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Homicide Suspect Arrested in Eureka
LoCO Staff / Oct. 19, 2019, 4:49 p.m. / Crime
… Safety Enhancement Team (CSET), identified the suspect as Connor Whited (22), from Nashville, Tennessee. An arrest warrant was obtained and at approximately 1:00 p.m. today, Whited was located by a member …
Addicted: One Man’s Path to Sobriety After Nearly 30 Years of Struggling With a Heroin Addiction.
Freddy Brewster / Oct. 19, 2019, 9:23 a.m. / Community
… .” NIDA went on to say that 1.7 million Americans struggled with prescription drug abuse in 2017 and 652,000 struggled with a reported heroin use disorder. Overdose and Opioid-related deaths …
Has This Man Offered You a Foot Massage? EPD Seeking People Who May Haver Been Contacted by Recent Sexual Assault Arrestee
LoCO Staff / Oct. 18, 2019, 5 p.m. / Crime
… Has This Man Offered You a Foot Massage? EPD Seeking People Who May Haver Been Contacted by Recent Sexual Assault Arrestee Earlier today the Eureka Police Department arrested 32-year-old David Dues …
Hearing Delay for Man Arrested in Connection with Fatal Humboldt Hill House Collision
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 16, 2019, 3:18 p.m. / Courts
… Hearing Delay for Man Arrested in Connection with Fatal Humboldt Hill House Collision The Oct. 29 preliminary hearing for vehicular manslaughter suspect Ryder Dale Stapp has been …
TODAY in COURT: Trial of Rancher Raymond Christie Set to Start Later This Month; Torture, Murder Suspect Declines to Show for Hearing
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 15, 2019, 12:34 p.m. / Courts
… , was arrested in March 2018 after numerous law enforcement agencies served warrants at his Arcata Bottoms ranch and several other properties he owns or leases in Humboldt County. Hundreds of rotting cow carcasses …
MONDAYS WITH MICHAELE: Cops! Donuts! What Could Go Wrong?
LoCO Staff / Oct. 14, 2019, 5:39 a.m. / Mondays With Michaele
… ;Coffee With the Captains” at Happy Donuts. Will the exuberance with which she attacks each day lead to her arrest? Let's watch.# # #Perhaps You’d Like to Explore Previous Mondays With Michaele …
California Just Added 15 Tough New Gun Laws — So Why Do Local Police Keep Turning to the Feds?
Barbara Harvey / Oct. 11, 2019, 3:21 p.m. / Sacramento
… , being a felon in possession of a firearm. That was the first gun arrest. This time, police in the Fresno County town of Selma suspected Adkins was involved in an attempted homicide, and contacted the U …
Josiah Lawson Documentary Set to Air on Los Angeles Television Later This Month
Freddy Brewster / Oct. 11, 2019, 7:10 a.m. / Community
… arrested on suspicion of the murder weeks after the incident. Zoellner’s case was dismissed by Superior Court Judge Dale Reinholtsen because prosecutors failed to present evidence sufficient enough …
Did Convicted Murderer Zach Harrison Actually Intend to Kill Someone Else?
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 10, 2019, 1:39 p.m. / Courts
… -mail. Harrison, under interrogation after his arrest in June 2018, “gave statements that could reasonably be inferred as a reason for wanting to kill either Mr. Holtsclaw or Mr. Hennings or both,” Kamada said …
One-Time Fugitive Zach Harrison Found Guilty of Murder
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 9, 2019, 4:38 p.m. / Courts
… Hum As It Continues Its Hunt For Armed and Dangerous Murder SuspectSheriff’s Office Gently Reminds Public That Anyone Assisting At-Large SoHum Murder Suspect is Subject to ArrestSoHum Murder Suspect Zach Harrison …
Suspected Heroin Dealer Nabbed in Garberville
LoCO Staff / Oct. 8, 2019, 10 a.m. / Crime
… of Phillilpsville, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Deputies arrested Washburn on the warrant.During a post-arrest search of Washburn, deputies located a digital scale and 15 individually wrapped bags …
HARRISON TRIAL: As Proceedings Wrap Up, Defense Attorney in SoHum Murder Case Says Suspect Ran From Law Because He Was Scared of Being Falsely Accused
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 8, 2019, 7:38 a.m. / Courts
… license plate for a California plate. The store owner said the license plate looked “altered.”It would be more than eight months before Harrison was finally arrested in the Walmart parking lot in Eureka …
Harrison Claims Victim in Murder Trial Had Raped Him, But He Denies Pulling the Trigger
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 5, 2019, 6:45 a.m. / Courts
… Hum As It Continues Its Hunt For Armed and Dangerous Murder SuspectSheriff’s Office Gently Reminds Public That Anyone Assisting At-Large SoHum Murder Suspect is Subject to ArrestSoHum Murder Suspect Zach Harrison …
Film Chronicles Yurok Man’s Activism From the Wounded Knee Uprising to Standing Rock
Jessica Cejnar Andrews / Oct. 4, 2019, 4:48 p.m. / Community , Tribes
… uprising was like. Because the government had blocked the press from entering the area to cover it, McKiernan said he had to sneak in.“I was arrested and charged with two felonies,” he said. “Though …
Woman Robs Gas Station With Roadway Marker, Gets Arrested After Being Pepper Sprayed, EPD Says
LoCO Staff / Oct. 4, 2019, 4:26 p.m. / Crime
… Woman Robs Gas Station With Roadway Marker, Gets Arrested After Being Pepper Sprayed, EPD Says Press release from the Eureka Police Department:On 10-03-2019 at 9:50 pm, officers of the Eureka Police …
District Attorney Asks Community to Help Find Rico’s Tacos Owner Wanted on Drug Charges
LoCO Staff / Oct. 4, 2019, 3:16 p.m. / Crime
… law enforcement agency immediately.# # #PREVIOUSLYArcata Business Owner Arrested in ‘One of the Largest Cocaine Seizures in Recent County History’Deputy DA Questions Whether Ricos Tacos Owner Used Drug …
Young Man Crashes Stolen Dodge Neon into Parked Boat, Eureka Police Say
Ryan Burns / Oct. 4, 2019, 2:32 p.m. / Crime
… the 1400 block of Union, near the nonprofit Food For People. Witnesses say he was traveling west on the 500 block of West Sonoma Street at a high rate of speed when he hit the boat around 1:45 p …
McKinleyville Stabbing Suspect Posts Bail, Released From Jail
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 4, 2019, 11:40 a.m. / Courts
… lowered his bail from $1 million to $135,000. According to Humboldt County Correctional Facility records, the 40-year-old Leiteritz was released at 4:20 p.m. Thursday. During …
16-year-old Eureka Boy Gets 10 Years for Cemetery Stabbing Death
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 4, 2019, 11:04 a.m. / Courts
… — vehicles Craft was “nesting in.”The judge said Craft has probably attended more school since he was arrested than he ever had before.“Kids have an opportunity to change and they can change,” Wilson said …
‘This is the Only Time in 35 Years That I’ve Seen This Ammunition,’ Forensic Pathologist Testifies in Harrison Trial
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 3, 2019, 2:34 p.m. / Courts
… ’s Office Searches for ‘Possibly Naked’ Murder Suspect in AlderpointSheriff’s Office Gently Reminds Public That Anyone Assisting At-Large SoHum Murder Suspect is Subject to ArrestThree Arrested During …
Bail Reduced For McKinleyville Man Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 3, 2019, 11:50 a.m. / Courts
… Bail Reduced For McKinleyville Man Charged With Voluntary Manslaughter Bail for stabbing suspect Brian John Leiteritz Jr. was lowered today from $1 million to $135,000. Brian …
‘Basic Income’ Experiment Offers Stockton Residents a Glimpse of the California Dream
Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio / Oct. 3, 2019, 11:13 a.m. / Sacramento
… been bubbling up in national politics, with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang promising $1,000 a month to every American regardless of income level, and Kamala Harris, a U.S. senator from …
TODAY in COURT: Cop Who Nabbed Fugitive Murder Suspect Zach Harrison After Nine Months on the Run Recalls the Strangely Placid Arrest
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 2, 2019, 4:29 p.m. / Courts
… TODAY in COURT: Cop Who Nabbed Fugitive Murder Suspect Zach Harrison After Nine Months on the Run Recalls the Strangely Placid Arrest After nine months of sometimes-harrowing escapes in the wilds …
Eureka Man Arrested for Alleged Machete-Aided Bicycle Theft
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2019, 3:33 p.m. / Crime
… Eureka Man Arrested for Alleged Machete-Aided Bicycle Theft Eureka Police Department press release: On 10-2-2019 at about 9:40 am, officers of the Eureka Police …
Eureka Police Recognize Wanted Man on a Bike; Search Reveals Meth, Sawed-Off Shotgun, EPD says
LoCO Staff / Oct. 2, 2019, 9:54 a.m. / Crime
… :On October 1, 2019, at about 7:15 a.m., an officer with the Eureka Police Department was patrolling the parking lot at the 800 block of West Harris Street when he recognized a male felony warrant suspect …
Sentencing for McKinleyville Man Convicted of Attempted Murder Postponed Again; Defense Seeks New Trial
Rhonda Parker / Oct. 1, 2019, 1:37 p.m. / Courts
… motion for new trial by Oct. 28.PREVIOUSLY: Man Treated for Injuries Before Being Arrested for Throat Slashing in McKinleyvilleMcKinleyville Man Accused of Slashing Girlfriend’s Father’s Throat …
Woman Arrested for Attempted Murder After Allegedly Attempting to Run Over Deputies at Herrick Avenue Park and Ride
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2019, 5:47 p.m. / Crime
… )(1) - Assault with a Deadly Weapon PC 148(a)(1) - Resisting Arrest PC 496d(a) - Possession of a Stolen Vehicle VC 2800.1 - Evading a Peace Officer VC 23152(a) - Driving Under the Influence VC 14601.1(a …
Armed Domestic Violence Suspect Flees From Police; Two Officers Sustain Minor Injuries During Arrest, EPD Says
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2019, 4:43 p.m. / Crime
… Armed Domestic Violence Suspect Flees From Police; Two Officers Sustain Minor Injuries During Arrest, EPD Says From the Eureka Police Department:On September 26, 2019 at about 2:30 pm, Officers …
Police Believe They’ve Recovered Vehicle Used in Rio Dell Shooting Homicide; Person of Interest Named
LoCO Staff / Sept. 25, 2019, 1 p.m. / Crime
… . This technology has been referred to various third parties for analysis.It is believed that when the results of these warrants are received, there will be enough evidence to seek an arrest warrant for the shooter …
(VIDEO) Spike Strip Used to Capture Driver Fleeing Authorities on Highway 299 in Stolen Truck
John Ross Ferrara / Sept. 25, 2019, 10:30 a.m. / Crime
… (VIDEO) Spike Strip Used to Capture Driver Fleeing Authorities on Highway 299 in Stolen Truck Video of the chase provided by a reader.A 39-year-old man from New York was arrested after leading …