Steven Daniel Hash pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter in the death of Curtis Huntzinger, a 14-year-old Blue Lake boy killed in 1990. As members of Huntzinger’s family watched, Assistant District Attorney Wes Keat read the terms of the

Members of the Mongols biker gang implicated in the shooting of a suspected Hells Angel in early November have all accepted plea agreements offered by the Humboldt County district attorney.

The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has decided to not proceed with a second trial of the man who was accused of killing another man on a Southern Humboldt County pot farm in 2003.

Eighteen years after 14-year-old Blue Lake resident Curtis Huntzinger went missing, an arrest has been made in connection with his death. The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office arrested former Blue Lake resident Stephen Daniel Hash, 53,

The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office filed a new criminal complaint against former Blue Lake Police Chief David Ray Gundersen on Thursday, alleging one felony count of theft by a public official.

Scott Haynie, a Cutten man who owned dozens of exotic pets that were found dead or malnourished at his property in January, accepted an agreement from the District Attorney’s Office Thursday morning to plead guilty to two felony charges of animal

Two Arcata men arrested in March on felony marijuana cultivation charges accepted a plea agreement from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office and were sentenced in court Tuesday.

Trinidad Police Chief Ken Thrailkill said his department turned its investigative report into its former chief, David Ray Gundersen, over to the District Attorney’s Office Wednesday, recommending that Gundersen be charged with theft, embezzlement

After reviewing the shooting death of a 27-year-old Brookings, Ore. man by a Del Norte County Sheriff’s deputy, the Del Norte District Attorney announced it appears the deputy used an appropriate amount of force.

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No criminal charges will be filed against the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man in May after he allegedly evaded police and drove recklessly, Del Norte County District Attorney Mike Riese said Friday.

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Witnesses in the David Barger murder trial will paint a picture of the darker side of Humboldt County’s commercial marijuana growing subculture, in which profit is sometimes valued over human life, Deputy District Attorney Max Cardoza argued Thursday in opening statements.

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The Fortuna High School teacher facing child molestation charges is expected to turn herself into authorities today, and isn’t yet in custody as previously reported. District Attorney Paul Gallegos said late Wednesday that Deirdre Peterson, 41, was expected to turn herself in to the Humboldt County jail, as an arrest warrant was issued.

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A Fortuna High School teacher surrendered herself to the Humboldt County jail Wednesday evening after the District Attorney’s Office filed child molestation charges against her.

A Fortuna Union High School English teacher was charged Wednesday by the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for allegedly having sexual relations with a 17-year-old student.

The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office charged Fortuna High School teacher Deirdre Peterson with felony unlawful intercourse with a minor and annoying or molesting a minor today.

The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday it has received a report from the Fortuna Police Department alleging Deirdre Peterson, a Fortuna High School teacher, had sex with one of her underage students.

The man who was running the only place to get Indian food in Arcata will stand trial today for operating a business without a valid permit. The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office has charged Stephen Gasparas with 11 counts of violating

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Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos said that the maximum sentence for David Gundersen could be three years and eight months in prison for the two firearm charges.

District Attorney Paul Gallegos asked the jury to convict David Gundersen and protect Gundersen’s wife Darcie Seal during his closing arguments Monday in the former Blue Lake police chief’s spousal rape trial.

The California Attorney General’s Office has reviewed a letter from former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen’s wife and concluded that no conflict of interest exists in District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ handling Gundersen’s rape case.

Josiah Miller, a 27-year-old Arcata murder suspect facing extradition to Oregon, will likely be transported across the border over the weekend. According to Del Norte County District Attorney Michael Riese, Miller must be moved to Curry County

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Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office officials told David Gundersen’s wife to be truthful at his trial, as there’s only one shot at convicting the former Blue Lake Police Department chief.

In taped conversations with former Blue Lake Police Chief David Gundersen’s wife, district attorney investigators caution her about talking with her husband’s attorney and expressed concern that she may be lulled into being a witness friendly