[UPDATE: Suspect Taken Into Custody] Sheriff’s Office Seeks Info on Suspect in Armed Robbery/Carjacking
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On Saturday, November1617, 2018 at about 07:30 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff Deputies responded to the gas station at the` Blue Lake Casino for a report of an armed robbery.Upon arrival, deputies learned that a white male adult entered the gas station armed with a firearm and demanded the money in the cash register. The male subject left the gas station with undisclosed amount of money and attempted to carjack a customer outside the gas station.
The male subject was contacted in that vehicle by Blue Lake Casino Security and brandished the firearm in their direction. He subsequently fled the area on foot and later carjacked a vehicle from the same area.Evidence was collected at the scene and the incident is still under investigation. The identity of the suspect is being confirmed at this time…
Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.
UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: Suspect in This Morning’s Armed Robbery Taken into Custody
Earlier Chapter: Man Reportedly Armed With a Shotgun Flees From Blue Lake, High Speed Chase Ends At Crescent City Motel, 101 Shut Down
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Saturday or Friday ?
This morning. Saturday.
Sorry Kym, it says Saturday, November 16. I had to ask.
And I’m an idiot not to have noticed. I’ve corrected the press release. Thank you!
A desperate man.
Great picture of suspect!
Name??? Sorry to be a ball buster, but a name would help.
At the point this post came out, no name had been released. Since then there has been an update. There is a link at the bottom of the press release that takes you there. The name is on that post.