A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and animal cruelty Wednesday night in McKinleyville after fatally stabbing a dog and injuring an 85-year-old man during a struggle over the knife. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responding to a call on the 2300 Grace Avenue arrived to find Jonathan Albert Boone […]
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EPD Seeks Suspect in Possible Hate Crime
The Eureka Police Department is investigating an assault at Starbucks on Tuesday evening as a possible hate crime. According to EPD spokesperson Brittany Powell, officers were dispatched to Starbucks at about 6:40 p.m. for a report of a fight between a man and two women. When they arrived, they found the suspect had fled the […]
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Under the Color of Authority
Adam Laird’s career ended in less than three seconds. You can watch it happen in real time in the grainy video footage captured by the dash-mounted camera of a Eureka Police Department patrol car. You can see the 14-year-old suspect splayed out on the street near the curb on California Street, his baggy white sweatshirt […]
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Appellate Court Wants to See EPD Video, Sets Oral Argument Date
Justices in California’s First Appellate District have decided they want to look at the police dash camera video Eureka is trying to keep the public from seeing. In an unusual order, the justices asked the Humboldt County Superior Court file a copy of the video under seal with the appellate court. But the superior court […]