At the request of the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, a judge today dismissed the assault case against Eureka Police Sgt. Adam Laird. “Based on new evidence the people have discovered, we don’t believe we can prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt,” Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Roger Rees told the court. Immediately following […]
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UPDATE: Suspect Named in Pastor’s Killing
UPDATE: Bullock was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies in Southern Humboldt. From a press release: On January 2, 2014 at about 12:45 p.m. the Eureka Police Department received information from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department that Gary Lee Bullock had been located in the southern Humboldt area and was taken into custody. The 2010 Nissan Altima […]
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UPDATE: St. Bernard’s Pastor Killed Overnight in Church Rectory
Update: Eureka Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a car believed to be associated with the killing. From a press release: The vehicle is described as a dark grey Nissan Altima Hybrid, bearing California license plate 6NDW400. The Eureka Police Department requests that if the public has information regarding the vehicle’s whereabouts […]
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Body Found On Murder Mountain Identified
A body found buried near Jewitt Ranch Road in late November has been identified as Garret Rodriguez, a San Diego man who was reported missing in April. Rodriguez told his father he was coming to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm in the SoHum area known as “Murder Mountain.” The identification confirms rumors that […]
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Suspects Arrested in Arcata Stabbing Death
Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the Nov. 25 stabbing death of Douglas Anderson-Jordet in Arcata last night. 24-year-old Sophie Buttercup Rocheleau, 28-year-old Nicholas Benjamin Stoiber, and 35-year-old Juan Joseph Ferrer — all Arcata residents — were arrested without incident, according to an Arcata Police Department press release. APD Chief Tom […]
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Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker Indicted For Murder
Caleb McGillvary, who called himself “Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker,” charmed and alarmed us when he burst on the news scene with his ax-wielding heroics and then made it onto the Jimmy Kimmel show. For a spell, before going east, he hung out at the Arcata Plaza and up at Humboldt State University, and he called […]
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Peat Miner Must Pay
A complaint filed over a long-time allegedly illegal peat-moss mining operation in Bridgeville has resulted in two Humboldt County residents — peat moss miner Daniel Wojcik and landowner Robert Wotherspoon — entering felony and misdemeanor pleas yesterday for violations of the Surface Mining and Recovery Act and Lake and Streambed Alteration permitting process and of […]
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Gun Owners Grousing
Were one to judge by the first moments of last night’s presentation on new firearm regulations, Humboldt County gun owners would appear to be an extraordinarily polite set of people. Dozens of them, many wearing mossy oak camo, jammed into Pacific Outfitters in Eureka, sitting in the folding chairs clustered around the stairwell or standing […]
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Johanna Rodoni Was at County Fair Board Meeting the Night of Her DUI Arrest
Johanna Rodoni, a local cattle rancher, executive director of the Buckeye Conservancy and a former county supervisor, attended a meeting of the Humboldt County Fair Association Monday evening before getting arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. Rodoni is a longtime member of the fair association’s board of directors. The board meeting adjourned at about 8:30 […]
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Biologist Charged in Last Year’s $1 Million Embezzlement
Federal embezzlement charges were filed this week against biologist Ron LeValley, who was arrested last year following investigation into a nearly million-dollar grift involving the Yurok Tribe and Levalley’s Mad River Biologists. The Times-Standard‘s Thadeus Greenson reported today that LeValley is expected to appear in court for the first time this month. He and biologist […]
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Snagger Watch
Going fishing? Or maybe just for a scenic wander along some lonesome, lovely riverbank? Feeling the latent cop in you itching to bust out and pop some badboy(girl) bootie? Whoa, calm down, Vig. This is strictly a legal proposition, a request from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for anglers’ friends and fishing-hole frequenters to […]
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Sex Assault Alleged in Sheriff’s Sergeant Arrest
From a Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office press release: On 10-18-13 at approximately 0540 hours, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office – Criminal Investigations Bureau arrested Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jason Daniels (age 40) for violations of PC243.4 – Sexual Battery, and PC289(a)(1) – Sexual Penetration with a Foreign Object. Both of these violations […]