Category: Crime

  Humboldt Co. Sheriff’s Press Release: On 05-13-2012, approximately 4:00 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call regarding threats being made from Shawn Hass. Deputies responded to the Brass Rail Motel, 3400 Block of Redway Drive, Redway to meet with Hass. When the deputies arrived they saw two males standing in the motel parking lot. One of the

  District Attorney’s Press Release: On Monday, May 14, 2012, Leon Alyious Bigleggins, 27, of Willow Creek, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and felony child abuse resulting in death.  Both counts included great bodily injury enhancements inflicted on a child under five years of age. On July 24, 2010, a four year old boy, hereafter referred to as John Doe,

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Press Release: On 05-12-2012, approximately 8:00 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call from a homeowner who reported a burglary in progress occurring in the 2400 block of McKinleyville Avenue, McKinleyville. Deputies responded to the residence and met with the homeowner outside her home. The homeowner told the deputies she had been away from her

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Press Release: On 05-12-2012, approximately 2:30 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriffs Office received a call from a citizen advising they just witnessed a vehicle broken into in the area of Ma’Lel Dunes, Manila. The citizen who wished to remain anonymous, was able to provide a description of the vehicle to responding deputies. The suspect vehicle was described

Humboldt Co. Sheriff’s Release: On 05-09-2012 at about 0845 hours the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence located in the 2100 block of Thiel Avenue, McKinleyville. Agents located a sophisticated indoor marijuana growing operation in the residence. No one was at home when the search warrant was served. Agents seized 254 growing marijuana plants

    Humboldt County Sheriff Press Release: On this date at about 0845 hours, a sheriff’s deputy on patrol in the area of Scenic Drive and Bakers Beach, Trinidad, observed an occupied vehicle stopped in a turn out. As the deputy stopped to check the vehicle and occupant, the vehicle drove away. The deputy observed the vehicle’s registration appeared expired

Last night, the Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District was broken. A truck was stolen. According to Traci (Chadbourne) Speelman, “It is a white 2009 Dodge 1 ton duelly. It is a flatbed with a custom built tool box on the back. It also has a crane on the back. It has the Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District sign on the

Humboldt Co Sheriff’s Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On 04-23-2012, approximately 1:30 p.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified by a citizen that man just tried to give her Vicodin near a business in the 700 Block of Redwood Drive, Garberville. Two deputies were dispatched to the area to look for the suspect. The victim told the deputies the

Humboldt Co. Sheriff’s Press Release: On 04-24-2012, approximately 1:00 a.m. a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy saw a green Toyota pickup truck with no operating tail lights near 5th and Myrtle Avenue, Eureka. The  deputy stopped the truck for the vehicle code violation at the Circle K gas station on 6th Street, Eureka. The deputy contacted the driver of the truck