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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Auditor, Bohn Email Exchange Leads to Investigation, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard reports that an email exchange between county Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez and First District Supervisor Rex Bohn on Thursday is the subject of a Human Resources investigation. According to the article, the issue in the emails centered on Bohn wanting to hand deliver a $23,000 payment for providing hotel room space during the […]
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UPDATE: Coroner, Sheriff’s Office Recover Body Found in Dunes Near Manila
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports a body was recovered from the waveslope in the area near Ma-le’l Dunes this afternoon. “The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office is in the process of scheduling an autopsy and identifying the body,” a news release states. “More information will be released when available.” PREVIOUS: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]
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CHP Investigating A Vehicle That Nearly Collided with Pedestrians During Last Week’s BLM Protest in McKinleyville
The Humboldt Area California Highway Patrol is asking the public with information about a silver Hon da Pilot that nearly collided with protesters during last week’s “Stand Against Racism and Police Brutality” protest to contact them as the agency is investigating the incident. According to a release, a video showed a silver Honda Pilot traveling […]
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Suspect Arrested in Campton Homicide
The Eureka Police Department arrested Wesley Lee Starritt yesterday on suspicion of killing Roger Mitchell “Mitch” Clark, who was found dead at his Campton Drive home on May 20. The Times-Standard reported that Eureka Police Department Chief Steve Watson said the arrest of Wesley Lee Starritt has taken “a possible serial killer in the making […]
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HSU Investigating Racist Social Media Posts Involving Students ‘Mocking the Black Community,’ Times-Standard reports
The Times-Standard is reporting that Humboldt State University is investigating social media accounts that are “mocking the black community.” “The posts come amid upheaval across the nation from protests in the wake of the fatal arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota,” the report reads. Read the full story and a letter from the university […]
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HSU: Soliciting Investigation Ongoing, Faculty Member No Longer on Campus
Humboldt State University announced today that a faculty member accused of soliciting students no longer works on campus but said in the news release that details of the investigation and its outcome are not being made public because it is a personnel matter. Students who may have been harmed are encouraged to seek out assistance […]
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Justice for Josiah
In our collective years covering crime in Humboldt County, a hard truth we’ve come to realize is that justice is rare — even rarer in a courtroom. The criminal justice system is a misnomer, as the very best it can deliver is protecting the community from a perpetrator while giving them a very limited chance […]
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‘Organizational Failures’
The commanding officer who oversaw the first steps in the Arcata Police Department’s probe into the April 15, 2017, stabbing death of David Josiah Lawson had no specialized training in crime scene management or homicide investigation. The officer tasked with photographing the crime scene used a point-and-shoot camera, had been working in law enforcement less […]
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HSU Investigating Allegations of Faculty Member Soliciting Students
Humboldt State University stated in a press release today that it has “expanded” an investigating into allegations that a member of its faculty “may have” solicited students for paid sex. Providing few details, the release states the university has “taken precautionary steps in order to protect students from harm” since receiving the “anonymous reports” last […]
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California Cannabis Enters the Blast Zone
This Trump-Ukraine scandal has tendrils stretching all over the place. You may have missed it — what, with the president not only openly admitting on television to soliciting foreign help, in his re-election campaign but then doubling down by asking again for said help, and near daily revelations from the House impeachment inquiry that there […]
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Assault Investigation Now a Homicide
An Indiana man who had just moved to Eureka was assaulted Sept. 26 has died as a result of the injuries received, according to a press release sent out by the Eureka Police Department. The case is now an active homicide investigation and an autopsy is scheduled for today. On Sept. 26, a sergeant with […]