Citizen, if someone purporting to be “Homeland Security” pops up on your computer screen and says “Gimme $300,” don’t do it. It will threaten you, of course: “The work of your computer has been suspended on the grounds of the violation of the law of the United States of America.” And it will block your […]
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$5,000 To Catch Cable Vandal
Suddenlink is offering a $5,000 reward to whoever brings in the loathesome creature(s) cutting fiber optic lines up and down Humboldt. Press release: Suddenlink Offers $5,000 Reward Vandals Cut Fiber Lines Three Times in Last Five Days EUREKA, Calif. (March 12, 2013) – Suddenlink announced today that it is offering a $5,000 reward for […]
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Jerks Stole Your Connection
Well, you can’t very well blame Suddenlink for this one. Suddenlink users across the Humboldt land — or in Trinidad and the Eel River Valley, at least — suffered internet outages today because, says the Sheriff’s Office, somebody cut and run with the company’s fiber optic cables serving those areas. Apparently, the dirty dipper(s) cut […]
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Hit-and-Run Suspect Almost-Nab
The person of interest in the investigation of a hit-and-run that killed a young Orleans man earlier this month came within inches of turning himself in today up at the Salmon River Outpost in Somes Bar. Sean Forrest Hawk, 27, of Orleans, has been a fugitive since Feb. 10 when a Ford pickup he’s alleged […]
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Guns in a Cave
The gun cache found in a cave on Ryan Floyd’s property in southern Humboldt was impressive and frightening. One hundred and eleven rifles and pistols, many of them automatics, more than filled a table in a room in the Humboldt County Courthouse, with overflow piled on a couch and leaning against three walls. “Quite a […]
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KIEM Camera Recovered Near Site of Amazing Google Street View Images
So, one of the cameras from last weekend’s “News Channel 3” theft was recovered earlier today, along with some cables belonging to the station. (See the press release below.) But more importantly (by which we mean way less importantly), the camera was recovered less than a block from what may be the greatest 360-degree panorama of Eureka […]
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Who Broke and Entered and Burglarized the TV Station?
The station may call itself “News Channel 3,” but I suspect they’d rather not be the news. A trailer behind the staion’s Humboldt Hill HQ was allegedly broken into over the weekend, with the thief making off with roughly $10,000 worth of equipment, including four news cameras. On 01-27-2013, approximately 12:00 noon the Humboldt County […]
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Sheriff Against Gun Control?
With the debate surrounding gun control heating up and President Obama calling for action on a national level, Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said today that he stands with a group of sheriffs resisting federal control. Downey is among the law enforcement officers on a “growing list of sheriffs saying ‘no’ to Obama gun control,” […]
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Pedreros to be Hospitalized
Claudia Pedreros will be sent to a state mental hospital next month, her attorney said Tuesday, after being found not guilty by reason of insanity on Monday in the death of her daughter. Pedreros was accused of drowning the 2½ -year-old girl in the Trinity River in 2011. (See “Robert’s Vow,” in the North Coast […]
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Jason Warren Murdered Dorothy Ulrich, Sheriff’s Office Says
After an investigation that lasted nearly eight weeks, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has concluded that 28-year-old transient Jason Anthony Warren murdered 47-year-old Hoopa woman Dorothy Evelyn Ulrich on the morning of Sep. 27. The Sheriff’s Office has submitted its findings to the District Attorney and is requesting that charges of homicide and auto theft […]
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Arcata Main Street Executive Director Busted for Grow Op
Press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force: On 11-02-2012 at about 1000 hours the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2600 block of Manzanita Avenue, Eureka. No one was at home when the search warrant was served. Agents located a commercial marijuana growing operation in […]
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Hit-and-Run/Hoopa Homicide “Person of Interest” in Custody
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Sheriff Mike Downey announced that the Humboldt County Sheriff’s office identified a “person of interest” in custody in relation to last Thursday’s hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of HSU professor Suzanne Seemann and injured two other joggers. He’s also “of interest” in the recent Hoopa homicide investigation, according […]