The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Arcata man on suspicion of raping two children. According to a press release, investigators arrested Lucas William Russell, 21, at his home on the 1100 block of West End Road this morning while serving a search warrant. The investigation began in late February, when the sheriff’s office’s […]
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Fortuna High School Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Battery of Students
The Fortuna Police Department has arrested Fortuna Union High School math teacher and wrestling coach Gary Landergen on allegations he sexually assaulted at least two students. According to a press release, “at least two students” came forward to report they had been the victim of “inappropriate and unwelcome groping and/or fondling by Landergen.” The Fortuna […]
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New Trial Denied, Sentencing Scheduled for Littlefield
A Humboldt County Superior Court judge denied Timothy Floyd Littlefield’s motion for a new trial yesterday, leaving the McKinleyville man facing eight life sentences after his 2013 convictions on 11 child molestation charges. In December, the California First District Court of Appeals found Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney abused his discretion in granting […]
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Littlefield Mistrial Overturned, Guilty Verdicts Stand
If convicted child molester Timothy Floyd Littlefield wants a new trial, he has to find more evidence of juror misconduct, the California First District Court of Appeals ruled today. Littlefield, who was convicted of 11 child molestation charges in September 2013, was granted a mistrial by Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney, who ruled […]
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Two Years After Molestation Conviction, Littlefield Waits to Hear Fate
More than two years after a Humboldt County jury convicted him of 11 child molestation charges, Timothy Floyd Littlefield is still waiting to learn his fate. But word of what the future holds for Littlefield could come any day now, as the California First District Court of Appeals has heard oral arguments in his case, […]
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McKinleyville Man Facing 8 Life Sentences Granted Mistrial
A McKinleyville man was sitting in the proverbial executioner’s chair last week when the power went out. Timothy Floyd Littlefield was facing eight life sentences in state prison without the possibility of parole stemming from convictions on 11 child molestation charges when he stood before Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney last week at […]