Crime

April 2023

Motorcycle Chase Near Hoopa Results in Meth Arrest and Also the Discovery That the Motorcycle Was Stolen, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Arrested for Fentanyl, Illegal Guns Following Vehicle Investigation on Little Fairfield, Sheriff’s Office Says

Man Asleep Behind the Wheel While Parked in Blue Lake Intersection Discovered With Drugs, Pepper Spray, Burglary Tools, Sheriff’s Office Says

Two Men Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide on Newburg Road, Fortuna Police Say

Huge Drug Task Force Sweep in Hoopa and Willow Creek Yesterday Results in Five Arrests

Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Arrested, Charged With Brandishing Weapon at His Estranged Wife and Her Boyfriend

Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on Harris Street Incident, With Clear Photos of the Suspects and Weapons Recovered

(LIVE) Sheriff’s Office Press Conference About Yesterday’s Police Shooting on Harris Avenue

Victim’s Dog Allegedly Foils Home Invasion Robbery in McK Last Night; Two Suspects Wanted, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Office Seeks Two Suspects in Late-Night Armed Robbery on the Samoa Peninsula

Sweep of Local People on the Sex Offender List Finds About 10 Percent Out of Compliance, Sheriff’s Office Says

Sheriff’s Office By the Numbers: County’s Law Enforcement Arm Releases its 2022 Annual Report, With Scads of Charts and Graphs About Every Aspect of its Operations

Convicted Felon Arrested With Meth and Loaded Gun Following Late-Night Highway 36 Traffic Stop, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Tasks Force Arrests One, Uncovers Three Ounces of Fentanyl During Search of Eureka Residence

Old, Live Military Grade Shell Found on Centerville Beach by People Who Gone Out a’ Metal-Detecting; Bomb Squad Renders Device Safe

Eureka Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Fentanyl; Two Arrested

Hoopa Traffic Stop Yields Quantities of Meth; One Arrested

On the Sixth Anniversary of the Death of David Josiah Lawson, Arcata Police Once Again Ask Witnesses at the Party to Come Forward

Family Members ‘Blindsided’ Following the Early Release of Local Man Charged with Fatal Humboldt Hill Collision

McKinleyville Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murder After Shooting, Killing Former Partner, Sheriff’s Office Says

(CONTENT WARNING) Rio Dell Police Find Emaciated Dogs Abandoned on the River Bar, Ask Residents Not to Do Such Things

A Loleta Man Accused of Striking Victims With Vehicle After Doing Donuts In Front of Them Following an Argument Was Later Arrested in Fortuna, Sheriff’s Office Says

Huge Drug/Gun Bust on Eureka’s McCullens Avenue, Says Drug Task Force

Explosive Devices and Bomb-Making Materials Found — Along With Drugs and Guns — at Bayside Residence, Sheriff’s Office Says; Two Arrested

March 2023

Briceland Man Arrested Today on Charges on Producing Child Pornography, Sexual Assault on Child Under 10

Correctional Deputies Allegedly Find 17 Grams of Fentanyl On Inmate Being Booked Into County Jail

Sheriff’s Office Makes Arrest in 2018 Dinsmore Homicide

Sheriff’s Office Ask for Public’s Help Seeking Out Missing McKinleyville Man

Local Woman Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting an 18-Year-Old With a Steel Bar in Front of a Small Child, Sheriff’s Office Says

After More Than a Week, Sheriff’s Office Finally Locates Man Said to Have Fallen Off Steep Cliff to His Death Near Redway; Investigation of the Case Ongoing

(PHOTOS) Sno-Cat, Weed Company Bulldozer Deployed to Find Two Panther Gap Road Residents Snowed in But Alive and Well in Their Own Home, Sheriff”s Office Says

Multi-Agency SWAT Team Arrests Attempted-Murder Suspect Clayton Miller in Eureka

Fortuna Police Conduct Old-Fashioned Weed Bust Downtown; 100 Pounds, Plus Money, Guns and Shrooms, Confiscated; One Arrested

Deputies Seeking Suspects in McKinleyville Home Invasion Robbery Tuesday Night, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Task Force Arrests Two After ‘Months-Long’ Investigation Into Trafficking at Downtown Eureka Building

Sheriff Declares Local State of Emergency in Response to Winter Storms

Probation Search on Warren Creek Road Yields Cornucopia of Illicit Items and Substances, Sheriff’s Office Says

(VIDEO) Sheriff’s Office, Coast Guard, Calfire Team Up to Deliver Hay to Snowed-In Cows

Eureka Police Arrest Suspect in Yesterday Morning’s Fatal Hit-and-Run

Sheriff’s Office Solves Mysterious 25-Year-Old Case, Finally Identifies Human Remains Found in the Eel River Near Cock Robin Island Through DNA Technology

Habitat for Humanity is Coming to Help Repair Earthquake-Damaged Homes, Says Office of Emergency Services

Responding to a Family Disturbance, Drug Task Force Seizes Suspected Fentanyl and Stolen Firearm

February 2023

Suspect in Forcible Carjacking Arrested in Fortuna

Suspect Arrested for Assault in Whitethorn Which Caused ‘Extensive Injuries’ to Acquaintance

ATTEMPTED MURDER INVESTIGATION: Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect They Say Shot at a Man Exiting His Home

18-Year-Old Arrested in McKinleyville for Allegedly Driving a Stolen Vehicle

Fieldbrook Burglary Suspects Arrested After Traffic Stop

Drug Task Force Arrests Man, Seizes Weapons and Two Pounds of Meth From Eureka Residence

Arcata Man Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting and Threatening to Kill Roommate

Man Wanted on Multiple Warrants Arrested on Woodley Island Following a Traffic Stop; Meth, Fentanyl Found, Sheriff’s Office Says

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