in Garberville

Officers Arrest Two in Fortuna in Possession of AK-47 With High-Capacity Magazine, Freshly Cut Marijuana, After Tracking Down Vehicle From Disnmore Weed Heist

(PHOTOS) Fleeing From Cops, Man Carjacks Woman at Gunpoint at Bayshore Mall; Police Trying to Identify Suspect

Two People Shot in Hoopa Carjacking Sunday Morning; One Man Arrested Following Investigation

One Man Badly Injured in Arcata Church Arson Fire Last Night; Police Seeking Suspect Who Lit Flammable Substance Where Victim Was Sleeping

Six Arrested on Weed Charges After Being Detained by Construction Workers on Highway 36

Sheriff’s Office Rips Out Nearly 12,000 Plants, Finds Enviro Violations Galore in Two-Day Raid

ARCATA POLICE: Internet Rumors Saying That Josiah Lawson’s Friend is Suspected in His Murder are Categorically False, and the Author of These Rumors Knows Nothing

Suspected Hash Lab Explosion West of Willits Blows Hole in Roof of 30,000-Square-Foot Warehouse

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in Gas Station Robbery

Homicide Victim Dumped on Road in Northern Mendocino; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Witnesses

Homeless Man Wanted For SoCal Murder Arrested in SoHum

Someone Snatched a Little Old Lady’s Purse in the Winco Parking Lot Monday; Eureka Police Tracked Down and Arrested a Suspect Today

Inmate May Have Used Sharpened Spork During Humboldt Jail Assault

Another Bike-Aided Escape After Another Eureka (Possibly) Armed Robbery, Says EPD

Man Arrested in SoHum For Myriad Alleged Poor Decisions

String of Eureka Armed Robberies in Which Suspect Escapes on Bike Could Be Related, Says EPD

Parolee Arrested in Garberville on Suspicion of Domestic Violence, Meth Possession

Trinidad Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening His Neighbor With Semi-Automatic Pistol

Suspect in Near-Fatal Briceland Shooting Arrested at South Carolina Airport

Drug Task Force Bust Up Rio Dell/Fortuna Narcotics Network; One Arrested for Possession, Sales, Transportation of Heroin, Meth

August 2017

Allegedly ‘Doped Up’ Felon at Eureka Trailer Park Threatens Cops With a Knife and Gets Arrested

Eureka Man Arrested After Allegedly Driving Through a Fence in Arcata With Loaded Rifle in the Car

Sheriff’s Office Releases Identity of Man Shot Dead in Eureka Friday Night

McKinleyville Man Calls Sheriff’s Office to Report Being Robbed at Gunpoint of 10 Pounds of Processed Weed

Recently Fired Gas Station Employee Allegedly Returns With Kitchen Knife, Steals Cash and Chew

CHP Patrol Officer Chases Down Felony Warrant Suspect Who Fled on Foot Following Stop; Heroin Discovered

Arrest Made in Eureka Burglary a Week After the Fact, After Victim Recovers Surveillance Tape, Files Police Report and Locates the Suspect

UPDATE: EPD Releases More Information on Last Night’s Fatal Shooting on 7th Street

EPD: 75-Year-Old Man Arrested for Murder After Calling Police to Report Fatal Shooting

Two Days of Megaraids in the Petrolia Area — Each Centered on a Limited Liability Company — Yield Over 13,000 Plants, Three Tons of Processed Weed, Numerous Environmental Violations

EPD: Man Dwelling Near Eureka Slough Bridge Throws Rocks at Cars, Attacks Officers, Gets Tased

Sheriff’s Office to SoHum Burglar, Car Thief: We Have You on Video and Your Days of Freedom Are Numbered

Three Arrested in Eureka During Sweep of Suspected Heroin Hub

EPD: Woman Arrested for Burning Down Blue Heron Office Had Prior Disagreement with Property Owner

Inmate Tased After Assaulting Correctional Officers, Two Nurses in Unexplained Attack

Two Pounds of Meth Discovered During Traffic Stop Near Benbow; Two Arrested

Stabbing Behind the Old Town Gazebo

Gov. Jerry Brown Commutes Sentence of Woman Serving 25-to-Life for 2001 Eureka Murder

Sheriff’s Office, CAMP Take Down 8,000 Plants in Two-Day Trespass Grow Operation Near Hoopa, Orleans

Suspect in Sunday’s Fatal Hit-and-Run in Laytonville Surrenders to Police

Public Investigator Working With APD in Josiah Lawson Case

Crescent City Man Wanted After Alleged Assault on Officer

Felony Warrant Suspect Smashes Into McK Residence After Chase; Numerous Charges, Including Possession of Gun and Billy Club, Added to His Sheet

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