Crime

April 2017

Arcata Police Arrest Two Masked Florida Men After Alleged Altercation; Mac 10 Pistol Recovered

(UPDATED: Suspects Detained) Police Respond to Reports of Armed Men Running Through Arcata Neighborhood

Humboldt County Inmate Hospitalized After Attempting Suicide by Jumping Off Staircase

Police Searching West End Road Area With Helicopters, Dogs for Man Who Fled From Reported Collision, Fight

Oregon Bank Robbery Suspects Nabbed in Fortuna, Thanks to Citizen Tip

Arcata Police K9 Unit Sniffs Out Plaza Hammer Assault Suspect Hiding Under House; Eureka Man Arrested for Attempted Murder

March 2017

Three Mexican Citizens Arrested, More Than a Pound of Tar Heroin Seized After Traffic Stop by EPD’s POP Unit

Driver in Last Week’s Fatal Crash in Westhaven Released on Bail

Man Stabbed to Death in Alderpoint; Assailant Says Boyfriend Had Been Beating Her, According to Sheriff’s Office

Two Arrested for Possession of Stolen Property, Drugs After Fortuna High School is Burglarized Via Roof Access

Victim in Yesterday’s Fatal Crash Near Moonstone Identified as 25-Year-Old Orick Man; Driver Arrested for DUI

Firearm Safety: The Eureka Police Department Wants to Trade Gift Cards for Your Guns Today and Tomorrow

HEY, SERIAL SHOPLIFTERS! The Eureka Police Department Has a New Plan to Keep You in Jail Longer

Man in Ski Mask Holds Up Alliance Road Gas Station; Police Seeking Small, Blond Suspect

(UPDATE: NABBED) EPD Would Like Your Help in Locating This Armed Robbery Suspect

DA Charges Murderer in Klamath Shooting; Three Associates, Including Eureka Woman, Charged With Accessory to Murder

Klamath Stabbing Victim Was Killed Because of His Race, Says District Attorney

Eureka Man Flees From Cops, Despite Being ‘Held’ at Gunpoint — But to No Avail

Four Arrested in Humboldt After Early Morning Shooting in Klamath Leaves Woman Dead

Del Norte Sheriff’s Office IDs Homicide Suspect Arrested in Fatal Klamath Glen Stabbing; Second Victim Taken to Emergency Room

DTF: Three Bakersfieldians Arrested in SoHum in Possession of $14k-Worth of Suspected Meth

Five Arrested After DTF Agents Raid Motel on Fortuna’s Main Street; Meth, Heroin, Firearms Discovered

Fortuna Man Gets 28 Years to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting His Daughter Over a Five-Year Period

Humboldt County Couple Arrested in Oakland After Allegedly Using Stolen Pickup to Ram Police Car

Fortuna Police Discover Firearms, Nunchaku, Brass Knucks, Meth During Traffic Stop; Driver Arrested

Someone is Shooting at Cars on Highway 101 in Fortuna with a BB Gun, Says CHP

Two Arrested After Drug Task Force Raid in Rio Dell Uncovers Meth, Heroin, Firearms

Thirteen Vehicles Burgled Overnight in One McKinleyville Neighborhood

Mendo County Sheriff’s Office Nabs Seventh and Final Suspect Tied to Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler

APD: Two Arrested in Downtown Arcata After Fleeing from Police, Crashing Vehicle Into Fence, Fleeing Some More on Foot, Chucking a Loaded Handgun

EPD SAYS: It Was a Wild Year in Armed Robberies of Banks and Businesses, But We Solved Almost All of ‘Em

‘Long-Barrel Bandit’ Case Set For August Trial; Suspect in Ten Armed Robberies Could Face Decades in Prison

(UPDATED) Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Vehicles, Kills Pedestrian on Eureka’s Fourth Street; Driver Tracked Down a Few Blocks Away

(PHOTO) Armed Robbery at Fortuna Chevron; Seems Unlikely, But Can You Identify This Ski-Masked Suspect?

New York City Homicide Suspect Visits Alleged ‘Grow’ House in Eureka and is Arrested EPD

Distraught Hoopa Man Carrying Firearm Disarmed by Family Members, Later Arrested by Sheriff’s Deputies

Someone is Just Smashing Out Car Windows in Cutten

BOLO: Masked Pair Rob Fortuna Business at Gunpoint; FPD Names Suspects

Two Detained as Drug Task Force Searches Home on Eureka’s Sixth Street

Skull-Masked Burglary Suspect Nabbed in Old Town After Attempts to Spray Paint Security Cameras

Petrolia Woman Stabbed in Eureka Early this Morning; EPD Searching for Suspect

(UPDATE) Can You Identify These Garberville Assault, Theft Suspects?

Illegally Armed Criminal Encounters on the Rise in Eureka, Says EPD; Project S.A.F.E., Gun Buy-Back Program Announced

Shelter Cove-Based Fugitive Nabbed While Allegedly Stealing Utility Services; Foot-Flee From Deputies Unsuccessful

February 2017

SoHum Deputy Spots Stolen Shoes, Tracks Them to a Hefty Cache of Burgled Goods at a Room in the Lone Pine

South Lake Tahoe PD Arrests One of Two Remaining Fugitive Trimmers Wanted for the Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler

Sheriff’s Office Recaps Today’s King Salmon Manhunt: Two Men Arrested, One Held Without Bail

Manhunt in King Salmon After Two Men Reportedly Fire on a Group of Children, Flee Arrest

Willow Creek Tipster Dimes Out One of ‘Humboldt’s Most Wanted’; Cops Take Two Into Custody at East County Motel

More and More People are Stealing More and More Cars in Humboldt, Says Sheriff’s Office — And Thieves Really Like Hondas and Toyotas!

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