Was someone looking to expand their trophy room? The Sheriff’s Office reports that someone broke into the Wildlife Museum in Willow Creek overnight and stole $750,000 worth of dead animal parts. Among the stolen items: two three-foot ivory elephant tusks, a mounted elk head, a bear skin rug and a kangaroo rug. Apparently someone pried […]
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Two Crossbows Found Near Murder Site
Sheriff’s Office investigators found two crossbows near the site of the Sept. 8 attack on the Samoa peninsula, which left one man dead and another injured. Phoenix Triton King, whose 21st birthday is today, was arrested for the crime on Monday, along with an unidentified 16-year-old girl. Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: […]
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Crossbow Murder Suspects in Custody
The suspects in Sunday’s crossbow shootings, which left one man dead and another injured on the Samoa peninsula, have been detained. Here’s the press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: On 09-09-13, approximately 3:15 p.m. both suspects in the below case were taken into custody. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from […]
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Suspect Named in Weekend Crossbow Murder
A 29 20-year-old transient man named Phoenix Triton King and an unidentified 16-year-old girl are wanted on charges of murder and attempted murder after yesterday’s brutal crossbow attack near Manila, which left one man dead and another injured. A 44-year-old man was fatally shot in the face with a crossbow arrow yesterday afternoon while a […]
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Water Theft in Honeydew, Too
Claire Trower on Wilder Ridge reports that the Honeydew Volunteer Fire Department has been forced to remove the faucet handle of its pump after some less-than-ethical agricultural entrepreneurs stole several barrels of water from the VFD’s reserves. Boo. It’s only the latest of several recent SoHum water thefts.
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Water Theft Shuts Down School
Bridgeville Elementary School closed on Tuesday because it didn’t have running water after thieves emptied its entire 20,000 gallon water tank, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The press release is below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On 09-03-2013, approximately 12:20 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the superintendent of Bridgeville Elementary […]
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Dead Fisher at Grow was Poisoned
Insecticides killed a fisher found at a marijuana grow in late July, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports. A necropsy determined the mammal — a candidate for the endangered species list — was killed by Methomyl, an insecticide, and had rodenticide in its system as well. From the Sheriff’s Office: The necropsy of the deceased […]
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Dog Owner Fail [Update: Suspect Identified]
UPDATE: From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has positively identified the suspect in this case as Salvatore Ted Arena, age 42, of Freshwater. The three dogs, Angel, Becky and Ginger, had belonged to Arena’s brother who passed away suddenly in February of this year. Arena began trying to surrender the […]
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Come on, robbers, return those keys
Inside a house on a corner lot in Eureka, a resident patiently (we presume) waits. And waits. And waits. Or maybe gave up. The sign — “Robbers, please put the car keys in mailbox” — has been up for months and months. There’s a similar sign on the garage-door side of the house. An old pickup’s in the […]
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Crabs Manager Arrested in Marijuana Raid
Humboldt Crabs Manager Matt Nutter was arrested this morning on suspicion of growing marijuana in his Blue Lake home. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office found nearly 300 marijuana plants in a greenhouse and outdoors, as well as five guns. From the sheriff’s office: On 08-12-2013, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office served […]
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Woman Kidnapped From Gas Station in Front of Daughters, Says EPD
A mother was kidnapped in front of her teenage daughters by a knife-wielding parolee last night at a Eureka gas station, according to a press release from the Eureka Police Department. The man drove her through town, threatened to kill her and attempted to stab her before she managed to take the knife from him […]
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Kai the “Hatchet-wielding Hitchhiker” Attempts Suicide in Jail
Kai tried to kill himself yesterday in a New Jersey jail where he’s being held on murder charges, Gawker reports. He was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Kai — born Caleb McGillivary — was arrested in May after police found a 73-year-old New Jersey lawyer Joseph Galfy dead in his home. The two reportedly met by chance in […]