Two Arrested in Recent Homicide: SWAT Raid in Arcata, Traffic Stop on 101 Connected
HCSO with the vehicle containing a detained person outside of the apartment building on H Street in Arcata. [Photo by Ryan Hutson]
A shooting near Fieldbrook on Glendale Road on July 8 that left one man dead has led to two arrests, following a coordinated SWAT operation and a felony traffic stop on Highway 101.
This morning, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 41-year-old Danielle Roberta Durand and 38-year-old Deunn Antoine Willis have been arrested in connection with the July 8 homicide of Joshua Lee McCollister, a 37-year-old Fort Bragg man. The homicide occurred on Glendale Drive, east of Fieldbrook.
The arrests came after days of investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Division. Just before 9 a.m. on July 11, the HCSO SWAT team moved in to execute an arrest warrant at a residence in the 100 block of H Street in Arcata. At the same time, Durand was stopped and taken into custody during a felony traffic stop on Highway 101 near the Bayside Cutoff.
As SWAT officers secured the Arcata residence, Willis was located inside and detained. Further investigation identified him as the primary suspect in McCollister’s killing.
Both Durand and Willis were booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on suspicion of murder (PC 187), conspiracy (PC 182), and robbery (PC 211).
McCollister was found with a gunshot wound on Glendale Drive late Monday night and was declared deceased at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office had previously stated that they believed he and the suspects knew each other.
Authorities say the investigation remains active and are encouraging anyone with information to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Division at (707) 445-7251 or the Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Got friends out in Fieldbrook that never lock there doors Butt they got guns so you Aracta folks better keep yer Killins in yer town !
And what is the downside of one more dead human? None that I’m aware of? ICE dosen’t seem to mind? Excuse me, brown shirts.
What in the schizo comment is this?
Just for you….like a woman I knew who told me and I’m eternally grateful ,”you’re the last man I educate”…1927,1928 Germany good citizens who had caused no problems and were in fact economic engines….one day the brown shirts started showing up breaking windows of shops telling people not to shop there….brown shirts….next started taking people away with no reason or due process….brown shirts….black shirts on horseback riding across children’s playground…..blackshirts….brownshirts….hope you don’t get on their radar…maybe you can figure it out as history repeats itself and we are all proud participants who stand by and do nothing.
Kinda missed a lot of context there- especially why Hilter was able to gain power. Although there are few parallels to Trump right now in that economy matters but then a government shouldn’t dismiss their citizen’s well-being by fiat because it doesnt work. Too bad the Democrats manufactured a crises that didn’t need to exist so then Trump could take advantage of it. Some inflation, an influx of illegal immigration the government refused to fix, some faking of a crisis out of TDS and some belittling of the public’s concerns and here we are.
Hitler had a plan that fixed Germany’s massive economic woes (sort of) that the prior government failed dismally at doing and he did so in three years. He leveraged his street cred with bold action because the prior government failed so dismally.
” As war debts and reparations drained its coffers, the German government was unable to pay its debts…
In response, the Weimar government simply printed more money. The effort backfired, however, and further devalued the German Mark—and inflation increased at an astounding level. The cost of living rose rapidly and many people lost everything they had.”
“Hitler had two significant ideas that helped launch him in to power. He had someone to blame for the economy and he had a plan for a swift economic recovery. Hitler outlined a plan where in four years he would completely eliminate unemployment throughout Germany. Even though his plan was a plan that would not raise the level of income for the enrichment of the people but an economic plan for military strength and victory the German people were eager to see any economic success. Hitler used an extremely detail and well-organized plan for economic revitalization. Through his method, Hitler was able to keep his promise of economic growth and begin his climb to power. ”
https://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/classes/33d/projects/1920s/Econ20s.htm
https://www.history.com/articles/weimar-republic
Thanks to everyone involved in removing a murderer from our streets. Who would have been next?
Not you.
You just called another poster a murderer. I’m thinking you need a break from the internet, you’re getting a bit unhinged.
“Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest…” What you heard and what I said are two different things.
No it’s pretty clear what you typed. We can all see it and you can no longer edit it. Not sure what your voices are telling you type.
You called him? a murderer. Not I.
I take full responsibility. Zipline was merely responding to me. Here’s my post.
“Thanks to everyone involved in removing a murderer from our streets. Who would have been next.” No break needed as it’s all good.
And not you as well.
Alleged murderer. Good shyster…self defense. Sue anyone who called them murderers…..the amerikan way.
Jjjaded ? Some pee in your corn flakes?
Don’t worry they’ll be out in the streets again in maybe a few years.
Sadly, they probably will…
Because they were lucky enough to murder in Humboldt County. Where there is little justice in that county courthouse…
Look at the picture…they are wearing brown shirts. Might want to change that to avoid historical connotations
You can’t be too smart to shoot someone, but then hang out in the same area – 5 miles within the area of the crime! Genius alert!
Can anyone find pictures?
Here’s a LinkedIn page for him:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deunn-willis-m-ed-5b705478
Generally, one might leave the country or at least the state where they committed a murder. Not these two. They barely went down the road.
They know how the justice system works in Humboldt. Safest place to be as a criminal.
My cousin has 7 DUI convictions locally, still drinking and driving on the daily. I know two Arcata business owners with felony hit and run convictions both involving the death of someone local . They still dui every night. There are many others
Sadly, the most I’m aware of someone having is 11. Still driving here too. What they do is get someone else’s car to use, or get a cheap beater used from someone and never register it just drive it around, no insurance, license or anything. Jail time is no threat to them.
I guess he will not be a coach at McKinleyville High next year.
Why would you say that? Its Humboldt. You can run over your own kids and kill them, try to cover it up and still be a victim.
And terrible travesty and a travesty of justice.
Marci? Yup!
He wasn’t going to be anyway. Him and Fel were literally petitioned out of the school.
Why? What was the reason?