Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster has grave concerns about the Willits Police Department’s hiring of Jacob Jones, having learned of sustained allegations of the officer’s dishonesty during his tenure with the Eureka Police Department. In a scathing, incredulous 2,400-word letter to Willits Police Chief Scott Warnock, Eyster expresses dismay at Jones’ hiring despite the […]
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Battle of the Badges Nets Record-Breaking Day at the Blood Bank
Yesterday’s Battle of the Badges at the Northern California Community Blood Bank was a competition with one clear winner — patients. The friendly rivalry between 16 local public safety agencies brought the highest number of donors the nonprofit blood bank has seen in a single day since 2001. In total, 188 people gave their time, […]
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Eureka Police ID 19-Year-old Homicide Victim
The Eureka Police Department has identified the homicide victim found lying in a parking lot at the foot of Hilfiker in the early morning of July 4 as Eureka resident Hannah Elizabeth Hayhurst. She was 19. According to a release, Hayhurst died of multiple stab wounds. A suspect in the case, Eureka resident Daniella Moore, […]
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UPDATE: One Arrested in Homicide Investigation
UPDATE: A Eureka woman is being held on $1 million bail in connection with the death of another woman who was found dead in a parking lot, according to a release from the Eureka Police Department. Daniella Moore, 40, was arrested on suspicion of homicide, the release states. Few other details were immediately available. Read […]
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Brazen Gun Theft Suspect Pleads Guilty, Most Weapons Still Unaccounted for
The Eureka man with an outlaw name who was behind a brazen gun theft at Pacific Outfitters nearly four years ago was recently sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to the crime in federal court. Jesse James Marquez was 19 when he cut power lines to the sporting goods store in August […]
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‘In the Face of Evil:’ EPD Honors Sharral McDonald with Service Award
On the first anniversary of her death, the Eureka Police Department honored Sharral “Sherry” McDonald this morning for putting herself between a friend and the armed felon trying to kidnap her. “Detectives assigned to the investigation noted that Sharral could have easily fled to safety at any time but, instead, became a shield to protect […]
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UPDATE: EPD Investigating After Body Found in Green Belt Off 101
UPDATE: The Eureka Police Department is investigating the death of a man found this morning at Fifth and V streets as a “possible hit and run traffic collision.” According to a release, no information on a suspect or suspect vehicle is currently available. Read more here. PREVIOUSLY: The Eureka Police Department is investigating after a […]
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Hospital Cuts, Awkward Railroad Talks, Shelter Funding on Tap in Eureka
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are expected to ask the Eureka City Council tonight to press St. Joseph Hospital officials to reverse course on the elimination of 35 positions and call a public meeting on patient care issues, including staffing levels. News of the layoffs, which the union has described as retaliatory, […]
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Teen Stabbing Suspect to Be Tried as Juvenile Under Bill Signed by Brown
The murder case against a 15-year-old accused of fatally stabbing another teenage boy in the Ocean View Cemetery on Aug. 9 will continue in the juvenile court system after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law last week that prohibits charging individuals as adults if they were younger than 16 at the time of the accused […]
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Eureka Council to Mull Shelter Funding, Railroad Proposal Concerns, Cannabis and Patrol Contract
The Eureka City Council will consider Tuesday offering continued support for local philanthropist Betty Chinn’s emergency shelter — set up in the wake of the 2016 PalCo Marsh sweep — with $75,000 housing funds. Also up for discussion is whether to request that the California Attorney General’s Office conduct an “investigative review” into a $10 […]