Category: Crime

Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department: On Thursday, September 9, 2021, a California Highway Patrol Officer was involved in an officer involved shooting in the area of the 1000 block of Mad River Road, in the unincorporated area of Arcata. The Humboldt County Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating this incident. This incident update (#2) is to

In an early morning Facebook post, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two armed and dangerous suspects associated with last night’s shooting outside Covelo’s Buckhorn Bar that left one person dead. MCSO described the two suspects associated with the homicide: Dino Michael Blackbear (AKA Lincoln), 34-year-old, 6′, 220 pounds, black hair, and brown

“A Mendocino County man accused of a felony charge of recklessly causing an Ukiah fire this summer entered a no contest plea on Wednesday in Superior Court.”

The suspect has fled the scene. The dispatchers warned deputies that he is considered dangerous and he has an Officer Safety Bulletin associated with him.

“The DEA reports that fentanyl is estimated to be 100 times stronger than morphine and poses a great danger for overdose deaths.”

From a threatening text to a body at the base of a cliff, MCSO followed clues that lead to his arrest.

“Defendant Heather Allison Marsh-Haas, age 31, generally of the Willits and Potter Valley areas, was convicted by plea today of killing her newborn daughter in December 2020.”

The victim was found dead lying in the roadway.