Mark Anthony Nelson Jr. — a 39-year-old gas station clerk from Eureka — has had quite a week. A man came to rob the gas station where he worked. He shot and killed that man, prompting his arrest on suspicion of murder, possessing stolen property and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. […]
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DA Declines to File Charges in Blue Lake Gas Station Killing
Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming has declined to prosecute Patriot Gas Station clerk Mark Anthony Nelson Jr. for killing the man who allegedly robbed the business on the night of July 2, according to a press release from the DA’s office. “The employee has stated he acted in self-defense,” the press release states. “No […]
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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 […]