Suspect Arrested in Saturday’s Homicide, Details on Case Revealed

ArcataAccording to Arcata Police Chief Tom Chapman, Kimberly Lyn Steele age 28 of Samoa was arrested in connection with Saturday night’s homicide. Chapman said, “Officers were able to develop probable cause to arrest Miss Steele for her part in the robbery that occurred. We’re still investigating her involvement in the homicide. Chapman explained that in California if an individual is involved in certain specified felonies and a murder or homicide occurs, then all participants in the felony can be charged with murder even if they weren’t the person who actually committed the violent act.

“We’ll still trying to determine the role she played in the homicide,” he said.

Chapman explained that there were multiple individuals involved in what a marijuana transaction at the Arcata home. “In addition to the decedent, there were three or four people in the home who would be classified as victims of the robbery. Oftentimes in these events, people are reluctant to cooperate fully. It is possible that one of the people may have fled. We’re still trying to determine what happened,” explained Chapman. “What we care about is violent crime. The transaction is not on the radar. There certainly wouldn’t be any charges related to possession or sales at this point.”

The suspects, Chapman said, apparently came intending to steal the product. “The suspects’ intent was to rob,” he explained. A shot or shots were fired and the victim, Chapman was not ready to identify him, was wounded and died.

Steele has been arrested for robbery but may be facing more serious charges. Police are still looking for two male suspects.

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8 years ago

I’m always impressed at the way the cops (usually – not always) handle these things – even 30 years ago they’d disregard purported drug dealing or other offenses in order to focus on violence…..We were peripherally involved in an incident like this in the mid 1980’s….a young woman OD’ed at our neighbors, and they were too scared to report it – she was buried, but the police canvassed the area looking for her – We all were scared because of pot growing in the neighborhood…..they assured everyone they didn’t care about pot and they were good to their word – eventually someone reported what happened…..not only were there no pot charges, the neighbor wasn’t charged, as it became clear when they heard the whole story that it was an accident …..

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