Hearing Tuesday for Wade Harris; DA Fleming Explains What’s Up
Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming
In an email to us, Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming noted there has been “interest in Wade Harris’ recent arrest.” Many in the community have expressed frustration after Harris, who was suspected of having been involved in a burglary in the Salmon Creek watershed on Sunday, January 26, was released from jail early Thursday morning. Though he was remanded back to jail about a day later and remains there today, community members (including this reporter) were confused about the situation.
DA Fleming provided the following explanation of the ongoing situation in her email:
In general, under current California law people accused of a crime have a right to bail, unless the crime carries a possible death sentence. However, the law allows judges to deny bail or alter bail amounts for people who pose an extreme risk to public safety or who cannot show they have a legitimate source of bail funds. Harris has been able to make bail in all of his preceding cases, including bail set at $500,000 in one of his burglary cases.
Within 24 hours after he was booked into jail on his most recent arrest on January 26th, a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) sergeant filed declarations concerning his criminal record, prior criminal acts while out on bail, and the source of his bail funds, in an effort to get the judge to deviate from the standard bail schedule.
Wade Harris
Based upon those declarations, Judge Canning had Harris held in jail without the opportunity to make bail.
In the next step in the process on January 29th, Harris was arraigned for burglary, auto theft and felony reckless evasion from law enforcement. We have also charged him with an allegation related to the fact he continues to commit new felonies while out on bail. (The investigation of his actions that led to his arrest continues and we may add or revise charges in light of more evidence.) At that time, the file on the case available to Judge Wilson did not contain the declarations made by HCSO and the Judge set Harris’ bail at $75,000. (We have alerted the Courts to the issue of judges not having needed documents – HCSO had properly filed the declarations with the jail and the courts.) Harris posted bail and was released.
Harris then appeared in court on Friday (January 31st) for his bail hearing. The declarations by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies involved in the case were available for review by Judge Killoran. At that hearing, our Office requested that Harris be taken into custody and Judge Killoran agreed. Harris remains in custody today.
Charges listed against Wade Harris
Another hearing is scheduled for tomorrow (February 4th) at 2 pm in Court 3 of the Humboldt County Courthouse to address the issue of whether Harris has a legitimate source of bail. If the judge determines he does, he might again be allowed to make bail if the judge does not find the public safety argument reason enough to keep him in custody. Tomorrow’s hearing is open to the public.
Earlier Chapters in the Manhunt in Salmon Creek:
- Law Enforcement Searching Salmon Creek After Thieves Seen on Camera
- After Manhunt Yesterday, Two Men Arrested in Connection With Ripoff in Salmon Creek Area
- Missing Woman Located in Salmon Creek; Believed to Be Associated With Sunday Burglary, Says Sheriff’s Office
- Wade Harris Released Just After Midnight Yesterday
- Wade Harris Back in Jail, Says Sheriff’s Office
Earlier Incidents Involving Wade Harris:
- Wade Daniel Harris Arrested in Sonoma after 12 Hour Manhunt
- Probation Search in Garberville Yields Meth Plus More
- Fortuna Police Arrest Local Motorcyclist for Waving Stolen Pistol at Fellow Driver
- Law Enforcement Is Attempting to Locate a Suspected Hit and Run Driver in Shively
- Fleeing Cops, Driver Heads Wrong Way Down Safety Corridor, Reaches Speeds of Up To 100 Miles Per Hour
- Wade Harris Arrested in Arcata
- Wade Daniel Harris: Arrested Again…and Again
- Wade Harris Arrested, His Bail is $500,000, and DA Fleming Says He’ll Have to Prove Money He Posts for Bail Has Legitimate Source
- Wade Harris Arrested After Struggle With Deputy Today
- Vehicle Belonging to Wade Harris Burned Alongside Hwy 36 After His Arrest Yesterday
- Wade Harris Arrested With Stolen Vehicle, Says EPD
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Proving once again that the cash bail system does nothing to keep us safe. Community activism does what arbitrary monetary penalties do not.
So he was released on bail and you think that he would not have been released without any bail? Not to mention the only reason he is now in jail was that he showed up for a – tah tah- bail hearing. As for community action, this guy happened to catch the attention of this reporter because of her personal ties in the area. That wouldn’t have happen if the guy was a Eureka criminal.
If he hadn’t stolen at least 50,000 dollars worth of other people’s stuff, he wouldn’t have bailed out. This system benefits only rich criminals.
(Edit: I have learned that its possible to pay your own bail in cash. So maybe he stole half-a-mil? I wouldn’t even be able to afford the cash deposit on bond.)
People are released on their own recognizance all the time. So in essence, as the judge currently has a very wide latitude in deciding whether to release without bail, a very low bail, a very high bail or allow no bail at all, the “no bail” idea simply gives the judge less options. It certainly will add another layer of public bureaucracy because there will have reports supplied.
The result will likely be that the pressures of costs in keeping prisoners will make more people like this man released on OR and the government can look to bearing all the costs of hunting down the many who do not show up for their hearings . Or the judge will hold more who he judges have now no financial incentive to reliably show up. Knowing the government, it is more likely they will release people that will commit more crimes rather than come up with the money to house them for the dragged out procedures that already plague courts. And public safety will take another hit.
Is it fair that a person has to lose the money they pay a bondsman for providing fiscal assurance they will show up, especially if they are found innocent? No. But then insurance, which is what a bail bond is, is never is.
It is never as simple as being “unfair” to poor people when you think of the criminal nature of people involved. It is only unfair to those the judge already thinks will not bother to come to court (like unemployed or a previous history of not showing up) and can’t afford the insurance premium to the bondsman willing to take a chance on them when a richer person could find the bond. Then again is it “fair” to release people who are likely commit more crimes while free because they have nothing to lose but the judge has to set them free? Looking at the lists on LOCO, the same people already get released on their OR all the time and commit crime after crime until they finally held long enough to actually get to trial.
It has happened before with non-sohum career criminals, like Balke.
Didn’t Balke hold up the 76 with a rock?
Yep. While he was on some combination of probation and bail for about a hundred other crimes…
then he would get OR for free.
One would think that a history of repeatedly committing serious crimes while out on bail would be considered a reason not to let someone out on bail…
It is his only history…. How anyone could allow this creature bail is beyond reason.
She had some splainin’ to do. So now we know. Tomorrow it’s, “order in the court cause here comes the judge!”
I’m betting that half a million was tax payer dollars.
It was a bail bond. You can’t bail out of jail using you own cash, it has to be provided through a bail bondsman. It’s a system that serves absolutely no purpose.
Well, you can be bailed out of jail with your own cash, it’s called a cash bond. Just few people would be able to provide a liquid surety of $500k so there’s bondsmen who provide what is effectively an insurance policy that if you run their insurance will pay the $500k. For this service you owe them a negotiated fee of 6-10% of that amount. You used to have to have some kind of pretty solid collateral but I think you can’t use houses any longer so I don’t know what folks use nowadays.
My bad, I was wrong. I though the money had to come through a licensed bondsman. Learn something new every day!
Still a bad system.
The charges listed are from ONE DAY. We want to see all the charges for at least the past 3-4 years.
Without the bigger picture, he is still a guy who truly belongs in prison and probably has a secret desire to be there. Thinks he will be a badass shot caller no doubt😜😆😆😆
Work the system Wade! Not as dumb as he seems! TBI my ass.
I for one, am tired of seeing this guy’s face.
Whatever else is going on in his life, he gets arrested dirty way too often. Obviously, he is a master manipulator, probably some kind of central figure in a group of criminals, and, he needs a time-out, preferably at one of our lovely state correctional facilities.
Get this guy off the street, along with his associates! That is my best advice.
Somehow, I doubt that he can be rehabilitated, though…
He is not a very good criminal he always gets caught .
I wouldn’t say “Always gets caught” which he is very frequently caught, but I’d bet the times he was caught are nothing in comparison to what he has gotten away with.
He only gets caught like 20% of the time. Wade pulls in 1 mil a year . Don’t get him wrong. Dude steals ALOT of weed and personal belongings. How do you think he pays 50k bail over n over? He needs to disappear. Plain n simple. A parasite to this county.
🕯🌳And you know this how? 🇺🇸👁
Yes accurate
I know people who he ripped off. I know what he stole. A lot of his activities go unreported due to embarrassment and ironically, retribution from the law!. He took down 250,000 in October alone. He was eye-witnessed later through mug shots. Besides willi…… i spend my free time hunting tweekers. Ask kym….
Willie, who cares how he may know this , half the tri counties know this . You ain’t on to nothing 😴 .
I’m from 3,000 miles away and have lived on and off in humboldt for 15 + years and know this to be 90% accurate .
Make him produce weekly pay stubs or no bail.
Make him pay for the money we’re spending to apprehend and process him. Why should we financially support this loser?
Is this te guy who robbed a store, shot the shop keeper in the head threw him in dumpster?
He rarely gets caught,
Lately Humboldt county’s paid informents have been making sure that he is by setting him up in exchange for their own crimes being forgotten.
It amazes me what some people will do just to get out of trouble.
Why no attempted arson charge? That is serious enough to keep him locked up a while!
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That looks like tRump!
It should go for ALL politicians and lawyers sparkles!
The county, state, and tax payers would have saved a lot of money if the property owners would have put a fee bullets in Wade and his buddy when they caught them ripping them off.
He’s playing the County like a fiddle.
why hasn’t he been charges with attempted arson?
DA Fleming said, “The investigation of his actions that led to his arrest continues and we may add or revise charges in light of more evidence.”
He will get 8 years like marcie .Thanks Maggie.
We all know what he does is wrong it sucks. And yes he has been to jail and yes he has served time. However, there are many others who do way worse, murder, rape, etc. He needs to end this crime spree he’s allegedly on and stop. But the comments about killing him, putting bullets in his head. What does that make the person saying them? no better than he is. Do any of you understand he has a son? A mom, and the comments made by some of you make me sick. Yes we are all sick and tired of being robbed and everything we’ve worked hard for gone. But is he the only one robbing people in Humboldt? There are so many other career criminals and is there entire history posted here everytime they get arrested Do you actually think he is the only one committing these crimes.Get a clue and think before yo u speak.
Are you sleep deprived? Eat some food and get some rest. Stop making excuses for his/this lifestyle
He did a home-invasion burglary AND TRIED TO BURN THEIR HOUSE DOWN AFTERWARD. His kid will be WAAAY better off with daddy out of the picture, as will civilization as a whole. Maybe a decade or so in prison will help him find some new hobbies.
His girlfriend, (baby mama) inherited a bunch of money when her grandma died a few years back. Upwards of a million. That’s where he’s getting his money for bail. I’m sure the money is almost spent …hitting licks to compensate at this point.
Beyond just the things he has stolen are the lives lost with trauma caused by gun violence.
How hard is it to make a “zero tolerance” law if you are out on bail? No bail option should take place if you are arrested while out on bail. Simple!
Any update on Tuesday’s court hearing?
Lmfao some of your comments people are so false and you need to get a life and know your horrible people talking your shit and making up your lame ass stories. You all are making me and believe me I can and may just do so bail this man out! Why dont you put your names and address on here so he can come to you and then one of you can murder him for things he never did and be heartless fucks with no knowledge of what this man truely needs. Most all of you make me sick. What about the others involved that actually committed the crime and stole his truck setting him up on this so they can be free of their crimes and be coming to your neighborhoods while Wade’s locked up then what will you dumbass do? Who can you blame them idiots?
When law enforcement arrested him on private land nearby where his truck was located, he was just coincidentally in the area? Or was he just really close to finding it?
Its like licking to the center of a tootsie pop the world my never know ???
For reals. Wades a very good friend
Its this world and environment who makes ppl become what they become. Product of ur environment know the saying. But when the law doesnt like what happens then they put the thumb down. Cool. Hes never harmed anyone or committed arson or murder so why the harsh judgment. Theres worse criminals out there who get less punishment let alone who walk around free now. Wayde has grew up here his whole life and is definitely one of the “celebs” around here he just has a few bad habits. Dont we all?
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