Crime

July 2017

18-Year-Old Eurekan Detained by Neighbors After Attempting to Steal Truck, Crashing Into Parked Vehicle

BOLO: Suspected Shooter Armed With AK-47 Last Seen Fleeing Cave Junction in Unknown Direction

June 2017

Eureka Man Arrested in Connection with Gas Station Robbery

Pine Hill Man Arrested With Heroin, Scale, Guns, ‘Pay-and-Owe Sheets,’ Drug Task Force Says

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Sheriff’s Office Launches Investigation of Sheriff’s Office’s Practice of Selling Dead People’s Stuff to Sheriff’s Office Employees

Eureka Probation Stop Yields Heroin For Sale, Weed, Meth and One Re-Arrested Probationer, Cops Say

Pit Bull Recovering After Being Found in Fieldbrook with Gunshot Wounds

Eureka Man Arrested for Attempted Murder After Shooting on Wabash Earlier This Week

Sheriff’s Office Runs Down ‘Two-Week Crime Spree’ Believed to be Perpetrated by James Pawlyk, Yesterday’s High-Profile Arrestee

Person of Interest in ‘Week-Long Crime Spree’ Taken Into Custody After Manic Day of Law Enforcement Tracking; Man Arrested for Assault With Deadly Weapon and Vandalism, With More Charges Likely

Man Suffers Gunshot Wound on Union Street Outside of Eureka Last Night; Sheriff’s Office Still Investigating

Wanted Felon in Possession of a Loaded Handgun Gets Tased, Arrested After Foot Chase With EPD Officers

Attempted Eureka Home Burglary Results in Two Arrests, Says Sheriff’s Office

Grandmother Arrested After Leaving Two-Year-Old Inside Hot Car in Casino Parking Lot While She Gambled

Ferndale Mother Arrested For Attempted Homicide After ‘Trying to Remove the Demons’ from Her 11-Year-Old Child

Eureka Police Name Suspect in This Morning’s Assault on Cop, Book Him On Plethora of Felony Warrants and New Charges

Three Arrested in Eureka After Raid of Suspected Heroin House

Wanted Suspect Who Fled From Stolen Vehicle in April Arrested in Scotia for Carrying Loaded Firearm

(UPDATES) Eureka Police Investigating Shooting and Attempted Assault on an Officer in Midtown Eureka; Crimes Took Place Blocks Away From Each Other; Still Unknown Whether They Are Related

Eight Arrested in Fortuna After Mass Probation Department Compliance Sweep

Happy Camp Bank Robbed by Armed Man in a Boonie Hat, Suspect Still at Large

Sheriff’s Deputy Physically Subdues Wanted Warrant Suspect After Tussle

Sheriff’s Office Looking for Two Men Suspected of Assaulting 43-Year-Old in Arcata, Sending Him to the Hospital

For Second Time in Two Weeks, EPD’s POP Unit Busts 65-Year-Old Suspected of Dealing Drugs to Homeless Out of Squires-Owned ‘Heroin Hilton’

ARCATA POLICE: Today’s Shooting in the Windsong Neighborhood Appears to be Work of Burglar Surprised in the Act

Arcata Police Investigate Shooting in Windsong Village; One Victim Suffers Non-Life-Threatening Injuries; Suspect Still at Large

Arcata Calls in Outside Investigators, Approves $21K Reward for Info Leading to Conviction of Lawson Killer

Three Arrested in Drug Sales Bust at Fortuna Motel; Suspects Nabbed in the Act of Re-Upping Stash, Drug Task Force Says

Eureka Man Arrested After Shooting Victim with Rice Krispies®-Loaded Ammunition

(UPDATE) Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Victim at Benbow’s Summer Arts Festival

Citizen Tip Leads CHP Officers to Suspect in SoHum Car Theft, Shooting

Local Substitute Teacher Arrested For Multiple Alleged Lewd Acts with a Child

Fortuna Man Arrested in Possession of Heroin, Meth for Sale, Says Drug Task Force

CHP is Looking for an Armed, Dangerous and Possibly Delusional Car Thief

Hoopa Woman Arrested After Receiving Pound of Meth Through the Mail

GOOD BOY! Humboldt Sheriff’s K9 Sniffs Out Some Heroin and Chew Suspected to Have Been Strategically Left at a Inmate Crew Worksite

Heroin-Toting Eureka Man Arrested in Old Town After Being Spotted Smoking Meth by Plainclothes EPD Detective

May 2017

Stolen 4Runner Spotted in Eureka Walmart Parking Lot; Arrest Made a Few Hours Later

Leigl Plea Deal Appears to Fall Apart; Eureka Man Will Likely Stand Trial For Accessory to Murder of 14-Year-Old Boy

Latest in Long Line of Robbers of the Alliance Road 76 Station Believed to Have Made Getaway in Truck Toting Appliance

Here is Your Latest ‘Southern Humboldt Most Wanted’ Poster

20 Lbs. of Weed Reportedly Stolen From Northern Mendo Man’s Shed; Sheriff’s Office Seeking Four Possibly Rifle-Toting Suspects

24-Year-Old Hoopa Woman Arrested in Connection With Yesterday’s Vehicular Assault Near K’ima:w Medical Center

Pine Hill Woman Arrested for Assault After Allegedly Stabbing Significant Other With Kitchen Knife

Deputies Locate Shelter Cove Vacation Home Burglary Suspect, Who is Taken Into Custody After Short Chase

SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Be on the Lookout For These Suspects in a Home Invasion Weed Robbery That Happened Near Redway Four Days Ago

One Arrested by Drug Task Force During Heroin Raid in Fortuna

A Good Samaritan Disrupted an Armed Robbery Attempt in Hoopa, But the Suspect Managed to Get Away

Eureka Police Assure the Internet That They Are Investigating the Assault of a Zane Student, a Video of Which Lit Up Facebook Over the Weekend

SoHum CHP Seeking Man Who Fled Arrest, Crashed, Was Tased, Then Ran Off Into the Woods on Shelter Cove Road Yesterday

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