Man Arrested After Threatening Family Member with Machete During a Burglary

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:

David Michael Petersen [Booking photo from the Humboldt County Correctional Facility]

On May 10, 2022, at about 11:47 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 1700 block of Sigma Road in McKinleyville for the report of a burglary.

An adult female victim told dispatchers that she had arrived home to find a family member, 39-year-old David Michael Petersen, had forced entry into her residence without permission. Petersen reportedly threatened the victim with a machete. The victim was able to flee to safety and contact law enforcement. The victim did not sustain physical injury as a result of this incident.

Deputies arrived at the residence, located Petersen and took him into custody without incident.

Petersen was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm (PC 245(a)(1)), burglary (PC 459/461(a)) and criminal threats (PC 422).

Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.

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Don T MattaD
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Don T Matta
1 year ago

With family like this guy, who needs enemies???!!!

Captain 'MuricaD
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Captain 'Murica
1 year ago
Reply to  Don T Matta

Plot twist: her home contains a wardrobe with a portal to an overgrown jungle and he was trying to surprise her by doing some yardwork so she could enjoy it this Spring.

Joe
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Joe
1 year ago

😂🤣😂👍

Professor of Logic from the University of Science
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Professor of Logic from the University of Science
1 year ago

Nice to see some people can reason! That’s Occam’s razor. Why else would he have a machete?

Don T MattaD
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Don T Matta
1 year ago

Umgowa, Bwana!! ;op

Farce
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Farce
1 year ago
Reply to  Don T Matta

With family like this, who needs family?!

Don T MattaD
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Don T Matta
1 year ago
Reply to  Farce

Exactly my point, besides the one sitting squarely atop my head!!! ;-]]

Mendocino Mamma
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Mendocino Mamma
1 year ago

Absolutely freaking charming. Instead of going into work and being responsible let’s go shopping for things we can pawn it off at our family’s house. It would be interesting to know a little bit of his background history did he finish school was he educated? Foster Care Child aged out of system? When we don’t build these foundations in a person’s youth it is awful hard to find and chase a foundation of productivity and responsibility in adulthood.

Prometheus
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Prometheus
1 year ago

Who cares if he finished school, was educated or was in foster care. That’s just enabling a POS to continue his crime spree.

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willow creeker
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1 year ago

Now hopefully if the catholic conservatives can outlaw abortions, we can have tons more unwanted unloved kids on our streets. Yay for life!

shane
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shane
1 year ago

wow thats a rough 39.

I like stars
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I like stars
1 year ago

Reptilian?

Joe
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Joe
1 year ago
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Linda Molten Howe would know!

Dr elixir
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Dr elixir
1 year ago
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Motion is moving with life , ka-motion is shadow boxing with error !!!

Tab
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Tab
1 year ago

Scott Peterson’s little brother?

AkbarD
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1 year ago

Social decay in action

NoGovernment
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NoGovernment
1 year ago

Concealed CARRY