Timothy O’Neal, owner and president of Sacramento-based Protection Loss Prevention, says his officer used textbook police technique when he apprehended an alleged shoplifter Saturday afternoon across the street from the Arcata Co-op. O’Neal’s company has been contracted by the Co-op since 2011. As we reported yesterday, bead store owner Michael King witnessed the tail end […]
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Arcata Co-op Security Accused of Using Excessive Force
A civilian “loss prevention officer” employed by the North Coast Co-op in Arcata chased down and handcuffed an alleged shoplifter on Saturday afternoon, and a neighboring business owner who witnessed the arrest says the man used excessive force. Michael King, a co-op member and owner of the bead supply store on the corner of Eighth […]
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Harbor Commissioner Aaron Newman Arrested for Alleged Perjury
Aaron Newman, a Humboldt Bay Harbor District commissioner, prominent commercial fisherman and lifelong local, was arrested on Saturday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for allegedly falsifying applications for the taking of wildlife. As first reported by the Lost Coast Outpost, Newman was booked into the Humboldt County jail on felony perjury charges. […]
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Pot, Pot Everywhere … Also a Hand Grenade
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office had a big day yesterday, as one big pot bust led to a money seizure and then another pot bust, topped off with a hand grenade. It started at 8:40 a.m. in Carlotta, as the Sheriff’s Office Community Response Team and the multi-agency Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a […]
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Bodhi Tree Now a ‘Person of Interest’ in Last Week’s Eureka Shooting
The Eureka Police Department today issued a press release saying that Bodhi Tree, the 28-year-old suspect in last weekend’s double murder in Arcata, is now considered a “person of interest” in a May 15 shooting in Eureka. Read the press release below. As reported earlier, on 5/15/13 the Eureka Police Department responded to the 1900 […]
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Parents of Murder Victim: ‘Her Light Will Always Shine’
In the midst of grief over the death of their 18-year-old daughter Christina, Stewart and Tina Schwarz of Eureka are trying to find solace and inspiration from her memory. Despite the sudden and tragic loss, her mom said, “Her light will always shine.” Tina Schwarz said her daughter embraced life and encouraged others to do […]
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Kai the “Hatchet-wielding Hitchhiker” Wanted for Murder [Updated]
Update: Kai has been arrested, the Associated Press reports. The “homefree” hitchhiker known as Kai (real name Caleb Lawrence McGillvary) is reportedly wanted for murder in New Jersey. According to news reports McGillvary is being sought in connection with the death of 73-year-old New Jersey attorney Joseph Galfy Jr. McGillvary, who lists his home as […]
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Manhunt Continues for Shasta County Triple Homicide Suspect
Nearly a week into the manhunt for triple-homicide suspect Shane Franklin Miller and still no sign of him since his gold Dodge pickup was spotted near the mouth of the Mattole last Wednesday. There are now more than 70 law enforcement officers searching the Mattole Valley, the King Range Conservation area and nearby communities. They’re […]
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Pelican Bay Named One of America’s 10 Worst Prisons
The notorious supermax to our north landed at number six on Mother Jones’ list of the 10 worst prisons in the country. The magazine has done some of the best reporting on our country’s prison system over the last couple of years, including this disturbing investigative piece on Pelican Bay from former hostage Shane Bauer. […]
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Crime and Politics
Today’s Times-Standard alerts us to the fact that the latest edition of California Department of Justice’s crime statistics for the year 2009 have just been released. That, plus a similar release from the FBI, tells us that it’s time to update the chart we published back at the beginning of May, in response to one of […]