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 […]
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Victim ID’d: EPD Investigating ‘Suspicious Death’
2nd UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Jennika Lee Suazo, a student at Zoe Barnum High School. Friends of Suazo have announced via her Facebook page that there will be a ceremony for her at the Adorni Center at 5 p.m. tomorrow. A quote on Suazo’s Facebook page includes the words, “Relax, you’ll graduate, you’ll […]
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EPD Chief: Officers Fired More Than 40 Shots in Tuesday’s Pursuit
Amid the chaotic foot pursuit in downtown Eureka Tuesday evening that ended with 26-year-old Clayton Lee Lasinski shot once in the chest, officers fired more than 40 shots, Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills confirmed to the Journal. Lasinski remains hospitalized, but is expected to survive. No officers were injured in the incident, and Mills also […]
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Man Shot by EPD Expected to Survive
Clayton Lee Lasinski, the 26-year-old suspect shot by Eureka police officers Tuesday evening, remains hospitalized but is expected to survive, Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills said at a press conference this afternoon. Lasinski was shot once through the chest, Mills said. And Mills said that while it’s clear Lasinski brandished a handgun at officers at […]
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UPDATE: Officer Involved Shooting in Eureka
2nd UPDATE: EPD Chief Andrew Mills gave a statement to the press at around 7:40 p.m., saying that the incident originated with a call from the California Highway Patrol at around 4:43 p.m. asking EPD to assist with a suspect with a gun having “footbailed” from a car. EPD officers were in the middle of […]
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UPDATED: Sheriff’s Office: Father Sought in Eureka Child Abduction Case
Update: Anthony Lux returned his 4-year daughter, Alison Shirey, to her legal guardian last night. Lux and his daughter were the subject of a three day search after he took her from her guardian’s home Sunday night. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, Lux stated he had received advice that he had […]
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Murder Arrest in Hoopa
In the early hours the day after Thanksgiving, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call at a home in Hoopa Valley and found wounded woman who died at the scene. Deputies have arrested Lorence Emmanuel Bailey for her murder and his bail is set at $1,000,000. This is Humboldt County’s 20th homicide of the […]
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DA: No Evidence Juveniles Had Means to Pull Off Bomb Plot
The Humboldt County District Attorney’s office has decided not to pursue criminal charges against two 15-year-olds accused of plotting the bombing of a Fortuna High School assembly. “To date, the investigation has yielded no evidence that either juvenile had the means to create an item that could be a hazard — one individual possessed approximately […]
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UPDATED: Police Chief: Fortuna High School Narrowly Escaped ‘Terrible Tragedy’
UPDATE: The Fortuna Police Department sent out a press release this evening stating that it has investigated additional reports of violent social media threats since Thursday and found them not to be credible. Since officials thwarted two students’ alleged plans to set off numerous homemade chemical bombs during an all-school assembly Thursday, FPD has been […]
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Update: No Injuries in Hoopa Officer-Involved Shooting
UPDATE: No one was injured during an officer-involved shooting in Hoopa after a sheriff’s deputy shot at a suspect who reportedly fired at law enforcement several times from his residence during an early morning stand off yesterday. Eric Michael Matilton, 31, is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, willful discharge of a firearm in […]
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Aid Worker Kidnapped in Niger Reportedly from McKinleyville
2nd UPDATE: In a statement sent to the Journal, North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman indicated he’s working with the State Department to facilitate kidnaped missionary Jeff Woodke’s safe return home. “My thoughts are with Jeff Woodke and his loved ones during this extremely trying time,” Huffman said of the 55-year-old McKinlyville man who was abducted […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating County’s 19th Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating another homicide, after a 23-year-old was stabbed to death in Weott on Friday night. The homicide is the 19th recorded in the county so far this year, and comes in the midst of the county’s single grisliest annual homicide total in at least 30 years. It also puts […]