The Arcata Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a man found in a tent around 11 p.m. Oct. 18 near the Mad River. Lt. Todd Dokweiler said officers arrived at the scene after receiving a report of a possibly deceased man in a tent north of the Carlson Park area of Valley West […]
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One Arrested After Fatal Willow Creek Shooting
A suspect is in custody after a shooting death in Willow Creek before dawn this morning. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to at report of a gunshot victim in the 500 block of State Route 96, and arrived to find a dead man with what appeared to be a gunshot […]
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Armed Kneeland Murder Suspect Arrested in Santa Cruz
A 27-year-old Rhode Island man wanted in connection with the homicide of a woman found dead in her home April 2 was arrested in Santa Cruz on Sunday, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The victim has been identified as Emily Rose May Lobba. She was 28. Austin Michael Medeiros was taken into custody […]
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One Arrested After Arcata Homicide
Arcata police arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of murder last night after a fatal assault near the footbridge connecting the Cal Poly Humboldt campus to the area around 17th and G streets in the city. According to a press release, police responded to a report of a physical altercation in the area around 5:30 […]
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Man Already in Custody Arrested in 2017 Eureka Murder
A man once described by former Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson as “a possible serial killer in the making” has been arrested on suspicion of killing a man who was stabbed to death in 2017 while sleeping in an alley. Wesley Lee Starritt, 23, has been formally charged for the murder of 56-year-old Charles “Chuckie” […]
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UPDATED: Five Years Later, Charges Brought in Eureka Teen’s Homicide
One day before the fifth anniversary of 18-year-old Jennika Lee Suazo being found dead in a P Street residence where she lived, the Eureka Police Department announced 34-year-old Anthony Lee Hamilton has been charged with her murder. According to a news release, Hamilton has been in custody on unrelated charges since 2017. The Eureka Police […]
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Guilty Plea Entered in Bear River Triple Murder Case
The 19-year-old Loleta man who fatally shot three people — including a 16-year-old girl — at a home on the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria Reservation in February pleaded guilty today to three counts of first degree murder in a plea deal. Mauricio Johnson, who was 18 when the crime was committed, will […]
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No Official Connection Determined in Blue Lake Homicides; Investigation Continues
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports that investigators have not “officially determined a connection” between the homicides of two men whose bodies were found one month apart in similar parts of Blue Lake but states the investigation is continuing. Both of the men, according to the HCSO, were “known to live a transient lifestyle.” On […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Suspicious Death in Blue Lake
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man found by a trail near Taylor Way and the Mad River Levee in Blue Lake just before 1 p.m. on Sunday. According to a news release, the man’s death is under investigation by Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division and is considered […]
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Charmaine Lawson: Settlement ‘Blood Money’ Means ‘Nothing,’ Focus is on Justice
Charmaine Lawson still hasn’t cashed the $200,000 check that came as a part of her settlement agreement with the city of Arcata. She says it took her four days to even open the envelope it was mailed in and it has now sat for weeks atop her son’s urn. Filed in November of 2018, the […]
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Homicide Victim Identified as Trinidad Man
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died Wednesday after being dropped off at the Elk Camp Fire station near Orick with a gunshot wound as Benjamin Scott Thomas, 40, of Trinidad. Thomas was reportedly driven to the station around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, and left there by “multiple unknown […]
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Sheriff’s Office Conducting Homicide Investigation into Death of Man Dropped Off at Cal Fire Station
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation after a gunshot victim was dropped off at the Elk Camp Cal Fire station near Orrick yesterday evening. Although Cal Fire employees administered living-saving efforts, the man died at the scene, the HCSO states in a news release. According to the release, the man was […]