The Eureka Police Department took almost 50 guns off the streets last weekend in a two-day buy back program that gave people a chance to surrender their firearms, no questions asked. Capt. Steve Watson said a total of 48 guns — 26 handguns, 12 shotguns and 10 rifles — were turned in during the event, […]
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UPDATE: Man Killed in Alderpoint Stabbing Identified
UPDATE: The sheriff’s office identified the man killed in an Alderpoint stabbing this week as Eugene Arnold Minikel, 37, of Redway. “This investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time,” the brief news release states. A woman, whose name has not been released, told officials that she stabbed Minikel because he […]
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Puppy Plucked From Humboldt Bay to be Adopted by Rescuer
One of the fishermen who rescued a puppy thrown off of the Samoa Bridge is set to adopt her. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is currently looking for the man who dropped the young dog off the bridge’s middle span around 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The suspect is described as a white male, late teens to […]
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Fatal Hit and Run in Downtown Eureka
Shirley Hoyt, 56, was crossing U.S. 101 at Fourth and S streets at 11:14 a.m. when she was struck by a Toyota pickup driven by Blue Lake resident Larry Nielsen, also 56. According to a press release from the California Highway Patrol, all other vehicles were stopped at the crosswalk to let Hoyt cross. Nielsen, […]
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Journal News Editor Wins Freedom of Information Award
The Society of Professional Journalists Northern California officially announced yesterday that Thadeus Greenson, the Journal‘s news editor, won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award. It’s an award Caroline Titus of the Ferndale Enterprise took home in 2016, and the Journal‘s then staff writer and editor Hank Sims and Emily Gurnon won in 2005. Greenson […]
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Canine Cop Calls it a Career
Zari, the Arcata Police patrol dog, has retired after eight and a half years of service. During his career with APD, Zari, a German shepherd who joined the force in 2008, was present for more than 1,000 arrests and assisted in many high-risk situations. In 2013, he located a double murder suspect hiding in the […]
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Is This Criminal Assault?
It’s been almost four years since the Eureka Police Department and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office held a rare joint press conference on April 17, 2013 to announce they’d arrest an EPD sergeant on suspicion of assaulting a 14-year-old during an arrest. Four months earlier, shortly before midnight on Dec. 6, 2012, EPD received […]
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Mills: Suspect Pointed Gun at Officer Before Being Shot
The 26-year-old Garberville man wounded in a Dec. 6 officer-involved shooting pointed his handgun at an officer before police opened fire, Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills said at a press conference today. Mills spent about 35 minutes walking media through the traffic stop, foot pursuit and ensuing shooting that transpired over 12 tense minutes shortly […]
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Communication Failure Leaves School in Lurch Following Shooting
A shooting in Southern Humboldt last week has left a school district and the sheriff’s office both looking for better lines of communication. The shooting occurred in Redway shortly before 2 p.m. on Dec. 13, and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene to a report of a gunshot victim lying along […]
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UPDATED: Five Arrests in Manila Homicide
4th UPDATE: The last two suspects in the shooting death of Tyson Claros, 20, turned themselves in to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday evening. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, Hector Godoy-Standley and Catherine Fode are each being held on $1 million bail. Three other suspects were previously arrested in […]
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Teen Pedestrian Killed in Alleged DUI Crash
A teenage pedestrian was killed last night in McKinleyville when an allegedly drunk driver hit her shortly after 8 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the girl was was northbound on the east shoulder of Central Avenue, north of Anna Sparks Way, when James Arthur Merrick, of McKinleyville, allowed his 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 […]
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EPD Identifies Officers Involved in Downtown Shooting
The Eureka Police Department has identified the four officers who combined to fire more than 40 bullets during a Dec. 6 pursuit through Eureka that left a 26-year-old suspect with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the chest. The suspect, Clayton Lee Lasinski, was armed with a .45 caliber handgun during the pursuit, but appears not […]