The California Attorney General’s Office has indicated it will not pursue criminal charges following an investigation into the handling of estates overseen by the county’s Public Administrator’s Office that began in August of 2017. The Public Administrator’s Office, which came under the umbrella of the Humboldt Sheriff’s Office following a merger with the coroner’s office […]
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DOJ Investigator Heading to Town in Public Administrator Probe
A representative from the California Department of Justice is expected to arrive in Eureka this week to take over an investigation into possible wrongdoing involving the management of estates overseen by the county’s Public Administrator’s Office. District Attorney Maggie Fleming says she was notified by phone Aug. 3 of the state’s decision to run the […]
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Sales of Estate Items to County Employees Under Investigation
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal announced today that the sheriff’s office has launched an investigation into possible improprieties involving the sale of estate assets managed by the public administrator’s office to county employees. In a report by the Lost Coast Outpost’s Ryan Burns, Honsal says the situation came to his attention when the Outpost began […]