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 […]
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Mills, Frustrated, Shelves Gun Ordinance
Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills has pulled his proposed gun control ordinance, saying his department is going to focus on an education campaign urging people not to leave weapons unattended in their homes and businesses. Mills, with guidance from the city attorney, had developed a proposed ordinance requiring gun owners to lock up their firearms […]
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Youravish Guilty of First Degree Murder
After just three hours of deliberations today, a jury found 21-year-old Michael Youravish guilty of first degree murder for the brutal, premeditated June 17, 2013 stabbing death of Forrest Lovejoy in McKinleyville. The jury also found Youravish guilty of a special allegation of lying in wait, leaving the Eureka man facing life in prison without […]
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EPD Makes Murder Arrest
UPDATE: A press release from the Eureka Police Department contains additional information about the arrest of murder suspect Derek Charles Payton, 22, of Eureka. According to the release, Payton admitted to a detective that he opened fire on Elliot Michael Walin and another man during a marijuana-related dispute on the night of Oct. 21. Walin […]
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UPDATED: Eureka Shooting Leaves Officer Wounded, Suspect Killed
Multiple local police agencies are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left an officer wounded and a suspect dead in Eureka this afternoon. Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills said at a press conference — audio of which can be found here and here — that a California Highway Patrol Officer initiated a traffic stop near the […]
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Chief Mills Proposes Gun Control Law
On the Eureka Police Department’s official blog, Chief Andy Mills announced he is asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will require Eureka gun owners to lock up unattended weapons. Mills wrote that the law is in response to recent guns thefts, including one from a gun dealer, and will apply to firearms […]
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Hoopa Teen Arrested for Fatal Arcata Stabbing
Three days after a 52-year-old man was found bleeding to death of multiple stab wounds in front of his apartment, the Arcata Police Department believes it has cracked the case and, this morning, announced the arrest of an 18-year-old Hoopa man. On Sunday evening, police were called to the Courtyard Circle apartments in Valley West […]
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UPDATE: EPD Identifies Victim of Saturday Shooting
Capt. Steve Watson says his department has identified the 31-year-old man killed near Hammond Park on Saturday night as Elliot Michael Walin. A second man admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound has been confirmed as connected to the case. Walin was arrested in 2013 after allegedly running over a sheriff deputy’s foot in […]
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APD Investigates Stabbing Death
Arcata police are investigating Humboldt County’s 13th homicide of the year, the stabbing death of a 52-year-old at a Valley West apartment complex last night. Police arrived at the Courtyard Circle apartment complex at about 6:30 p.m. to find the man bleeding of multiple stab wounds and transported him to a local hospital, where he […]
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Sheriff’s Office: No Arrests Anticipated in Scotia Homicide
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office recently announced that it has ruled Justin Joseph Nevis’ death a homicide, about two weeks after deputies found the 32-year-old’s decomposing body near Scotia. The Sacramento County man died of blood loss due to laceration wounds, and police believe his death is linked to an attempted home invasion robbery back […]
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Murder Arrest in Cold Case
Humboldt County Sheriff’s investigators made an arrest this morning in an eight-year-old homicide case, taking Jared Damien Boyce, 27, of Fortuna, into custody on suspicion of murdering his mother-in-law, Stephanie Lee Fowler, whose remains were found in 2009 in a burned out structure in Loleta. Fowler, a 34-year-old mother of six, was reported missing in […]
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Coming Soon: All the Crime, All the Time, All of Humboldt
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office will soon be posting crime reports for all of Humboldt County. Lt. Kevin Miller of the McKinleyville substation spearheaded the idea of adopting the county-wide use of the website crimereports.com, which the Eureka Police Department has been using since 2009. “I looked at their site and said ‘Wow, this is […]