In 2013, what’s become known as the third wave of the national opioid epidemic began to wash over the United States. But fueled by the opioid fentanyl, for years it didn’t hit Humboldt County, leaving residents and officials to read about its devastating impacts elsewhere as it came to dominate national overdose rates. Then in […]
Todd Dockweiler
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Arcata Woman Arrested for Assault, Death of Child
Arcata police arrested Ewa Misztal, a 28-year-old Polish national, for the death and alleged assault of her 2-month-old daughter. According to Arcata Police Sgt. Todd Dockweiler, officers responded to a call of an “unresponsive child” on the 400 block of Union Street at around 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 27. “The child was transported to Mad […]