Crime

February 2017

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

Missing Eel River Conservation Camp Inmate Nabbed in Orland

Two Arrested After Armed Robbery on Arcata’s Alliance Road

BE ON THE LOOKOUT: Convicted Felon Disappears From Eel River Conservation Camp Overnight

Warrant Issued in Oregon for Arcata Man Accused of Punching Youth Basketball Player

Humboldt Burglars $5,000 Richer This Weekend After Ransoming Six-Year-Old Boy’s Ashes to His Bereaved Parents

Two Men Rob Eureka Subway and Remain At Large, Says Sheriff’s Office

Shady Overseas Operators May Be Trying to Pull Real Estate Scams in Humboldt, District Attorney Warns

Armed Robbery at C & V Market; Suspect Still At Large

Woman Admits to Hayfork Killing, Says Sheriff’s Office

CHP Seeks Toyota Prius in Connection to Last Week’s Fatal Hit-and-Run

56-Year-Old Man Arrested for Molesting Child at McKinleyville Business, Sheriff’s Office Says

CHP Seeks Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect in Last Week’s Fatal Hit-and-Run Collision

Sheriff’s Office Seeking Hoopa Man Who is Said to Have Imprisoned, Assaulted and Threatened to Kill Ex-Wife

Eureka Burglary Victim Sees His Stolen Property on Craigslist… Aaand Then Guess What Happened

Eureka Police Track Down, Arrest Man Who Delivered Today’s ‘Mass Shooting’ Threat

Man Robbed, Assaulted Underneath the Samoa Bridge; Three Sought in Theft of Victim’s Clothes and Cell Phone

Eureka Takes More Legal Action Against Slumlord Floyd Squires

‘People Are Scared’: DA Maggie Fleming on the State of Crime and Punishment in Humboldt County

December 2016

(VIDEO) Someone Tried to Smash In the Window of Ramone’s on Harrison Last Night, and the Sheriff’s Office Doesn’t Know Who It Was


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