The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a 27-year-old man who was apparently shot inside his vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning. Mathew Thomas Dix’s truck was idling in his driveway on the 1700 block of Victor Blvd. in Manila when deputies responded to call for medical aid at 3:16 a.m. […]
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‘The Hollow Men’
Before the arrest and the sobering cell, long before the civil rights lawsuit or the $2.5 million verdict, there was a call for help. It was shortly after 2 p.m. on June 13, 2014, and 42-year-old Daren Borges was in a bad way. Near the intersection of Seventh and D streets in Eureka, just down […]
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The Bridgeville Beat
Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy Ben Filippini is 24 years old and just three years out of College of the Redwood’s Police Academy. Beneath the back of his short blond hair, his neck is sunburned a dark red where a tactical helmet and mask did not cover his skin at a recent outdoor training session. He’s […]
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Silly Bear Locked in Car Freed by Deputies
A wayward — and apparently grumpy — bear that found itself locked inside a Kneeland neighborhood car was freed unharmed today after responding deputies were able to open the door from a safe distance by tying a rope around the handle. In a video of the rescue posted to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Facebook […]
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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 […]
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Sheriff’s Office IDs Inmate Who Died in Custody
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman who died in custody at around 3 a.m. this morning as Colleen Marie Branch, 36, of Eureka. Branch was in the jail’s medical unit to detox off an undisclosed substance, according to Lt. Mike Fridley. She was discovered by a staff member at around 2:45 a.m. […]
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One of Petrolia’s Zebras Fatally Shot
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting of one of the three famed zebras that lives on Mattole Road near Petrolia. Sheriff William Honsal said his office received a report of the shooting Saturday morning, saying it appears someone used a small caliber rifle to fatally shoot the zebra sometime during the preceding […]
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UPDATE: Man Killed in Alderpoint Stabbing Identified
UPDATE: The sheriff’s office identified the man killed in an Alderpoint stabbing this week as Eugene Arnold Minikel, 37, of Redway. “This investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time,” the brief news release states. A woman, whose name has not been released, told officials that she stabbed Minikel because he […]
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UPDATED: Sheriff’s Office: Father Sought in Eureka Child Abduction Case
Update: Anthony Lux returned his 4-year daughter, Alison Shirey, to her legal guardian last night. Lux and his daughter were the subject of a three day search after he took her from her guardian’s home Sunday night. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, Lux stated he had received advice that he had […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating County’s 19th Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating another homicide, after a 23-year-old was stabbed to death in Weott on Friday night. The homicide is the 19th recorded in the county so far this year, and comes in the midst of the county’s single grisliest annual homicide total in at least 30 years. It also puts […]
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Hoopa Killing Leaves County on Pace for Record 23 Homicides
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a homicide investigation after a fight in Hoopa turned deadly Friday night, meaning the county has matched a grisly, 30-year-old record with more than three months remaining in the year. Deputies were called to a residence on Shoemaker Road at about 9 p.m. Friday to a report of […]
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3rd UPDATE: Suspect Killed in McKinleyville Standoff
3rd UPDATE: Multiple news agencies are reporting that the suspect in an armed Mckinleyville standoff that started yesterday morning and continued into the night was killed at about 2:30 a.m. in a shootout with police. According to the reports, an unidentified woman fled the suspect’s apartment, after which he set several fires inside the apartment […]