City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ARCATA POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES COMMUNITY ALERT On Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 12:58 PM, Arcata Police Department Officers responded to HealthSPORT, 300 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, on a report of an adult male attempting to reach for a juvenile female and then making a lewd gesture…
Gun violence restraining order training at D Street Center
CITY OF ARCATA HOSTS GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER TRAINING On Thursday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at the D Street Neighborhood Center, 1301 D Street, the City of Arcata is hosting training for law enforcement, attorneys and court personnel on gun violence restraining orders. Gun violence restraining orders are civil orders, issued in…
Princess the pig’s suspected killer named, sought
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata Police have submitted a case to the Humboldt County District Attorney, recommending a felony grand theft charge against the man believed to have killed and butchered Princess the Pig on March 23. The Union has learned that the suspect is Jeffrey Cody Miller, 32, a Humboldt-area…
Critical reaction to APD’s new Lawson outreach
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Seeking to relaunch the investigation into the killing of Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson, Arcata Police Wednesday released hitherto non-public images of individuals who were at the April 15, 2017 party at which he was stabbed to death. The intent is to identify individuals at the…
Calls for DOJ to take over Lawson case
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA CITY HALL – Citizens took to the mic at the public lectern during last week’s City Council meeting to decry a decision by a Humboldt County Grand Jury not to press charges in the April 15, 2017 killing of Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson. After reviewing evidence…
Drug Task Force raids downtown Arcata business, homes, siezes drugs and guns
Humboldt County Drug Task Force ARCATA – On Tuesday, March 19 the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) served multiple search warrants in the City of Arcata. During a year-long investigation, HCDTF established probable cause to believe that Karlton Morris Peterson, 37, Anthony Osmond Peterson, 36, and Lloyd Albert Wolfe Jr., 34, were distributing cocaine,…
DA: no charges will be filed in Lawson killing
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…