The victim of Thursday’s homicide and his alleged killer have been identified. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says Ryan James Robinson, 22, of Rio Dell, was shot to death after an argument with 32-year-old Judson Allen Stiglich. They apparently knew each other. From the sheriff’s office: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Detectives arrested, Judson Allen […]
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UPDATE: Homicide Arrest in Redway
UPDATED: After notifying next of kin, the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the shooting victim, Daneyal Mohammad Siddique, a 40-year-old man who lived in Redway. PREVIOUSLY: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on suspicion of murder after a shooting at the Dean Creek Resort north of Redway early this morning. Jason […]
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Supes to Discuss Jail Release Policy
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will look over this year’s grand jury recommendations tomorrow, including the report that called for the end of Humboldt County Jail’s late night release policy. Sheriff Mike Downey said in August that the jail would not comply with the report, and would continue to release people between 10 p.m. […]
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Officers Stand Down at Standoff
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has de-escalated a standoff situation in the Cutten area with a man believed to be having mental health issues. “We had a subject who was mentally unstable and was acting out some — had some violent tendencies — and his parent had some concerns so she called the sheriff’s office,” […]
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Accused HSU Lecturer Released After Child Porn Arrest
A Humboldt State University lecturer posted bail and was released from custody hours after his arrest on suspicion of possessing and distributing child pornography Friday. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced with a press release that — after a months-long investigation involving numerous federal and local agencies — detectives arrested Christopher Steven Haynes, a 64-year-old […]
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You Can Now Stay in Jail Until Dawn
The sheriff’s office today announced several changes to its jail release policy, including a provision that will offer inmates the option to stay in custody until daylight. The sheriff’s office policy, which allows people arrested on drunk in public charges to leave the Humboldt County jail — day or night — once they’ve sobered up, […]
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Updated: Man Wanted for Questioning in Possible SoHum Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of an apparent homicide in Southern Humboldt as 36-year-old Zackery Jacob Chapman, of Redway. Meanwhile, a suspect in the case, 33-year-old Benjamin Jasper Carter, remains at large, according to Sheriff’s Office Lt. Wayne Hanson. The Sheriff’s Office launched its investigation after someone called 911 to report […]
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#Buhneisback
If your pooch falls ill after devouring a bowl of imported chicken strips, don’t go blaming North Coast State Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa). A bid to allow “negligible” amounts of China-sourced chicken to grace Fido’s chompers recently suffered committee crib-death under Evans’s cold, unblinking gaze. “I’ve spent a lot of time researching this,” Evans […]
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Sheriff, Eureka Chief to Talk Late-Night Jail Release Policy
The county’s top law enforcement officers and church leaders will meet Wednesday, Feb. 26 to discuss the Humboldt County jail’s policy of releasing inmates late at night, when few services are available to them. The jail’s policy came into question after the high-profile killing of Father Eric Freed and was addressed in the Journal’s cover […]
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Conflicting Reports
Shortly after Sandra Lingle moved to Eureka from San Diego 32 years ago, something made an impression. “I saw somebody walking their dog at 11 o’clock at night — a woman — and I was thrilled,” she recalled last week. To Lingle, the sight reinforced that she’d moved to a safe place, a community where […]
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Dead of Night
How the fuck am I going to get home?” It’s about 12:15 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Matthew Page just walked out of the Humboldt County jail. “What am I supposed to do?” the 41-year-old self-described artist and musician asks. “I don’t even know Eureka. It’s 12:15, and I live in McKinleyville.” Temperatures are […]
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Killing in Trinidad
A 24-year-old man was killed in a Trinidad trailer park overnight following reports of people yelling. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Hidden Creek Trailer Park around 3 a.m. and found the victim, who has not yet been named. Around 10 this morning, detectives arrested 33-year-old Trinidad resident Larry Clinton Morrow on suspicion of homicide. Officials […]