Man Who Said He Was Collecting Wire to Make Jewelry Arrested by Humboldt County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Unit

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office.

Hum co Sheriff's Boat

Deputies Conan Moore, pictured on the left, and Phil Daastol, not pictured, of the marine unit observed a suspicious subject on the dock who appeared to be in the process of stealing copper wiring from electric boxes on the dock.

The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

On Tuesday, July 4, 2017, the Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol Unit was working normal marine patrol on Humboldt Bay. The marine unit was in the area of Coast Seafood along the Eureka Channel. Deputies Conan Moore, pictured on the left, and Phil Daastol, not pictured, of the marine unit observed a suspicious subject on the dock who appeared to be in the process of stealing copper wiring from electric boxes on the dock.Jonathon Steele Caudle

The marine unit docked its sheriff boat along the dock and contacted the suspicious subject who was identified as Jonathon Steele Caudle. During the investigation Caudle told deputies he was taking the wire without the property owner’s permission to make jewelry. Caudle was found to be in possession of burglary tools, a large amount of copper wiring, breaker boxes and other metal items removed from electrical boxes on the dock.

electrical box with cut wiresCaudle was arrested and transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for PC 487J (Grand theft of copper wiring), and PC602 (trespassing without owners consent).

Anyone observing suspicious circumstances along the waterways of Humboldt County should report their observations to the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251.

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Perspective
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Perspective
6 years ago

It’s about time!

Shaka
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Shaka
6 years ago

Sounds like somebody was wired…

Copper Top
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Copper Top
6 years ago
Reply to  Shaka

Good one!

CnD
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CnD
6 years ago

It’s great to see the “Grand Theft” charge! Hopefully, it sticks!

Fortunian
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Fortunian
6 years ago

It’s great to see some of the police around here are doing their jobs, unlike FPD. You call them about drug dealings and they don’t bother to show up.

Honeydew Bridge C.H.U.M.P.
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Honeydew Bridge C.H.U.M.P.
6 years ago

Parents got the middle name correct…

Joe Pendleton
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Joe Pendleton
6 years ago

In the Loco story there are photos of the loot. Transformers and fuse panels in the pile say this isn’t for for a few pendants

AntiTweaker
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AntiTweaker
6 years ago

Tweakers suck.

LacesoutDan
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LacesoutDan
6 years ago

Not sure why kym cant copy and paste this losers face up,..
Heres the clown.
Total jerk for taking others property, let allone the time and money its going to cost to fix this losers doing.
Wtf is wrong with this moron, he thought he could get away doing this in the middle of the day

Hes a white canadian😉😉

Anonymous
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Way to go Kym!

Nina Kae Ziccone
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Nina Kae Ziccone
6 years ago
Reply to  LacesoutDan

It would have been supper if you actually did some investigative journalism. Did you not read how the building, he allegedly stole from, had burnt down twice, within a few months of each event?

I think it would be the responsible thing to do is to follow up on this case.
Because, of course there were no charges brought, and the young man was exonerated, back on August 29, 2017. I think the reason was due to what pictures should have showed, an old out of code building, that had caught fire TWICE within six month, and had burnt basically to the ground. I wish I could show you the real pictures of the crime: A building whose fire was so hot it melted the metal, of nothing left standing intact in which anyone would say that there was an obvious value of more than $950. In order of the arresting person to make the decision to charge this as grand theft (with bail set at $35, 000) in cases like this, there needs to be an assumption made that the owners would want the property back. But, old burnt out building’s value, in this case was, left to the insurance adjusters. I read of a million dollars…

But, the young man has now been injured, not just by the poorly investaged article, unless there is bias with the reporter? Who only wishes to show one side “of crime?” But, there is also a monetarily injury. There was no damage done to the owner, nor the alleged property, by the young man in this article.
The way this article is presented is the epitome of poor journalism!
Good journalism would be report the facts. All of them.

Was the young man guilty of scavenging around rubbish, perhaps. Was he quilty of grand theft (taking > $950.00) of which he was chaged? No. Not unless the price of garbage has gone up. No, “No Trespassing!” signs, just a weak fence with a gate wide open, no locks. It appeared that the arresting office wasn’t very interested in securing the property, as the gate was still wide open hours after the arrest. I went by a few days after later and the gate was still wide open.

This makes me wounder, how many folks are arrested that are clearly NOT quilty. Do reporters only report one side of crime, while ignoring the other? Some crimes are more obviously. This crime…well who was the real victim?

Nina
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Nina
6 years ago
Reply to  LacesoutDan

Hey!Kym, remember that huge fire you wrote about, that burnt the Eureka Ice House back on 12/31/16?
That’s were this theft occurred.
Wow! Bet he made big bucks off of old burnt up wire.

People Person
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People Person
6 years ago

They got boat cops up there? We can’t even get them to pursue murder cases and broad daylight drive-by shootings in SoHum, and they got boat cops up there???!!!

John Ripper
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John Ripper
6 years ago

I think this whole thing is bogus. Most likely the cops are trying to frame him. His middle name is “Steele”. No way would he be taking copper.

Guest
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6 years ago

Bay watch Eureka edition? Theres a show you don’t want to watch.

Lost Croat Outburst
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Lost Croat Outburst
6 years ago

Coppers saved the copper. Good job!

wants to know
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wants to know
6 years ago

were these boxes actually in use or were they abandoned? Just wondering…I remember when my artist husband loaded two or three old railroad ties that had been lying on the side of the road for ages and he was immediately arrrested by officers who obviously had little else to do. Before you go off thinking this guy is public enemy #1, take a moment to consider……maybe he really is an artist repurposing old wire for his art. I don’t know. Do you?