Homemade Explosive Device Found in McKinleyville
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On Aug. 27, 2018, at about 2:30 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received the report of a suspicious object discovered by a person doing landscaping work in a field on the 1800 block of Murray Road in McKinleyville.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team was dispatched to investigate. Upon inspection, EOD deputies found that the object was a homemade explosive device. Deputies then rendered the object safe and removed it from the property.
This case is still under investigation.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public that if you encounter a suspicious object in your neighborhood, do not pick it up and keep others from going near it. Call your local law enforcement at 9-1-1.
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Probably headed for the planning dep.
goffers are a problem. expired boat flares work for about 6 months if done right.
Yup. Looks like an ‘improvised’ gopher gasser.
They must have some BIG Gophers in Mack town I guess!!!
Heeeer gopher gopher gopher ⛳🏌️ hahahaha
Man thats a large explosive, no idea whats in it but man that would of caused some serious damage.
Kym, any word on what exploded at 6:27 last night next to the golf course?
probably this.
Correct me if I’m wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they’ll lock me up and throw away the key.
If you notice these idiots that are always fkng around with explosives, you’ll also notice they’re all morons
And you’ll notice the missing fingers. 👈🏼
Could not agree more. Join the Army if you have a need to destroy your hearing and possibly others lives.
Kid sure as hell wasn’t leaving it at home.
How many explosive devices have there been in Mckinleyville this year? Seems like a new trend or same person?
If that yellow cord is the fuse or the wires you have to hook to a battery. It looks awful short for the size of the explosive. They probably realized that at the last minute and changed their mind.
Also it’s a tweeker looking bomb😤
You can extend the wire before you energize it but I don’t think they were that smart but they did constrict the explosive device which makes it more exclusive.
Explosive not Exclusive
Too much city bs drama is coming up here with all the trash moving up here 🙁
Kym, how do I get deleted for comment about drinking bong water but original poster can refer to people as trash? SMH
Coletta is referring to a group of people. You were insulting a commenter.
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Okay thanks. I didn’t realize that I must insult people as a group rather than individually.
Trying to promote civility and not squelch the free exchange of ideas is…difficult. I do my best. When people are individually insulted, they lose their minds and start slinging insults back and then I have entire comment threads with the rough equivalent of schoolyard insults being traded. But group insults are slightly more tolerable and people appear to find it difficult to express their concerns without including a large group. In this case, Coletta appears to think that an influx of people with questionable morals is a problem. I think she should be allowed to express that opinion even though I am pretty sure that we’ve got lots of homegrown morally stunted folks, too.
this is across from that property that is literally covered trash with an uneven trailer with no windows. they have been here for generations, so many that when you buy a house in 95519, 40 bucks of the closing cost goes to them. when I asked why, I got no real answer.
What do you think happened to the social fabric of Crescent City after Pelican Bay was created? Connect the dots to the present.
Is that one of those plastic or cardboard sandwich boxes wrapped in cord? You would get a better Bang by dropping a Mentos in a bottle of diet soda and shutting the lids lol