FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On June 18, 2020, at about 7:20 a.m., detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit (POP) served a search warrant on the 1800 block of Allard Avenue in response to complaints of drug activity. A Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office Narcotic K9 assisted in the warrant service. Patricia Joyce…
EPD makes arrest in homicide case
Eureka Police Dept. EUREKA – On Dec. 27, 2018, the Eureka Police Department was contacted by the Napa County Coroner’s Office regarding the death investigation of Bernhard Craig Bertain, known to his family and friends as Ben. Ben’s family had notified the coroner that Ben had been in a fight in the Burre Center area…
That HenCen hate note: 18-year-old acted alone
Eureka Police Dept. press release With the assistance of family, the Eureka Police Department has identified the individual responsible for the hate-based propaganda fliers recently found in our community. This person is a multiracial, 16-year old male who relocated to Humboldt County recently. Due to his age, EPD cannot publicly release the youth’s identity. No arrests…
Eureka Police investigating hate propaganda
Eureka Police Dept. On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, the Eureka Police Department was made aware of a propaganda flyer reportedly found in the Henderson Center area of Eureka yesterday. The flyer was from a group which appears to be attempting to recruit young people to their white supremacist cause through such fliers and social media.…
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,…