UPDATE: Eighteen-year-old Joe Olivo III, one of four men accused of the gang-related murder of a 14-year-old Arcata boy in 2014, will be tried as an adult in the case, according Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming. Olivo III, who police identified as a Sureño gang member, was arrested Feb. 2 in San Luis Obispo […]
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14-Year Old’s 2014 Killing Gang Related, Says EPD
Jesus “Smiley” Romero-Garcia laid on the front lawn of a residential home in Eureka, bleeding and semi-conscious, for nearly nine hours in the rain before he was found and taken to St. Joseph Hospital. The 14-year-old died of his injuries — three stab wounds to the chest — at around 9:30 on the morning of […]
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UPDATED: Officer-involved Shooting Suspect Wanted for Murder of David Ganfield
2nd UPDATE: EPD Chief Andy Mills has confirmed that the man shot by DA investigators this morning was Nickolas Ryan Joseph Johnson, a suspect in the April 28 deadly assault of David Dwane Ganfield. Johnson has been wanted in connection with Ganfield’s death since April 2015. Mills said DA investigators had “him on the run” and […]
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Arcata Councilmember Arrested for DUI
Arcata City Councilmember and Third District supervisorial candidate Mark Wheetley was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Thursday night near the Samoa Bridge. California Highway Patrol Officer Cy May said Wheetley was traveling southbound when an officer pulled him over for speeding on State Route 255 near New Navy Base Road. May said […]
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Robert Durst to be Extradited to Face LA Murder Charge
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has announced a deal to extradite eccentric New York real estate heir and former Trinidad resident Robert Durst to Los Angeles stand trial for murder, the Los Angeles Times reports. Durst, whose time in Trinidad was recounted in the Journal’s June 25 cover story, “Robert Durst’s Ghost,” stands accused of […]
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Warren: Guilty on All Counts
UPDATE: After just a couple hours of deliberations, a Humboldt County jury convicted Jason Warren of all counts. The jury foreperson wept as the court clerk read off the verdicts in the case: guilty of the deliberate, premeditated murder of Dorothy Ulrich; guilty of the deliberate, premeditated murder of Suzanne Seemann; guilty of the attempted […]
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Two Years After Molestation Conviction, Littlefield Waits to Hear Fate
More than two years after a Humboldt County jury convicted him of 11 child molestation charges, Timothy Floyd Littlefield is still waiting to learn his fate. But word of what the future holds for Littlefield could come any day now, as the California First District Court of Appeals has heard oral arguments in his case, […]
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Firefighter, Residents Injured in Suspected Hash Lab Explosion
A firefighter and two residents were injured after an alleged home hash lab exploded yesterday afternoon. Humboldt Bay Firefighters responded to the 1200 block of Freshwater Road around 4 p.m. to find a “well-established fire” in the attic of a one-story home. Three people were rescued from the structure, and two of them were sent […]
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Two Sentenced for SoHum Slaying
Two men accused of the 2008 robbery and murder of a San Francisco man in Southern Humboldt were sentenced in federal court this week. Ryan Carroll and Robert Lee had both reached plea agreements with prosecutors in July stemming from the slaying of 35-year-old Reetpaul Singh Rana during an attempted robbery on Dyerville Loop Road, […]
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HSU Prez Calls for Unity, Understanding in Wake of Reported Racial Assault
Humboldt State University President Lisa Rossbacher sent a campus wide email today denouncing a racially motivated assault against two students that reportedly occurred last Friday night in downtown Arcata. Rossbacher’s letter states that two black female students were in the downtown area when two unidentified white men in a truck threw a beer bottle at […]
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County Nabs $20 Million for New Transitional Jail Facility
Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey announced yesterday that the state has approved a $20 million funding request to build a multi-use addition onto the county jail that officials hope will revolutionize offender rehabilitation locally. The funding will be matched with $1.5 million from the county to build a three-story structure on the gravel lot adjacent […]
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Mills Releases Details of Officer Involved Shooting, Identifies Suspect
At a press conference this afternoon to discuss Sunday’s shootout that left a California Highway Patrol Officer wounded and a suspect dead on Q Street, Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills said the involved officer showed incredible discipline in the face of a dangerous, dynamic and intimidating situation. “As we grow up, each of us looks […]