Crime

March 2017

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!

Man Arrested in Eureka After Shooting the Sky

Fortuna Police Taser, Arrest Intoxicated Woman for Allegedly Accelerating Car With Missing Tire Into Police Cruiser

Fugitive Trimmer Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler After Sheriffs Find Him Hiding In Vacant Virginia Home

Humboldt’s Most Wanted: Trinity River Edition

Humboldt DA Investigator Named California ‘Investigator of the Year’ For Her Work on Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking Cases

BOLO: Redding Homicide Suspect and Girlfriend Sought by Shasta County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s Office: McKinleyville Man Arrested After Shooting at Family Member and Friend

Man Taken Into Custody After Allegedly Firing at Multiple People in Dow’s Prairie

Two Arrested on Drug Charges as Humboldt Drug Task Force Serves Search Warrants in Fortuna, Hydesville

Drug Task Force Arrests Trigger Fears of Deportation

FORTUNA IS MAD! If You’re the Jerks Who Drove All Over the Grass at Rohner Park Last Night, Know That You WILL Go Down

Hoopa Woman Taken Into Custody After Pointing Rifle at Officer

Loleta Man Arrested in Possession of Stolen Property

(UPDATE) Domestic Dispute: Eureka Man Climbs on Woman’s Car, Strips Naked in the Rain, Gets Cuffed

Police Follow ‘Trail of Marijuana’ After Eureka Man is Shot in the Leg During Early Morning Home Invasion Robbery; Suspects Still At Large

Preliminary Hearing Scheduled for Man Suspected of 2015 Garberville Murder

Eureka Police Find Man Asleep in Stolen Vehicle and, Predictably, Arrest Him

January 2017

At the Last Minute Suspected Murderer Maxx Robison Rejects Plea Deal; Trial Will Move Forward

Man Arrested For Stealing Wiyot Tribe’s Vehicle, Leading Deputies on High-Speed Chase Through Loleta

Convicted Humboldt County Embezzler Jeff Lang Back in Prison, This Time On Charges of Bilking Women He Met on Dating Sites

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two of SoHum’s Most Wanted Fugitives in Three Days

Arcata Police Bust Up Downtown Meth House

Surveillance Video Leads Fortuna Police to Banged-Up Truck of Suspected Rohner Park Vandal

Two… No, Wait… Three Arrested During Drug Task Force Raid in Eureka

Heroin-Loaded Syringe, Loaded AR-15 Found in Sleepy Eureka Man’s Truck

Explosion in Myrtletown Home Sends One Person to the Hospital; Drug Task Force, Fire Department on Scene

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Man in Connection with Last Week’s Avenue of the Giants Shooting

Eureka Police: Two Suspects in Henderson Center Bank Robbery Friday Still at Large

CHP: High Speed Chase in SoHum Ends When Suspect Runs Into a Tree

Armed Robbery at McKinleyville Burger King, Suspect Still at Large

CHP, Sheriff’s Office Quickly Locate Truck Reported Carjacked Near Bear River Casino

Henderson Center Bank Robbed at Gunpoint This Afternoon

Another Arrest Made in 2015 Garberville Killing; Suspect Tracked Down in Florida

Woman Shot in the Leg On Avenue of the Giants; Reports That Assailants Demanded Money, Drugs

Two Arrested in Fortuna after Probation Searches Turn Up Meth, Cocaine

Crescent City Post Office Supervisor Sentenced to Six Years for Stealing Pain Medication

After Helping Bust 1,000 Bad Guys, Arcata K-9 Officer ‘Zari’ Ready to Retire to His Pillow

Jury Convicts Devin Schmidt of 2015 Dog-Killing Arson Incident in Eureka

MENDO SHERIFF: Laytonville Trimmer Murder Suspect Arrested at Mexico Border; Three Suspects Still at Large

Arcata Police Department Names Suspects in Today’s Armed Robbery

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