The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports a second suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting in Samoa last month. Ian Rose, also known as Ian Pease, was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers in Crescent City on Dec 18 after a brief pursuit, according to the HCSO. Rose, 30, was arrested on […]
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Missing Man in Southern Humboldt
A search is ongoing in the Briceland area of Southern Humboldt after an older resident was reported missing. According to Samantha Karges of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, “Girard Regis Breen, age 76, was reported missing yesterday, Dec. 17, 2020, at about 5:20 p.m. by a neighbor. The property on which Breen lives in Briceland […]
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HCSO Investigating McKinleyville Missing Person
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person report of a missing 48-year-old Sean Lance Hawkins, aka “Hawkeye,” of McKinleyville who was last seen on Dec. 4 in Eureka. Hawkin’s family reported him missing on Monday. According to the release, his vehicle was found unoccupied in a wooded area near Clam Beach Road and Dows […]
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Fatal Collision on Myrtle Avenue
California Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle collision near Myrtle Avenue and Russell Lane earlier this morning that resulted in one fatality and an arrest. According to the report, when law enforcement arrived they found that a 2008 Nissan Altima collided with two parked vehicles. The driver of the Nissan, Ismael Lopez Jr., and the […]
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Suspect in Samoa Homicide Arrested
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports a person of interest in a Nov. 15 homicide was arrested Dec. 10 by a Eureka Police Department officer who recognized him. Eureka resident Travontae Javoni Hutson, who was taken into custody at a residence on West Hawthorne Street after initially fleeing the officer, was booked into jail on […]
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Search Ongoing for a Felony Suspect Who Fled from Law Enforcement Near Hoopa
Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for a suspect who fled from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department near Hoopa this morning. At one point, according to the scanner, the suspect fled into and later out of water in an attempt to escape. As of 12:20 p.m., the suspect is still being sought. According to Samantha […]
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CHP Chase Erratic Driver Near Redway
This morning California Highway Patrol attempted to stop a vehicle with a spike strip on the Briceland Thorn Road after the suspects driving a rental from out of state fled an attempted traffic stop for erratic driving. According to Officer Nathan Bjork speaking for the California Highway Patrol about 8:50 a.m. law enforcement received a […]
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Judge Sentences Teen in 2019 Fatal Drug Shooting
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney sentenced Logan Rain Brewer-Hearst to serve 15 years yesterday in the California Division of Juvenile Justice for the involuntary manslaughter of Taevonne Latimer, using a firearm and assault. Brewer-Hearst will serve the sentence in a facility that provides education and trauma-informed treatment to youthful offenders up to the […]
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Two Arrested in SoHum Assault, Robbery
Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men for suspected assault and robbery of a 51-year-old Honeydew woman that took place on Sunday, Nov. 15. Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 6700 block of Wilder Ridge Road near Honeydew for the report of an assault and robbery that had just occurred that left the […]
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Stabbing in Eureka
Eureka Police and an ambulance responded to the Carl’s Jr. at 3160 Broadway about 1:15 p.m. after receiving a report of a twenty to thirty-year-old male who was stabbed. The victim was loaded into the ambulance and taken to the hospital. Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more […]
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HSU Community on Alert After Attempted Burglary
The Humboldt State University Police Department is advising the HSU community to be on alert after an individual attempted to burglarize a campus residence today. The suspect tried to break into a dorm room through a kitchen window while the resident was at home. The suspect fled in an unknown direction. For more, read the advisory […]
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What the Failure of Prop. 25 Means for Racial Justice in California
Proposition 25 would have made California the first state to end cash bail by allowing each county to use an algorithm to assess a person’s flight risk or likelihood of reoffending while awaiting trial. Supporters pitched the referendum as the Legislature’s best plan for advancing racial justice by upending a system that preys on communities […]