On
03-28-2014, at approximately 10:19 a.m. the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
was called by a woman who reported that she believed her ex-husband was in her
residence and may be armed. Deputies responded and met with the woman at her
residence on Prindan Lane, Eureka. The woman told the deputies she was recently
awarded the family home in a divorce settlement and the husband had been
recently evicted from the home. The woman told deputies the locks had been
changed when she took ownership of the home, and now someone had changed the
locks again so her key no longer worked. She could no longer enter the
residence and the blinds, which had been open when she was last in the
residence, were closed. Deputies approached the residence and attempted to
determine if anyone was in the home.
Deputies used the key she provided to unlock the door and it did not
work. Deputies walked around the exterior of the home trying to determine if
someone was home, and also to look for signs of forced entry. While deputies
were walking around the home, they heard the sound of an upstairs window
closing, and sounds of a disturbance in the upstairs room. Deputies met again
with the wife who told the deputies there were firearms in the home that her
ex-husband would have access to.
Deputies attempted to make contact
into the home using a loudspeaker, with no success. Deputies and detectives
then attempted to locate family and friends of the ex-husband to determine if
he was in the home, or if there was a cell phone number to contact him. Two citizens who lived on Montgomery
Street which is near Prindan Lane,
approached deputies at approximately 12:00 noon and told the deputies they saw
a black truck park nearby and a man jump into the truck and duck down to avoid
being seen by law enforcement. The citizens, however could not identify the
man driving the truck or the man
entering the truck. They could also not provide any further descriptive information on the truck. They told deputies this occurred about the
time deputies initially showed up at the residence.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office
SWAT Team was training in the area and was summoned to the location to stand by
in case they were needed. The California Highway Patrol responded, along with
Eureka Police to assist with closing the road in front of the residence.
At 1:30 p.m., the ex-husband called
the Sheriff’s Office and said he was not in the home and would meet with
deputies. The ex-husband met with deputies at 1:40 p.m. on Excelsior Road,
Eureka. He denied entering the residence since being evicted. At the ex-wife’s
request deputies forced entry into the home and made sure no one else was in
the home. The ex-husband was transported back to the Prindan Lane residence at
his request and allowed to remove some personal items with his ex-wife’s
permission while deputies stood by. He then left the area and the residence was
turned over to the ex-wife per the court order.
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