25 January 2012
Carter Daniels accused of robbing Blue Lake Museum to pawn seven hats Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A break-in early this morning at a local museum led to the arrest of a Eureka man at a pawn shop. Carter Daniels, 30, is in county jail after his arrest on possession of stolen property charges [...]
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24 January 2012
EPD catches up with Jules Dawson; Miles Sharp still eludes capture Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A third suspect in last year’s notorious strong-arm robbery in the Humboldt State University dorms was arrested yesterday. Late Monday, the Eureka Police Department apprehended 23-year-old Jules Aubrey Dawson, also known as “Jay Doss,” and booked him into [...]
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24 January 2012
Glenna Morrison also had hash, 15 pounds of bud Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A resident of Hydesville, subject to unannounced police searches due to her probation status, was popped for drug possession and sales just after dawn today. At about 7:45 a.m., the Community Response Unit of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office conducted [...]
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24 January 2012
By Gabriele Fellows Time to Merge converge at the seams Bumping into the back of Babylon Neurosis bubbling over the brim Time to give in and stay Between the lines Adhere to time Clean cut & firmly pressed Time to confess your sins Give in [...]
23 January 2012
Michael Stockhoff, 21, allegedly had bag of meth in his pocket Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A local man on the run from felony drug warrants since last year was caught on Saturday in the vicinity of a Loleta casino. At about 9 p.m. on Jan. 21, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a [...]
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20 January 2012
Wallace Egger popped in routine traffic stop on Valley West Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel An Arcata Police Department traffic cop sent an alleged meth dealer in jail earlier this week. At about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the policeman observed an equipment violation on a vehicle traveling along the 5000 block of Valley West [...]
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19 January 2012
Jamil Muhammad, who held a woman captive, had five prior prison terms Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A 58-year-old Eureka man will be spending all or most of his remaining lifespan behind bars after his conviction on multiple violent crimes. Superior Court Judge Christopher Wilson handed down sentencing on Jamil Najm Muhammad today; the [...]
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17 January 2012
Randi Barton, 23, also a felon in possession of ammo Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A man stumbling into Fortuna City Hall with a bleeding stab wound led to the arrest of a young woman on the south end of Fortuna this morning. At approximately 11:03 a.m. this morning, an unnamed 57-year-old victim came [...]
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16 January 2012
Caution urged in King Salmon, other low-lying areas around Humboldt Bay Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A flood watch is in effect tomorrow in the Humboldt Bay area. The Eureka office of the National Weather Service issued the warning due to the timing of a high tide combined with a storm surge bringing strong [...]
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15 January 2012
Juliann Siple, 65, last seen walking dogs Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A local senior citizen was reported missing by her domestic partner, leading the local Search and Rescue team to swing into action this evening. At about 5:30 p.m. today, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a possible missing person — a [...]
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12 January 2012
Gabe Talamantes caught up in undercover sting at south Broadway motel Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Eureka’s Problem Oriented Policing unit scored yet another drug bust thanks to the work of undercover cops. Eureka Police Department personnel converged yesterday evening at a south Broadway motel after an officer who concealed his identity arranged a [...]
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11 January 2012
Accused suspect also had guns, scale and other materials at home Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel One more alleged meth dealer is apparently off the street after the Problem Oriented Policing unit swung into action on the south side of Eureka yesterday. At about 4:24 p.m. yesterday, a Eureka Police Department POP investigator conducted [...]
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09 January 2012
Zach Scott allegedly tore through yard before abandoning moving vehicle Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel An at-large parolee is in jail today after an early morning chase led Eureka Police Department personnel through a southside residential neighborhood. At about 2:30 a.m. this morning, an EPD patrolman on Highway 101 observed a white 1993 Isuzu [...]
08 January 2012
Cream City’s Council weighs in with their concerns over use of roads By Skippy Massey Humboldt Sentinel Residents and ranchers alike packed the Ferndale City Hall to voice their increasing disapproval of the Shell Wind Bear River Wind Turbine Project presented by staff from HSU’s Schatz Energy Lab and Shell’s WindEnergy, Inc. The fourth such meeting [...]
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07 January 2012
Lance Henry of Fortuna allegedly became violently resistant to cops By Charles Douglas Humboldt Sentinel It’s a new year, but the same old tensions persist between the Eureka Police Department and some elements within Occupy Eureka. Five arrests just today have reignited what law enforcement and local elected officials see as a public [...]
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06 January 2012
Sheriffs net 33 pounds of hash, 124 pounds of pot and seven suspects Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel On their way to serve a warrant on one set of suspects in a remote Southern Humboldt County ranch, local, state and federal law enforcement personnel stumbled their way into a major bust on a completely [...]
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05 January 2012
Siblings Richard and Ashley Myers now in county jail Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A brother and sister from Orleans are in the clink in downtown Eureka after a brutal stabbing in rural northeastern Humboldt County. At about 10:30 p.m. last night, personnel from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office assigned to the Hoopa area were dispatch [...]
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05 January 2012
Of all people, Newt Gingrich exposes infotainment-orientation of mainstream media Guest Column By Mitch Trachtenberg It’s finally happened. An American politician has finally said something so laughable that a Sabbath gasbag from the mainstream media, well, laughed at him. No, it wasn’t the charge that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Not Ron [...]
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04 January 2012
Local contractors fill City Hall to condemn ‘anti-competitive’ proposal By Charles Douglas Humboldt Sentinel Local union rep Sid Berg may have bitten off more than he could chew in trying to push a re-write of Arcata city policy to favor apprenticeship training run primarily by organized labor. An overflow crowd in Council Chambers [...]
03 January 2012
Dr. Donald Baird of Fortuna consulted with county jail, Redwood Memorial Hospital Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Humboldt County has a new top medical mind on the payroll. Dr. Donald I. Baird, who’s worked for 35 years as senior physician with Humboldt Medical Group out of Fortuna and Ferndale, will take up the duties [...]
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03 January 2012
Councilmember Marian Brady pulls unexplained disappearing act from votes By Charles Douglas Humboldt Sentinel New amendments introduced to building regulations tonight will make it easier to construct, restore and rent out carriage houses and other ancillary structures as secondary dwellings, otherwise known as ‘mother-in-law’ units. With next to zero public comment and the [...]
01 January 2012
Sacramento makes things that much more complicated By Skippy Massey Humboldt Sentinel Out with the old– and in with the new. California Governor Brown signed 760 bills with the majority of laws taking effect on or before January 1st, 2012. Happy New Year, Humboldt. Say goodbye to shark fin soup, openly carrying weapons, [...]
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31 December 2011
By Gabriele Fellows Humboldt Sentinel The world is a stage Page your true intentions Discard the past Take off the mask Of inferiority Mass conformity Relinquish your goals To the corporation Melt your dreams Into their machine Nice and clean Swift and tidy High and mighty Ride that horse Into the sunset Mindset Turn [...]
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30 December 2011
Still unknown whether incumbent Third District Supervisor will run again By Charles Douglas Humboldt Sentinel With face-offs already guaranteed for the other two Humboldt County Supervisor seats up for grabs in 2012, the Third District will now be a political battleground as well. Arcata environmental activist Mark Lovelace, who has yet to decide [...]
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29 December 2011
Chris Mell led Sheriff’s Deputies on a high speed chase earlier this week Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel With the crucial assistant of a canine, an escaped parolee and his alleged accomplice are spending the night in the clink. Fortuna resident Christopher Glen Mell, 30, had evaded the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in a [...]
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29 December 2011
Great Wall of McKinley promised, along with more “uncomfortable” policing Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Arcata will not be a welcoming place to celebrate the birth of the year 2012. This much was clear from a somewhat vague press release issued from City Hall this afternoon, where the Arcata Police Department will be encouraging a [...]
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28 December 2011
Two young men of unknown identity sought by EPD Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Gun-toting robbers struck last night at the Subway chain outlet at the Eureka Mall. At about 8:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Eureka Police Department personnel responded to a reported robbery at the business, located on the 800 block of West Harris Street. [...]
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27 December 2011
Final suspect found locked inside Valley West motel room Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Three local men were popped in quick succession by the Arcata Police Department starting on Christmas Day for various drug charges. On Sunday at about 11:20 p.m., APD personnel contacted, then arrested Arcata resident James Bauer, 35, on felony parole [...]
26 December 2011
Cash prizes, publication offered to local high school students Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel The cause of world peace is coming to the high schools of Humboldt County in the new year. The Redwood Coast Peace Poetry Contest focuses the minds of local students on the abolition of war, hate and violence in favor of [...]
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26 December 2011
Pimnunihus Cennabe of Siskiyou County had been hiding in remote locations Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A routine patrol near a service station led local police to crack a case which had frustrated state authorities for over three years. On Wednesday at about 8 p.m., the Fortuna Police Department’s Brian Taylor was working uniformed patrol [...]
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22 December 2011
Ubaldo Mendez in county lockup pending extradition out of the US Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel The Problem Oriented Policing unit continues its campaign against drug traffickers in the local community. Eureka Police Department POP members arrested Ubaldo Mendez at 2:30 p.m. yesterday on charges of possession of heroin for sale as well as [...]
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21 December 2011
Greg Fitzgerald, Michael Stockhoff believed to be together Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel Local law enforcement are hot on the trail of two suspects who are supposedly hiding out together, although their alleged crimes are apparently unrelated. Gregory Dalton Fitzgerald, a 27-year-old white male with brown hair and eyes, is wanted for possession of [...]
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21 December 2011
Jules Dawson and Miles Sharp of San Diego still at large Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel The last two strong-arm robbers who struck a dormitory at Humboldt State University have been identified, on-campus law enforcement claims. University Police Department spokespersons now allege that Jules Aubrey Dawson, 23, and Miles B. Sharp, 20, were involved [...]
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21 December 2011
Price tag estimated at half a billion dollars By Skippy Massey Humboldt Sentinel HUMBOLDT COUNTY has entertained many far-reaching and costly proposals over the years ranging from a Hershey’s’ chocolate factory, a WWII aircraft carrier for Humboldt Bay tourists, a Cousteau aquarium and research center, a rare stuffed animal emporium, water export bladder [...]
Posted in Eureka, Politics6 Comments
21 December 2011
Discovery made by children playing in their yard Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel A creepy discovery by local kids on Monday has law enforcement officials launching a full investigation. At about 5 p.m. on Dec. 19, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office dispatched deputies to a home on the 3100 block of Fickle Hill Road [...]
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20 December 2011
Robert Benefield held on $100,000 bail Staff Report Humboldt Sentinel State and local law enforcement agencies coordinated their efforts to catch the alleged robber of a local gas station. At about 12:37 a.m. yesterday morning, Eureka Police Department officers responded to reports of a robbery at the Chevron station on the 2800 block [...]
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