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 to a reported stabbing near the 37000 block of State Route 96 in Orleans. At a home there they found a 30-year-old man lying in pain on a couch with a severe laceration wound on his lower back, for which he was treated by emergency medical technicians who arrived on scene.
The unnamed victim told deputies that he was visiting the home of a friend when he heard a loud commotion outside and went to investigate. In the area of the Orleans Senior Center, the victim said he heard the noise of people yelling and was walking in that direction when an attacker leapt out of the bushes and lunged at him, striking the victim in the head and knocking him to the ground. As the victim tried to get up and run away, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and when he got back to his friend’s house, he discovered that he had been stabbed in the back.
HCSO personnel continued their investigation and collection of evidence, and in doing so, they zeroed in on a suspect, 20-year-old Richard Myers, who lived nearby at a residence at the end of Asip Lane. The unnamed victim said he did not know why Myers had attacked him. When deputies arrived at Myers’ residence and knocked on the door, Myers attempted to run out of the back door of the home, according to a press statement by lieutenant George Cavinta.
An HCSO deputy covering the back portion of the home allegedly saw Myers exit the home with a rifle of undetermined make and model. Myers was ordered by the cop to drop to the ground and the suspect complied; he was taken into custody without further resistance, and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, violating his conditions of probation and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Further interviews by law enforcement led to the arrest of the suspect’s 19-year-old sister, Ashley Myers of Orleans, who was charged with being an accessory to the crime. Both are in Humboldt County jail awaiting arraignment.
Details on the condition of the victim are unknown as of press time, although he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Members of the public with further information regarding this assault are asked to call the HSCO at (707) 445-7251 or their Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
Too bad we don’t have a real DA.