TODAY in SUPES: A Debate Over Criminal Justice Reform, Another on Housing, Plus Speed Humps Come to Bridgeville
Screenshots from Tuesday’s meeting (clockwise from top left): First District Supervisor Rex Bohn, Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell, Third District Supervisor Mike Wilson, Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass, Sheriff Billy Honsal and Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone.
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As calls for criminal justice reform continue nationwide in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors spent much of Tuesday’s meeting debating a California bill that would lift restrictions on who can run for sheriff.
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
On April 27, 2021, at about 10:45 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies conducting follow up on an investigation attempted to contact individuals residing at a residence on the 500 block of Forest Drive in Redway.
At the residence, deputies contacted 31-year-old
Robert Joseph Cullen who was known to be on formal probation and had three felony warrants for his arrest. Cullen was taken into custody without incident. During a search of Cullen’s person, deputies located over 5 grams of methamphetamine. During a search of Cullen’s living space, pursuant to the terms of his probation, deputies located a firearm with a loaded, high-capacity magazine.
Orsenico’s car following the crash. | Coos County Sheriff’s Office
A 32-year-old man from Humboldt County who was arrested last month for allegedly entering an Orick motel room uninvited and brandishing a knife at the room’s occupant, reportedly killed himself and two others last week by intentionally crashing his Mitsubishi Eclipse into an oncoming car while evading authorities on Highway 101 in Coos County, Oregon.
Cory Marcus Orsenico. | HCSO
KCBY in Coos Bay reports that the crash occurred soon after an Oregon State Police trooper attempted to stop Cory Marcus Orsenico for driving erratically along Highway 101 on the morning of April 22.
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release:
On April 24, 2021, at about 11:44 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a motel on the 300 block of State Highway 96 to contact an individual harassing medical and emergency communications dispatchers via 9-1-1.
Robert Melvin Hurd. | HCSO
Robert Melvin Hurd, age 63, contacted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center via 9-1-1 approximately 26 times over the course of eight hours. During these contacts, Hurd was uncooperative and belligerent with dispatch staff. Upon deputy contact, Hurd continued being hostile with deputies.
Hurd was taken into custody and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of unlawful 9-1-1 calls
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