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New records released by the city of Antioch show that police use-of-force incidents that are now charged as crimes were cleared by sergeants and lieutenants within the force, including the city's police union president and the current acting police chief.
From the Eureka Police Department: On March 18, 2021, at about 9:10 p.m., officers with the Eureka Police Department (EPD) responded to the intersection of Pine and West Hawthorne Streets for the report of a hit and run vehicle vs pedestrian collision. Surveillance from a nearby residence showed a small SUV flee the scene. Surveillance was made public and EPD asked the community to assist in identifying the vehicle and/or driver. The driver did not come forward. A Detective from EPD’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP) was assigned to investigate the case, with the assistance from an EPD ...
Eureka Police Department press release: On March 31, 2021, the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP), with assistance from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (DTF), arrested 41- year-old Jorge Alcazar Vasquez of Rio Dell following a months-long investigation into ongoing sexual assault of a child under 10. The Eureka Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) headed the investigation into the ongoing assaults that occurred in Eureka. The report was submitted to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and an arrest warrant for Alcazar Vasq...
Gay. On March 31, 2021, at about 8:20 a.m., Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP) conducted a probation search of a room at a motel on the 100 block of 4 th Street in Eureka. The room was registered to Charles Lloyd Gay, 46 years old from Eureka. Gay is on formal probation in Humboldt County for possession of heroin for sales. During the search of the room detectives located 205 grams of heroin, 35 grams of methamphetamine, packaging material and a digital scale. Also located was $5,200 in cash that was seized as suspected proceeds of narcotics...
Eureka Police Department press release: On March 11, 2021, at about 10:00 a.m., Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP) responded to a motel on the 1500 block of McCullens Avenue in Eureka to serve a search warrant after receiving information that 33-year-old Joshua Bennett of Eureka was selling narcotics from his room. Bennett and two other occupants were detained inside of the motel room. During the search, detectives located approximately 3 1⁄2 ounces of heroin and a digital scale. Three ounces of the heroin was located hidden inside a cocoa...