A 29-year-old Arcata man is facing life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder and two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon involving two different incidents in which he approached strangers outside of local bars. The verdict was reached yesterday after a months-long trial, according to the Humboldt […]
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Homicide Victim Identified as Trinidad Man
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died Wednesday after being dropped off at the Elk Camp Fire station near Orick with a gunshot wound as Benjamin Scott Thomas, 40, of Trinidad. Thomas was reportedly driven to the station around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, and left there by “multiple unknown […]
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Jury Classifies Scott Eden a Sexually Violent Predator
Today a Humboldt County jury classified Scott Dean Eden, who spent time in and out of prison for two different sexually motivated crimes, as a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. According to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s press release, in 1990 Eden was found guilty of abducting a woman from a […]
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Sheriff’s Office Fielding Rash of Illegal Target Shooting Reports on the Eel
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents that target shooting on the Eel River bar near Fernbridge is illegal under county code after fielding a rash of reports about shooting activity in the area with the potential to harm people and livestock. Back in July of 2018, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors passed […]
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Rio Dell Man Suspected of Child Sexual Assault Arrested, Police Ask Other Possible Victims to Come Forward
The Rio Dell Police Department found photographs of girls and women at the residence of a man arrested this week on suspicion of child molestation and rape of a minor and is asking potential victims or anyone with information to come forward. Daniel Lloyd Sanchez, 43, was arrested on May 17. “We are hoping that […]
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Bear River Triple Murder Suspect Returned to Humboldt
The Loleta resident accused in the triple murder of a family at a home on the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria Reservation has been returned to Humboldt County more than three months after being arrested in Utah. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office states in a social media post that Mauricio Johnson, 19, arrived […]
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Man Found Guilty in Skateboard Attack Death of Good Samaritan
A Humboldt County jury today found a man guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Bernhard “Ben” Bertain, who died on Christmas in 2018, three days after interceding in an altercation at the Burre Center in Eureka. Bertain, 58, was struck several times with a skateboard by Jason Ryan Barnes, now 48, while coming […]
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UPDATE: Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder, One of the Boys Stabbed Flown Out of the Area
UPDATE: One of the two boys stabbed today has been flown out of the area for treatment and the 29-year-old woman suspected of inflicting the injuries has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, assault and other charges. According to an update from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, the boys are in stable condition and […]
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Man Fatally Stabbed in Arcata Identified
The Arcata Police Department identified the man fatally stabbed during an early morning fight Sunday as Eureka resident Luis Enrique Pinel Zelaya. The 29 year old was killed during an incident that began outside of the Arcata Theater Lounge when he reportedly confronted another man that he had a “beef” with and stabbed him, Arcata […]
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Man Fatally Stabbed in Chaotic Arcata Fight
Arcata police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at about 1:20 this morning. Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn said the incident began outside the Arcata Theater Lounge on G Street when a man confronted another man he’d had a “beef” with and stabbed him. The fight moved into the 600 block of 10th Street […]
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APD Renews Call for Witnesses as Fourth Anniversary of Lawson’s Death Approaches
As the fourth anniversary of his death approaches, the Arcata Police Department is once again calling on witnesses to step forward in the April 15, 2017, stabbing of Humboldt State University sophomore David Josiah Lawson. In a joint public service announcement Chief Brian Ahearn recorded with Lawson’s mother, Charmaine Lawson, they urge witnesses who may […]
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HumCo Fentanyl Overdoses Coming at “Staggering” Rate in 2021
Humboldt County is in the midst of a surge of fentanyl-related overdose deaths, alarming local officials who have long braced for the powerful opioid’s impact on the North Coast. Fentanyl has accounted for nearly 50 percent of Humboldt County’s alcohol and other drug (AOD) deaths so far this year, with five overdose deaths logged in […]