Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE/EUREKA – On the morning of Aug. 30, PacOut Green Team organizer Aaron Ostrom’s truck was burglarized in front of his McKinleyville home. “The one time I left my dang truck unlocked,” Ostrom lamented. He has video of the suspects ransacking it. Among the items the culprits made off with…
Jeep gets jacked and a high-speed chase ensues, ending in a rollover
Mad River Union EUREKA/TRINIDAD – A man was hospitalized last night, Jan. 10 after he allegedly car jacked a Jeep in Eureka, led officers on a high-speed chase and then rolled the vehicle several times on Patrick’s Point Drive near Trinidad. Eureka Police were dispatched to the 2200 block of Harrison Avenue in Eureka at…
Suspect kills himself after killing woman in Eureka
Mad River Union EUREKA – A woman was shot to death Sunday evening, May 6 in Eureka and when, hours later, the suspect was located in Eureka, he shot and killed himself. At about 4:52 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to a residence on the 3300 block of H Street in…
Couple assaulted near Eureka High
Mad River Union EUREKA – A couple walking near Eureka High School was taunted and then assaulted by a group of juveniles Wednesday afternoon, April 24. At approximately 1:23 p.m., officers from the Eureka Police Department responded to the 1700 block of K Street for a report of an assault that had just occurred. Upon…
Man arrested after fatal crash in Eureka
Mad River Union EUREKA – A Eureka man was arrested Thursday evening, Dec. 14 after he allegedly drove drunk and killed a pedestrian on the 600 block of West Harris Street in Eureka. Officers from the Eureka Police Department were called to the scene at 5:51 p.m. for a report of a vehicle hitting a…
Name of homicide victim released; suspect in jail
Mad River Union EUREKA – The victim of last Friday’s homicide in Eureka has been identified as Frederick William Loftus, 58, of Eureka. A 75-year-old Eureka man was arrested Friday, Aug. 25 for allegedly shooting and killing Loftus at a residence on the 1300 block of Seventh Street in Eureka. David Alan Kobak is being…
Man shot and killed after allegedly attacking security guard in Eureka
Eureka Police On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at approximately 8:14 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the alley behind a gas station at the 1300 block of 5th Street [Shell Station near Rita’s] for a report of shots fired. Once on scene, officers located a male subject down in the alley with…
Pedestrian dies after being struck by truck on Eureka sidewalk
Mad River Union EUREKA – A 70 year-old Eureka man on a motorized scooter on a sidewalk died Tuesday morning, July 18 after he was struck by a pickup truck making a turn into a shopping center. John Edward William was struck shortly before 10:27 a.m. in the 3000 block of Broadway. He was rushed…
Three suspects invade home, assault occupant, steal laptop
Mad River Union EUREKA – This morning three males pushed their way into a Eureka household where they assaulted and restrained the occupant, ransacked a bedroom and then fled with a laptop computer. Eureka Police were called to the 1100 block of Sixth Street for the reported armed robbery. The victim told officers that an…
Prostitution sting in Old Town Eureka
Mad River Union EUREKA – On the afternoon of Wednesday, July 12, Eureka Police Department detectives arrested three women on suspicion of prostitution on the 1300 block of Third Street in Eureka. The arrests followed a Eureka Police undercover operation in response to multiple citizen complaints in the area. The following subjects were transported and…
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