When people are fighting, who knows what happens? – APD Detective Sgt. Todd Dokweiler Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA – The Easter weekend stabbing that transmuted a humble Arcata cul-de-sac into a bewildering and chaotic crime scene resulted in an abortive legal case, riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies. The reigning paradox of the stillborn charges against…
What’s in store for the Lawson case
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The county’s district attorney expects additional information to be gathered in connection with the death April 15 of Humboldt State University student David Josiah Lawson, 19. The knife that police recovered at the scene will be examined further and blood samples found on various items of clothing will…
What’s next for Lawson case
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The county’s district attorney expects additional information to be gathered in connection with the death April 15 of Humboldt State University student David Josiah Lawson, 19. The knife that police recovered at the scene will be examined further and blood samples found on various items of clothing will…
Lawson case: Harsh words, sudden fight started it all
Fortune… can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. – Julius Caesar Chance rules an empire that renders choice a fool’s illusion. – George Eliot, Middlemarch Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA – A chance tiff over a common iPhone led to the violent death of David Josiah Lawson, 24 hours…
Public Safety group engulfed in Lawson killing
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Last week’s fourth meeting of the Public Safety Task Force was largely engulfed in the aftermath of the violent killing of 19-year-old Humboldt State student David Josiah “DJ” Lawson in the early morning hours of April 15. The subject on everyone’s mind was first raised during public…
A closer look at the party where David Josiah Lawson died
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA — Police radio recordings logged what Arcata officers and medics found on arrival at the scene of an alleged stabbing on Spear Avenue that left a Humboldt State University teenager dead early on the Saturday morning before Easter. Audio scanner traffic recorded on April 15 from 3 to 4…