January 3, 2009
Hash receives 11 years in prison

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

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December 18, 2008
Suspected Mongols accept plea agreement

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.

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December 10, 2008
Barger second-degree murder trial vacated

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.

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December 5, 2008
Sebastopol man arrested in Huntzinger cold case

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,

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November 21, 2008
Gundersen faces new charge

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.

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Former exotic pet owner pleads guilty to animal cruelty

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

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November 20, 2008
Arcata pot growers sentenced

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.

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November 13, 2008
Trinidad PD recommends theft charges against Gundersen

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

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November 1, 2008
Deputy cleared after fatal Del Norte shooting

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 filed in fatal shooting

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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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October 10, 2008
Trial for murder suspect in 2003 Honeydew shooting under way

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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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October 2, 2008
Fortuna teacher not in custody, expected to turn self in today

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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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Fortuna teacher turns self in to authorities after DA’s file charges

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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.

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Fortuna High School teacher facing felony charge

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.

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October 1, 2008
Fortuna High teacher charged

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.

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Accused teacher’s case in DA’s hands

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.

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September 26, 2008
Trial starts for Indian food establishment owner

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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September 24, 2008
Maximum sentence of Gundersen could be 3 years, 8 months

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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.

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September 16, 2008
Gallegos delivers closing argument

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.

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September 12, 2008
AG: No conflict of interest in Gundersen case

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.

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Miller to be moved by Monday

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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September 3, 2008
One shot at conviction

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Topics: David Gundersen case

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.

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Tapes reveal Gundersen’s wife’s hesitance

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

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