Butane Hash Lab, Assault Rifles Found at Home of McKinleyville Man Accused of Shooting BB Gun at Deputies

Ricardo Cora Booking Photo 2018, Current Booking Photo Unavailable

Ricardo Cora Booking Photo 2018, Current Booking Photo Unavailable

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:

On August 17, 2022, at about 10:13 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 1600 block of Ocean Drive in McKinleyville for the report of an assault and firearm brandishing.

According to the reporting party, a male suspect, later identified as 40-year-old Ricardo Cora, was outside his residence in a physical altercation with two male victims. The victims sustained minor injuries as a result of this assault. At some point during this incident, Cora reportedly also brandished a bb gun at the victims. Upon deputy arrival, Cora retreated inside his residence and began firing the bb gun at deputy patrol cars. No one was injured as a result of this shooting.

After a short negotiation, Cora peacefully surrendered to deputies and was taken into custody without further incident. During a search of Cora’s residence, deputies discovered multiple assault rifles, a large quantity of cannabis trim and a Butane Honey Oil extraction lab. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Marijuana Enforcement Team was dispatched to assist with the BHO lab investigation.

Cora was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of battery with bodily injury (PC 243(d)), exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm (PC 417(a)(1)) and resisting a peace officer (PC 69). The investigation into the illegal BHO lab is ongoing and the case will be forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for review and prosecution.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public that California law prohibits openly displaying or exposing any imitation firearm in a public place or exhibiting an imitation firearm in a threatening manner (PC 20170(a), PC 417.4). These laws were enacted to reduce confusion between real and imitation firearms. Displaying or brandishing an imitation firearm in violation of the law is dangerous and could result in a deadly situation.

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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Earlier: Suspect With BB Gun Accused of Injuring Two

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Legallettuce
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1 year ago

When’s the auction? Have ta be sterilized cause I dunno what shit been runnin through but a few seals and a new tank and good as new. If ya gonna go back in operation I suggest better power source cause with those clips exposed just a matter of time before, BOOM!

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I like stars
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I like stars
1 year ago

Made me think of this…

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Mountain Bird
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Mountain Bird
1 year ago

Biden’s open border around McKinleyville is serving to flood the rest of Humboldt County with illicit drugs. It is offensive and just not fair.

Me
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Me
1 year ago
Reply to  Mountain Bird

And there it is…

Negotiations:
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Negotiations:
1 year ago
Reply to  Me

Just give me a minute to touch up my eyebrows! Send in a sharpie!

Miguel
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Miguel
1 year ago
Reply to  Me

Yep, never fails.

Guest
Guest
Guest
1 year ago
Reply to  Miguel

Why is it necessary to pretend that there is no problem with immigration based crime in order not to be racist?

dawni
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dawni
1 year ago
Reply to  Mountain Bird

Actually the opening of Pelican Bay Prison had a lot to do with someof the influx of the meth and cartel to NorCal. But they have been here for a long time working the dairy ranches too. Biden has Nothing to do with this. You can thank California Dept of Corrections.

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I like stars
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I like stars
1 year ago
Reply to  dawni

I lived elsewhere, but a motorcycle gang was the earliest meth supplier I know of there. I think they were major players in other places too. I think loggers and others were known to use speed back in the day. I don’t know what exactly it was or who supplied it. I agree that prisons become hubs of organized crime.

Two Dogs
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Two Dogs
1 year ago
Reply to  dawni

I blame the housewives of the 50s and 60s for starting this whole mess. Only time I ever got really jacked out of my mind was after snitching three of my moms “diet pills”. The gals in her bridge club fascinated me. Smiling statues sitting upright, prim and proper flaunting their cards like a Japanese fan. They would all talk at once, without even moving their mouths.

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Negotiations:
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Negotiations:
1 year ago
Reply to  dawni

Who is the “they” who’ve been working at dairy ranches for a long time? The Swiss?

Guest
Guest
Guest
1 year ago
Reply to  Negotiations:

I suspect not Filipinos.

Country Joe
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mountain Bird

The only way to change the situation, enforce our laws, secure the border, take back our streets and reestablish our energy independence is to vote republican across the board, in the 2022 and 2024 elections.

Negotiations:
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Negotiations:
1 year ago
Reply to  Country Joe

What will Trump do that he didn’t do in the four years before he lost the first time?

Me
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Me
1 year ago
Reply to  Country Joe

So they can keep allowing people to buy guns without background checks, suppress voting rights, give tax cuts to the wealthy, try to keep people in the dark about climate change, stash classified documents in their private residence,….

I like stars
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I like stars
1 year ago
Reply to  Me

Didn’t most of the recent mass shooters actually pass background checks?

Me
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Me
1 year ago
Reply to  I like stars

Did they? Source? And what about non-mass shootings?

Catbus1974
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Catbus1974
1 year ago
Reply to  I like stars

70% of all mass shooters acquired their firearms legally.
Look it up yourself.

John Wayne
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John Wayne
1 year ago
Reply to  Mountain Bird

He’s a legal use citizen and marijuana is legal [edit]

Hayforker
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Hayforker
1 year ago

Wow, that’s a big setup for someone willing to fire on LE with a BB gun.

pcwindhamD
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pcwindham
1 year ago
Reply to  Hayforker

Yeah, this is a whole nother level of crazy.

Jelly roll
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Jelly roll
1 year ago

Mr. Cora’s fashion selection…white tank top…just seems so fitting for this sordid tale.

humboldt local
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humboldt local
1 year ago

“assault rifles” lol

Dude
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Dude
1 year ago

Are his eyebrows bladed?

North westCertain license plate out of thousands c
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North westCertain license plate out of thousands c
1 year ago

What was this guy doing shooting a BB gun at the cops?
That stupid mistake cost him and his partners dearly.

Smoking
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Smoking
1 year ago

Maybe he grabbed the wrong guns.

Brent peeck
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Brent peeck
1 year ago

They should send the guns to Ukraine there’s too many in Humboldt they need them over there.

Guest
Guest
Guest
1 year ago

So someone threatens you outside on your property and you can’t legally show them you’re armed and can protect yourself?

pcwindhamD
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pcwindham
1 year ago

Mr. Cora is lucky to be alive. He owes his life to the professionalism and restraint of HCSO deputies. Thank you, all of you in law enforcement.

Country Joe
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1 year ago
Reply to  pcwindham

Spot on.

d smack
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1 year ago

good on the law enforcement response not escalating this into something worse, especially after getting shot at (even if it is a bb gun). even among criminals, this dude seems dense…

Herc
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Herc
1 year ago

The assault rifles with the hippy tapestry behind them is a great picture

Smoking
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Smoking
1 year ago
Reply to  Herc

I thought so too.