Suspect Arrested in Yesterday’s Attempted Bank Robbery in Arcata

This is a press release from the Arcata Police Department. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

Jacob Dylan Cutler Richards.

On Friday February 21, 2020, at approximately 10:21 am, an attempted bank robbery occurred at the Umpqua Bank Downtown Arcata branch.  The suspect fled on foot prior to receiving any money.  The Arcata Police Department, with the assistance of the public, the Humboldt State University Police Department, Humboldt County Department of Adult Probation and the FBI Fortuna Field Office, was able to identify the suspect as 18-year-old Arcata resident, Jacob Dylan Cutler Richards.

At approximately 6:47 pm, Richards was taken into custody by APD, without incident, as he left a residence in the 1200 block of L Street in Arcata.  Richards was booked in to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the charge of attempted robbery.

This remains an on-going investigation and anyone with information is encouraged to contact APD Communications at 707-822-2424 or the APD Tip Line at 707-825-2588.

Earlier Chapter: APD Seeking Attempted Bank Robber

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Oneguy
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Oneguy
4 years ago

What a friggin dumbass!

thetallone
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thetallone
4 years ago
Reply to  Oneguy

Looks like he’s thinking, “this will totally hype my street cred….maybe a neck tatoo”

Willie Caos-mayham
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4 years ago

🕯🌳Good morning Kym, no liberal Prius in this get away grilled cheese. 🖖🐸🖖🐸🇺🇸

Realwood
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Realwood
4 years ago

That should get him a spot on World’s Dumbest Criminals.

Ataraxia
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Ataraxia
4 years ago

I hear that they spotted him from the space station.

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
4 years ago

He has a history :

HCSO: Man arrested for shooting a gun at College of the Redwoods campus
https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news/hcso-man-arrested-for-shooting-a-gun-at-college-of-the-redwoods-campus

Government Cheese
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Government Cheese
4 years ago
Reply to  Ullr Rover

Shooting a gun on campus! Yeah sure is right! Definitely a Trump voter! Probably eats meat too….

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
4 years ago

Given his age, I doubt he’s a voter at all.

timmay
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timmay
4 years ago

how do you turn this guy into a Trump voter? Cause he has a firearm? Last I checked guns are banned in Mexico and Chicago yet plenty of people own them, especially the bad guys.

Anyway, don’t blame Trump for the problems up here, blame the “illegalization” of pot thanks to 64

HeavyMetaled
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HeavyMetaled
4 years ago
Reply to  timmay

You do know that marijuana is legal don’t you as is peyote and magic mushrooms. you should check before spec

Martin
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Martin
4 years ago

Government Cheese, there was a person in the dorm at CR that did fire a gun by accident as reported on this sight. I don’t know if it was this jerk. Maybe Kim can answer this question.

local observer
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local observer
4 years ago
Reply to  Martin

Arrested For
211 – Robbery
246.3 – Discharge Weapon In Grossly Negligent Manner
23900 – Change/Alter/Remove/Obliterate ID Marks on Firearm
Arrest Date
June 27, 2019

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
4 years ago
Reply to  Ullr Rover

Probably why they’re hiring a campus cop now. What a Job Creator!

Me
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Me
4 years ago

Good thing his mom is a lawyer..

Canyon oak
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Canyon oak
4 years ago

He’s only a Youth, cut him some slack.
The adolescent brain doesn’t fully develop until the age of 25.
Adolthood probably doesn’t begin until around 30, in contemporary times at least, lol

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago

Clearly a Trump supporter, look at that hairdo.

Martin
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Martin
4 years ago
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Yeah, sure, all he needs is a little orange makeup, then he will be a true Trump supporter.

Guest
Guest
Guest
4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.” Or ““Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.”

Confucius

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago
Reply to  Guest

” Better not try your condescending bs on people who see right through you”.

-Yeah,sure

Guest
Guest
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4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

“Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.”
― Confucius

Antichrist
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Antichrist
4 years ago

Was his mother a reporter prior to becoming a lawyer ?

Catfish
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Catfish
4 years ago

Your liberal town couldn’t produce anyone smart enough to be a trump voter & to make a plan to get cash out of a bank! All he needed would be a ATM CARD

Government Cheese
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Government Cheese
4 years ago
Reply to  Catfish

Oooooo! Good one catfish! When you have the 1% pay your way, you don’t need a ATM card, just government cheese sent to your PO Box every month. This kid needs to start playing the game correctly. Do drugs. Claim disability. Collect SSI. Get on food stamps and steal items that are under 900$ so you can pawn them for more drug money unpunished. PS. Keep ranting on how much you hate rich white people, even though they are floating your bill!

Willie Caos-mayham
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4 years ago

🕯🌳They paid your way.🐸👁🇺🇸

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago
Reply to  Catfish

He was trying his shakedown prowess, emulating his idol Trump. After he perfected that he was going to take lessons on laundering money for the Russian oligarchs and learn how to use real estate to do so. I think the learning curve was to much for him, he fumbled this one…

Guest
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4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
― Confucius

Mike
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Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

Nobody cares about Russia, go beat on a different drum. Anyone who believes this Russia crap is as dumb as the people who believed In Obama’s birth certificate issue.

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Oh yeah I forgot, Putin decided it was the Ukraine that did it and lapdog Trump jumped on that train and is riding it into oblivion.
Conservatives think that if you repeat a lie enough that it becomes the truth. Everyone sees through it but in desperation they keep it up.

Mike
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Mike
4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

Nobody cares about Ukraine, same drum. I don’t like trump but as I said, trump deserves the Russia BS because he helped with the birther debacle. But both issues are designed to attract the attention of idiots who only believe what the one station they watch tells them.

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago
Reply to  Mike

You don’t speak for everyone. A lot of people care very much. Minimizing it or pretending nothing did and is happening isn’t going to make it go away. I can guess which station you watch by your comment, don’t pretend your not biased.

Tai Mai Shu
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4 years ago
Reply to  Catfish

Aint that the truth…you have a witness….it’s also a town that erases history,embraces misery ,caters to criminals ….forces garbage service on residents….and it’s the only town in the nation with a town council composed of primate’s .

me
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me
4 years ago

wow, people obsessed with Trump much? guess that guy truly is is a real estate genius since he owns half the space in your heads

Yeah,sure
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Yeah,sure
4 years ago
Reply to  me

And that, pal, makes you wonder about all of the empty space in Trumps head that he fills with people that he must whine, harass, belittle with his epic immature grievances. Between tweeting , golfing and watching TV I doubt his fat ass gets much done. In his spare time he cooks up more grifting opportunities for him and his swampy pals.

Government Cheese
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Government Cheese
4 years ago
Reply to  Yeah,sure

I think my work here is done…..

Wow!
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4 years ago

Makes me wonder what this kids life has been like? He’s barely 18 and trying to rob a bank. That’s desperation, and sad in such a young man. Hope he learns and chooses a different path.

Me
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Me
4 years ago
Reply to  Wow!

Or maybe he is simply an idiot . Kinda funny people forget that you CAN be born a moron and don’t have to have a shitty childhood to be a shitty person

Me
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Me
4 years ago

He’s a troubled kid. Lots of family issues, has gone in and out of rehab many times. Hopefully he changes dramatically.

No Joke
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No Joke
4 years ago
Reply to  Me

Does he have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

Ghuest
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Ghuest
4 years ago

Is that Gabe‘s son?

William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
4 years ago

Carrot tops long lost son…🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕

Eric Kirk
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Eric Kirk
4 years ago

I generally don’t comment on peoples physical appearance, and this is not to put him down, but I couldn’t help but notice how much he looks like Flattop in the Dick Tracy movie!

Tell me I’m wrong!

https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Tracy-William-Forsythe-Flattop/dp/B00Z8CIGB0

Willie Caos-mayham
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4 years ago

🕯🌳I could think of a really good song that would make a good sound track for this thread,” Spill The Wine .”By Eric Burdon and the Animals. 🐸🐎🐓🦄

tax payer
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tax payer
4 years ago

could be a case of mistaken identity

Eric Kirk
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Eric Kirk
4 years ago

I made the above comment about this person’s physical appearance in a lame attempt to introduce levity, but it was a major fail. No matter what anybody does which gets reported in a crime story, that person is something if not everything to someone, and my comment hurt the family.

I am truly sorry to the subject of the story and his family. I should know the power of this medium and that words have power and therefor should not be so casually and callously tossed out as I did.

I make no excuses. I was an asshole.

Eric V. Kirk