Crime

April 2017

Attempted Murder Suspect Robert Stepp Arrested at Same Location Where Victim Was Beaten With Hammer

Attempted Murder Suspect Still at Large After Beating Man With Hammer, Fleeing Into Garberville Woods

Yee-Haw, DUI Driver Catches Air in Front of Pacific Motorsports

Alliance Road Gas Station Robbed Early This Morning; Arcata Police Seeking Suspect

Man Convicted For Making Criminal Threats, Assault and Battery After 2016 Incident in Arcata’s Redwood Park

Sheriff’s Office: Heroin Sales Operation Discovered in House With Small Children

(UPDATES) SHOOTING IN RIO DELL: Two People Reported Shot at Caltrans Facility on Eeloa Drive This Morning; Numerous Law Enforcement Agencies Investigating

Robber Holds Up McKinleyville 76 Station With Can of Bear Mace, Makes Getaway On a Customer’s Bike

United by Tragedy, HSU Community Celebrates the Life and Mourns the Death of David Josiah Lawson

Wanted Felon Flees from EPD After Being Spotted Near Downtown

Manila Murder Suspect’s Case Suspended While Psychiatrist Determines if He is Mentally Fit Enough for Trial

‘He Was the One’: Josiah Lawson, Humboldt State Student and President of Brothers United, Remembered at Campus Prayer Service

Santa Rosa Man Sought for Attempted Murder at Weed Grow on Round Valley Tribal Land, Mendo Sheriff’s Office Says

Arcata Police Receive Anonymous Email Detailing Specifics of Arcata Homicide, Beg Author to Come Forward; Suspect Officially Named

Arcata Police Seeking Witnesses to HSU Student’s Stabbing Death

Jail Records Reveal Name of Suspect in Fatal Arcata Stabbing

Three Arrested After Myers Flat Man is Shot Trying to Flee Possible Home Invasion, Says Sheriff’s Office

Two Suspected Burglars Taken Into Custody, Another Still at Large After Early-Morning Car Chase in Eureka

APD: McKinleyville Resident Arrested in Connection to Stabbing Death of HSU Teen

President Rossbacher Addresses Fatal Stabbing of HSU Student: ‘This Tragedy is Heartbreaking for All of Us’

(UPDATE) HSU Student Fatally Stabbed in Arcata

18-Year-Old Suspect Who Evaded Law Enforcement in Fortuna Today Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’

22-Year-Old Fortuna Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing 5-Year-Old Girl

Eureka Police Stalk, Pounce Upon and Arrest Hoopa Man Wanted for Assaulting, Threatening to Kill Ex-Wife

(UPDATES) Standoff in Fortuna: SWAT Team Staged On Kenmar Road After Driver of Stolen Car Flees Into Home

(UPDATE) Who Steals a Pink, Breast Cancer Awareness-Promoting Tow Truck?

ONE LAW AT A TIME: Petaluma Man Arrested in Downtown Garberville For Driving Without a License, Carrying 23 Pounds in the Back Seat

BOLO: Laytonville Man Shot in His Home by Armed Robbers Seeking Marijuana, Says Sheriff’s Office; $7k Stolen; Suspects At Large

(PHOTO) D’oh! Credit Card Stolen From Eureka Home Used in Blue Lake Gas Station; Sheriff’s Office Requests Your Eyeballs

Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Wanted Felon After Finding Him Asleep in a Poorly Parked Car With a Loaded Gun in His Waistband

One Arrested After Eureka Police Locate Stolen Car With Security Tracking Device

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

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