The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office today identified the teenage boy fatally stabbed in Ocean View Cemetery on Aug. 9 as 16-year-old Brandon Brocious of Eureka. The Eureka Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection with Brocious’ death, Lorna Jean Leen, 38, and an unidentified juvenile male. Both were taken into custody without incident the […]
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Woman, Juvenile Arrested in Fatal Eureka Stabbing
Two people were arrested this morning in connection with the death of a young man who was fatally stabbed in Ocean View Cemetery last night, the Eureka Police Department reports. Lorna Jean Leen, 38, and an unidentified juvenile male were taken custody without incident after being located at two separate locations around the 1300 block […]
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UPDATE: EPD: Uninjured Baby Found in Room with Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide
The Eureka Police Department today identified the couple found dead in a D Street home Aug. 3 in a murder-suicide, releasing for the first time that a 7-month-old baby was found on a bed in the same room. Officers responding to a welfare call found the scene around 8 p.m. after forcing entry in the […]
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EPD: D Street Deaths Appear to be a Murder-Suicide
The deaths of two people found in a D Street home on Friday night appear to be a murder-suicide, according to the Eureka Police Department. Officers responding to a welfare check call around 8 p.m. forced their way into the residence on the 3200 block where they found a man and woman dead. Both had […]
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EPD Investigating Possible Double Homicide
The Eureka Police Department has launched a homicide investigation after finding two dead in a residence in the 3200 block of D Street. Officers responded to the residence shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday for a welfare check call. After getting no answer, the officers forced entry into the residence, where they found the two dead […]
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Trinidad Woman Pleads No Contest in Toddler Death Case
A Trinidad woman will be sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading no contest to allegations that she caused the death of her 18-month-old son last month, according to the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office. Alexandrea Raven Scott, 23, was arrested June 20 in Willits after bringing her 18-month-old son, Chergery Teywoh Lew […]
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Huffman Asks FBI to Assist on Lawson Investigation; the Bureau Has Not Responded
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman is asking the FBI to step in and assist with investigating the still unsolved slaying of a Humboldt State University sophomore. “The tragic death of 19-year-old David Josiah Lawson on April 15, 2017, has been devastating to this rural community in my congressional district,” read the letter Huffman sent FBI […]
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2nd UPDATE: Southbound 101 Reopened Near Willits, Homicide Suspect in Custody
2nd UPDATE: The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victims in Monday’s shooting on U.S. Highway 101 and announced a suspect is in custody. According to the sheriff’s office press release, police arrested 23-year-old Ubaldo Ramirez at about 1:30 a.m. in Covelo on suspicion of fatally shooting his father, 51-year-old Calixto Ramirez, and critically […]
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Planning Commissioner Arrested on Suspicion of Public Intoxication
Humboldt State University Police Chief Donn Peterson confirmed that one of his officers arrested Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Noah Levy in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 1. Peterson said Levy was observed by an officer on the 1000 block of G Street (close to the Arcata Plaza) and arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public, […]
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Eureka Man Indicted for Child Pornography in Oregon
The Multnomah County Circuit Court has indicted a Eureka man on six counts related to child pornography after he allegedly posed as a classmate of a minor in Portland, Oregon, and obtained nude and explicit photos of her. Jeramey Todd Walkley, 40, was apprehended by the Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Crimes Unit in Eureka, with […]
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Arson Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Barricading Victims Inside Home
A Myers Flat man is being jailed on suspicion of arson of an inhabited structure, false imprisonment and threats to commit a crime. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday Michael Jay Merriman, 66, allegedly became angry with his neighbors in the area of Orchard Way and Boy Scout Camp Road when they declined […]
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New Jail Transportation Assistance Program Will Still Leave Some Arrestees Stranded, At Least Temporarily
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office sent out a press release this week announcing it has revised its program assisting poor arrestees in getting home after they are released from custody to help them “have a better chance to create a healthy lifestyle upon release.” State law has long required that jails offer transportation assistance, upon […]