Shiloh Chase, one of the many repeat offenders or when you should have bail bonds and an attorney on retainer

The Times-Standard reported that on March 1, officers of the Eureka Police Department located a suspicious vehicle at the 1300 block of H Street in Eureka. A records check of the vehicle revealed that it had been reported stolen to the Arcata Police Department on Feb. 9. Officers contacted the solo occupant/driver of the vehicle, identified as Shiloh John Chase of Eureka.  Chase was soon taken into custody for possession of stolen property. A search of his person recovered suspected methamphetamine. Chase was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility and booked on charges of possession of stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, and probation violation. He is being held on $25,000 bail.

Just a week ago, he was on court calendar.

From the Humboldt Sentine in 2011: A wanted parolee on the loose for two weeks was nabbed by Eureka Police Department personnel last night. Shiloh Chase was reported in the vicinity of the 2400 block of Manzanita Street but when EPD arrived and conducted a search of an unspecified residence in the neighborhood, they came up empty handed. As the cops were leaving the area, they were advised by dispatch of a suspicious person reported on the 2500 block of Manzanita Street.

Upon conducting a search, EPD officers engaged in a short foot pursuit of Chase, who climbed on a roof of a residence on that block in an attempt to elude and hide from them. Upon discovery, Chase initially refused commands to surrender. After a short negotiation it led to a peaceful surrender and booking into Humboldt County jail.

I picked Shiloh Chase because he has been in trouble so many times and is one of the names that I remember. He isn't the only repeat revolving door offender. We have many that law enforcement and probation and the court are familiar with that just keep coming back.

While I do think that realignment has affected crime and consequences, Humboldt County has had these issues. These repeat offenders know every way to scam the system, they beg and plead this time they have learned their lesson, now they will seek therapy, and they will never, again, commit a crime. 

Attorneys file papers, the alleged criminal doesn't like the result, he/she hires another attorney. The system is set up for these scammers.

I am all for consitutional rights and due process but how many times do you have to be arrested and not just for alleged non-violent crimes or petty theft and with drugs? Again, the above questions are not  all for situations involving Chase.

How many times do you have to get away scott- free and have the money to hire a private attorney each time before it's enough and you actually have to pay for your crimes?

Ordinary citizens don't have the resources and cash to fight so many cases. Does there come a time when you are all outta of "get out of jail cards?"

Not in Humboldt. We have people who just love to coddle criminals while they run around hurting others, impregnating women, all in the name of rights, and therapy and "if he/she just did not have a bad childhood" enablers.

And if law enforcement tries to contain well known criminals, there are always those activists ready to protest police brutality, regardless of what the facts may be.

At any point do these people have a choice or responsibility to turn their lives around?

Let's put out a welcome sign to more criminals in Humboldt: No consequences here, we got a loophole every time.

Don't blame the court, don't blame law enforcement, don't blame the attorneys. All who look the other way on the effects of drugs, and the money it brings here created this mess. Instead of 460s, will we ever see an investigative piece on that money trail? The person would be silenced from exposing the truth.

Thank you to all law enforcement who despite difficult circumstances still work to keep us safe, especially the EPD. They still do their job, knowing that within a few hours, that criminal will be right back on the street.

Want to make a change? Write to your state legislators. Instead of stuffing another overpaid croissant in yet another policy meeting, they need to come down to Humboldt and offer some real changes to combat crime. State legislators want the Humboldt vote? Make them earn it.