[UPDATE 3:08 p.m.: Statement From the Sheriff’s Office] Ambulances, Helicopter, K-9, and Large Numbers of Officers Gather for SWAT Operation in SoHum This Morning
Humboldt County Sheriff’s SWAT team gathered near the Garberville substation. [Photos by Sarah Thiele]
In what we believe is a related action, a California Highway Patrol helicopter is heading towards the area. But, we have not been able to confirm this is connected.
CHP helicopter’s path on FlightRadar about 11:15 a.m.
Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office would only say, “[T]here is a SWAT operation happening today. No further details at this time.” Several readers have told us they believe this is related to a homicide. However, we have not been able to confirm any homicide.
Around 10:15 a.m. the SWAT team left the Garberville area.
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Another view near the Garberville substation when the SWAT team gathered there earlier today. [Photos by Sarah Thiele]
CHP helicopter’s path on FlightRadar about 11:30 a.m.
UPDATE 12:20 p.m.: Reports over the scanner indicate law enforcement is looking for a murder suspect who is driving a red 4-wheeler headed towards Briceland. The suspect is reportedly armed with an AK-47.
UPDATE 1:56 p.m.: According to scanner traffic, officers have located the quad but not the suspect. A K-9 was requested. The helicopter is now headed back to Redding.
UPDATE 3:08 p.m.: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Samantha Karges sent us the following statement, “The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is in the China Creek area serving a warrant. Citizens are asked to avoid the area while law enforcement works. Residents who observe anything suspicious should contact the Sheriff’s Office. This is an active investigation. More details will be released when available and appropriate.”
UPDATE: One Arrest in Today’s SWAT Team Search of the China Creek Area
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Wow
Eh ? Stun grenades have a big flash and explosion, but no shrapnel. They are designed to dis-orientate and temporarily blind people.
You chuck a grenade into a room before you go in.
Get em boys!
Kym , any word on what case/incident this could be related to??
No Though there are RUMORS of a homicide that hasn’t yet been released publicly.
They are looking for Ryan tanner and the red quad passed me on China creek doing 65mph at forks and cops were there and missed it. I stopped and said that was Ryan tanner and you missed him he had a 5 minute head start on the cops. At 12:15pm
They went Thataway !!! Both hands & a map & 10 times out of 9 the HCSO can’t find their own backsides!!!
Do you feel superior now? I have an idea, why don’t you go get him!
Or T@ts in a strip club lol 😂
Oh no!! Pat Tanner’s son ?!? With Denise Dowd.
And Ryan has children of his own !!
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Out of respect for the children and family please refrain from including the kids in this discussion. This information is not relevant to the case and it should be removed out of concern for the children’s safety and well-being.
Glad to be rid of him when he’s caught
Yea kids he does nothing for. Better off with him in jail, maybe he’ll sober up.
Don’t want to flood you with links Kym but same guy…
🙁 Didn’t see this coming, nope, no warning at all.
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2012/jul/11/baseball-bat-attack-briceland-rd/
Attempted murder and a $50,000 bail??!! That is absurd!
Kym provided the press release for that incident. Says so at the top of the page.
All those police ,for that what a joke
Go get him yourself before he kills someone else, Rambo. Sheriffs don’t seem to mind when the public helps out .
As one that completely agrees with the first amendment, that says that a reporter can report anything as long as it is the truth, I still seriously question if some reporting should be done.
I have always said that with extreme privilege comes extreme responsibility. If a news reporter finds out how to end the population of the world by some simple task, should they report it and let the chips fall where they may, or should they do the responsible thing and not publish it.
It would seem to me that if something as obviously critical as an assemblage of emergency equipment such as described above that there is something extremely dangerous afoot. If a reporter reports something like this and someone ends up getting killed, or an extremely dangerous person escapes, it should make them feel terrible. I hope that is not the case.
Reporting on convoys has always been a staple of RHBB. The government doesn’t get to keep their paramilitary operations secret from the public.
Jaek, The government doesn’t get to force reporters not to disclose something. But a human being that cares about their community is careful not to hamper catching suspected murderers.
Ernie, I contacted the Sheriff’s Department at 9:20 right after I first learned of this convoy. I was asked to hold off reporting on it. I did until 11:24 when the helicopter was circling over the suspect’s watershed. I am not going to endanger law enforcement lives nor allow a homicide suspect to go free.
Unlike cannabis plants which can’t move, early reports on my website could allow a suspect to flee or to prepare to resist capture. So if I think that might be the case, I reach out to law enforcement to make sure I’m not impacting something I support wholeheartedly.
Kym,
You know that I trust you, but I wish you had told us that you were in close contact with the law enforcement. I actually suspected that, because I know that you are a good person. Still, it makes me uncomfortable that some reporters don’t take the time to report responsibly.
Ernie, I try to keep myself out of the stories. I did quote Samantha Karges saying this was SWAT operation which I thought would indicate that I had been talking with law enforcement.
Thank you, Ernie, and thank you, Kym.
My friend shaggy stop by my house last night saying Ryan Tanner was going to shoot him you stole shaggy’s truck last week he burned his truck the week before this piece of s*** needs to be caught soon
What in the round-about word salad are you trying to say Ernie?
I interpret Ernie’s comment as saying that Kym is helping a murder suspect possibly evade capture or prepare for a law enforcement encounter (although I’m sure that isn’t her intention). But doing so in a polite way.
It wasn’t immediately clear and I’m much relieved Ernie brought it up and Kym answered as she did.
To be informed that there is likely police activity in your neighborhood and an armed and dangerous individual is involved keeps people safe.
Does anyone really think the bad guy is checking RHBB to see where the cops are? Ernie, you have it wrong here. No one wants to warn this guy. The whole community wants people like him in jail, and sadly even with all the law enforcement on earth we only seem able to lock him up for a minute.
The only cell service out China Creek is past the second bridge left fork going up the hill immediately before the 90 degree curve. Doubt he’s connecting with anyone.
Time to call the DA office again!!!
Let her know we want this guy held without bail and we expect follow through from that office, we pay the DA salary!! (707) 445-7411
I’m calling DA about Aron arlotta tomorrow. Thanks for phone number. Thanks kym for all you do, it must get exhausting sometimes.
Thanks! Keep calling about Aaron Arlotta…then call back about this guy, then call back about Aaron Arlotta, etc. etc. Oh, and don’t forget those two other guys (although they are probably out in the wind by now, re. Salmon Creek incident)!
Any updates???
🕯🌳Man was that entertaining. 🖖👍🏽🐸
Getting reports at KMUD that Briceland road has been closed east of Briceland. People are being turned back.
Only one call so far… This operation or an accident?
They got Ryan.
He showed up at my house worried, didn’t know what to do.
Police finally left about fifteen minutes ago.
They arrested him?
Yes, he gave up.
I told him the worst thing he can do is run off.
I sent you an email.
Nice work Jon. No matter how bad this guy might or might not be, you gave him good advice that perhaps saved his live, or someone else’s. At the very least you turned a serious situation around and helped it to a safe conclusion.
Is someone going to take care of his dogs?
I thought his dogs ran away from him.
He’s just another poor sap who got addicted to drugs, which has made him insane. Hope they put him away and treat his addiction.
ive known ryan all his life cutest little dude ever saw used to drive him to school when he had no other way the way I see it if u knew him ,Where he comes from and what he has managed to accomplish if you aint a local boy from china creek area trying to live and survive in these hills while every type of free loading degenerate out of town scumbag trying to make a quick buck they have put in no time ,and paid no dews is either trying to take u down or set u up then you just dont know
I am deeply sorry this is Ryan. He was my neighbor. That kid has had a heck of a rough life. As I understand it based on info from others over many years, (“rumors”), Both his parents were involved with heroin and his mother tried to kill him. If true, 1) you can understand the anger, 2) you can understand the hatred of women, 3) you can understand the overwhelming low self esteem. This person has been soul-murdered. But I certainly believe he can get over it. True, he has a big debt to pay to society, apparently, but he can make it back in a good way, in my strong opinion.
You, reader, are really blessed not to have walked in his shoes. Please keep up the good work, and try to recognize the love that is in your heart.