The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s new online dog licensing portal is at attention and ready to serve. In a press release sent out Tuesday, the sheriff’s office states that residents in the unincorporated areas of Humboldt County can now use the online portal —available at the county’s website (humboldtgov.org/DogLicenseRegistration) — to “purchase or renew their […]
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Crescent City Man Killed in Logging Accident
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after a logging accident killed a 70-year-old man on a rural property near Orick yesterday. According to a press release, two pieces of logging equipment collided, injuring the John Henry Sims Jr., of Crescent City, who died at the scene. Cal OSHA is also investigating […]
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HCSO Arrests Suspect in Saturday Knife Attack in Garberville
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 32-year-old woman named Ruby Jean Tyldsley on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse after responding to a call about a possible stabbing in the Alderpoint Road area on Saturday. They ask anyone with information to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Suspicious Death
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death after a man’s body was found yesterday by emergency personnel responding to vehicle in the Klamath River. According to a news release, the man’s body was found 400 feet down an embankment off State Route 96 and retrieved that evening. Few other details were immediately […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Stabbing
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an earlier morning stabbing that left a man hospitalized. According to a news release, deputies patrolling Bell Springs Road near Alderpoint Road around 12:45 a.m. today located the man, who was being driven to the hospital. “Deputies rendered life-saving aid to the victim,” the HCSO release states. “The […]
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Human Remains Found in Northeast Humboldt
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has found human remains in Northeast Humboldt near Highway 96, between Hoopa and Weitchpec. The identity and sex of the deceased are unknown, as is the cause and manner of death. HSCO has launched a further investigation and will release more information when available. Read the full release below. Human remains […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating SoHum Death
The Humboldt County’s Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 38 year old who was found with multiple gunshot wounds after “an out-of-area attorney” called to report the victim, according to a news release. The deceased man has been identified as Wade Daniel Harris and an autopsy is scheduled for Aug. 18. The HCSO […]
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Exclusive: More Than 1,600 Californians Evicted During Pandemic
Like any parent, Jamie Burson didn’t want her 11-year-old son to discover how frightened she really was about the novel coronavirus. But it’s hard to mask anxiety when you’re living and sleeping together in the same car. After Burson was evicted from her two bedroom apartment in Vacaville the second week of April, she heeded […]
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Man Arrested After Twice Attempting to Flee Deputies
One man was arrested last night after twice attempting to flee deputies in the McKinleyville area, at one point striking a patrol car and downed trees. The first pursuit began around 10 p.m. in the area of Murray Road and McKinleyville Avenue, when a deputy attempted a traffic stop. The driver fled and the pursuit […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shooting Near Bridgeville
One person was injured in a shooting this morning. According to a dispatcher relaying information to emergency personnel over the scanner about 3:55 a.m., the victim was “shot at in vehicle” and the shooting occurred in the Mad River area. However, emergency personnel were sent to Loop Road in Carlotta to find the victim. The […]
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Update: Suspicious Package on Humboldt Hill Revealed to be Vinyl Records (VIDEO)
Update: HCSO Public Information Officer Samantha Karges describes the incident in a video. She says that earlier today, HCSO responded to a call about two suspicious packages, and after checking with residents near where the packages were found and confirming that they didn’t belong to them, the HCSO EOD team was called. The EOD robot […]
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High Speed Chase Ends with Surrender
Two Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were pursuing a vehicle south from Eureka past King Salmon at 7:04 p.m. One deputy told the dispatch that the driver in the vehicle he was pursuing slammed on his brakes and caused the deputy who was speaking to hit another pursuing deputy’s vehicle. This occurred near Hilfiker. That […]