A quick response by UPD and members of the campus community prevented what could have been a worse outcome. Upon further investigation it was determined that an on campus resident invited a non-student to her campus residence and that guest brought additional friends.
Ill-advised maneuvers end in car crunch, nose powder nab, guns & ammo harvest
Eureka Police Department POP Search Warrant Ends with Felony Arrest On Thursday, Dec. 3, detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP), assisted by the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF), executed a search warrant on 29-year-old Christopher Sovereign and the residences associated to him. At approximately 10:07 a.m., Sovereign was observed…
DTF quickly cracks couch cushion gun safe
Humboldt County Drug Task Force McKINLEYVILLE – On Friday, Nov. 13, special agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF), with the assistance of the Arcata Police Department, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, and Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office served a search warrant on a residence in the 1900 block of Elm Avenue in Mckinleyville. The…
Council moves ahead with safe gun storage ordinance
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The Arcata City Council has directed staff to develop an ordinance requiring firearm owners to store their weapons in a secure location in their homes. While an established body of state law already prohibits various forms of negligent firearm storage, a city staff report states that “many…
Council going ahead with Arcata gun law, but it’ll be a while
Mad River Union ARCATA – The Arcata City Council last week considered a possible ordinance requiring Arcata firearms owners to store their weapons unloaded and locked up in a safe or locker. No action was taken other than to direct staff to develop language for future consideration. That may be done in conjunction with the…
Reckless shooting leads to arrest of a felon
EPD EUREKA – On Tuesday, Aug. 25 at about 5:35 p.m., the Eureka Police Department Communications Center received multiple reports of shots heard around the 1100 block of E Street. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate anything suspicious. At about 6:45 p.m., more calls started to come in about shots heard in…
Man claims he shot himself, but won’t say where the gun is
Mad River Union FIELDBROOK – The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a firearm that a man claims he accidently shot himself with. At 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, deputies were dispatched to Davenport Lane in Fieldbrook, regarding a 43-year-old male who claimed that he had shot himself. When deputies…