The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department is searching for three vehicles involved in an armed robbery at a reportedly legal cannabis farm near Blocksburg, where one person was shot in the hand.
“We got called at 4:40 [this morning,]” Lt. Mike Fridley said. “There were five to seven armed subjects all wearing black with black masks… They pistol-whipped everybody. … Shot one in the hand.”
Fridley said the suspects took an undetermined amount of marijuana and other items before fleeing the scene in three trucks. The vehicles were last seen traveling westbound on Alderpoint Road passing Tooby Ranch Road about 5 a.m., according to a witness.
Fridley wants everyone to know that the suspects fled in a small white U-haul truck, a white Ford F250 towing a white enclosed box trailer and a yellow Penske truck.
“If anyone sees these vehicles, call 911,” he asked.
A Blocksburg resident who wished to remain anonymous said she awoke at about 4:15 a.m. to banging at her door and someone yelling for help.
“I wasn’t going to answer the door,” she said. “I thought I was getting a home invasion.”
Through the glass of her kitchen door she could see two men but didn’t recognize either of them. She said one was bleeding from the top of his head and she could see he had cut zip ties still hanging from his ankles.
“One guy was yelling, ‘Call 911!’ He was telling me, ‘Please call 911. We just had a home invasion,’” she said.
Once she had emergency dispatch on the phone with her, she opened the door and let the men talk to the dispatcher.
“When the guy spoke to the dispatcher, he was shaken up,” she said. But she was able to get the gist of it. According to her, he told the dispatcher that five men kicked down the door with AK-47s, fired a few rounds and said, ‘Give me all your money and your marijuana.’”
She said the men said that the home invaders “fired a few shots, like to scare ’em… One guy that hit him in the head with the butt of the gun and said, “You have kids? You better cooperate if you want to live for your kids.”
According to the woman, the men told the dispatcher they had a legal farm. “They talked for a few minutes and then said they were headed back to their residence.”
The woman hopes that people are on the lookout for the criminals.
“I want to make sure these ripoffs get caught,” she said.
This article appears in The Media Literacy Issue 2019.
More than likely it was the Humboldt County sheriff’s department that robbed them they’re the biggest criminal gang in Humboldt….
All lies jose DeAngulo mike Soave Phil Hawkins not local robbers murderers stilling robbing old couple who owns ranch 75 years old elder abuse ? These people are not from California Jose is not even from the US just a kidnapping armed gun toting Colombian run him out of Humboldt out of California look up his arrest record on Google and a rapist dont believe me look it up on the web Jose Guillermo DeAngulo 36 years old rapist from Florida via CubaExtensive weapons and drug history as a robber
Where are the feds ? Irs? Dea? Protecting owners of old homestead? Local natives ? Not take over renters Threatening all people that they will lose property because of all their federal crimes and money laundering kidnapping etc. its legal now where are the police the feds the state
Call the DA the DTF ? Get a grip do a little work these peopl robbed Tommy Harwood at gunpoint 15 Cubans with Jose DeAngulo in the lead ? At robbery ? All recorded ? Text an email? Him with mike Soave and Phil Hawkins ? Turn them into prison ? If seen call the dtf and da and feds!
Kyle kemp would not post ? Why?
The fake news of a bright yellow truck and a orange u haul and white trailer were consistent with same sad story last year ( all the weed was stolen ) not sold interstate ( no state permit weed cannot be sold ? ) do the math u Geniuses out there can you imagine a bright yellow or bright pumpkin orange truck making it one hour down Alder point Road let alone on 101 like trucks can fly you know and I can teleport