Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office announced today that following a review of evidence, including testimony from witnesses, a criminal grand jury has declined to file any charges in the April 15, 2017 killing of Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson. Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office press release March 13,…
APD arrests armed home invasion robbery suspects
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE On Monday, March 10 at 11:33 p.m., officers with the Arcata Police Department responded to the 1200 block of 16th Street for the report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, the suspects had fled and it was determined a home invasion robbery had occurred. During the investigation, a citizen provided…
Valley West reinvention proceeding steadily thanks to APD/community alliance
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union VALLEY WEST – Arcata’s long-underserved northern neighborhood is getting a lot of attention from City Hall lately, but its residents aren’t missing the opportunity to bootstrap themselves and their community into new selfhood and self-improvement. Volunteers with pluckers, buckets and brooms fanned out across Arcata’s northern ’burb, powered by…
Little lost dogs picked up, need pals (with video of pregnant border collie)
Mad River Union ARCATA – Add to the many lost and abandoned pets needing homes these fresh discoveries in southern Arcata. Do you recognize them? Above, APD is looking for the owner of these two pups. They were found by a citizen near Old Arcata Road. While police check for a microchip, if anyone has…
APD seeks bicycle helmet donations for free helmet giveaways
Arcata Police Department ARCATA – The Arcata Police Department is working to get more children and teens to wear bike helmets and to wear them properly by offering free helmet giveaways and fittings at community events. A new statewide bicycle helmet law went into effect in 2019, which was approved by the California Legislature in…
Woman in red pickup sought in connection with burglaries
Arcata Police Dept. ARCATA POLICE SEEK COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE WITH SEVERAL RECENT BURGLARIES ARCATA – On Tuesday, Feb. 12 at about 10 a.m., two residential burglaries occurred in the 2900 block of Woodland Court in Arcata. Security cameras captured a red Chevrolet pickup driven by a female in the area at the time of the incidents.…
Downtown Arcata businesses mull use of private security force
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Downtown businesspeople heard a proposal last week to hire private security to help protect them. The idea was proposed by Aaron Ostrom of Pacific Outfitters during a monthly business meeting organized by Arcata Main Street. Previous meetings have discussed ways to promote Arcata business, organize business watch…
APD issues phone scam alert: don’t believe the intense drama
Arcata Police Dept. Press Release SCAM ALERT The Arcata Police Department would like to warn the community of an ongoing scam. In the past two days, two separate citizens have reported receiving a phone call that begins with somebody screaming and then a male voice saying they have kidnapped a relative or loved one and…
High-risk Arcata traffic stop yields firearms, four arrests
City of Arcata PRESS RELEASEFOUR ARRESTED AND TWO GUNS SEIZED AFTER PURSUIT On Wednesday, Jan. 31 at approximately 4:05 a.m., an officer with the Arcata Police Department was on patrol in the 500 block of 14th Street and attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle for a moving violation. The vehicle failed to yield…
A home invasion, a chase, an arrest, a gun and a whole lotta meth
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office HUMBOLDT – On Thursday, Jan. 24 at about 2:53 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office was notified that Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department officers were on Pine Creek Road in Hoopa in pursuit of a vehicle matching the description and license plate of a vehicle reported stolen during a home invasion…