Domestic dispute call results in arrest for possession of metal knuckles, drug paraphernalia and Alprazolam

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Mill Creek Rd. in Hoopa on Jan. 13, 2018 around 12:04 a.m. to assist Hoopa Valley Tribal Police with a domestic dispute.



Tribal Police Officers informed deputies that the suspect, David Curtis Hostler, 56, had reportedly taken the victim’s vehicle keys and refused to let her inside the residence. The officers knocked on the front door of the residence several times without answer.

A sheriff’s deputy walked to the rear of the residence and located Hostler standing behind a bush. Hostler returned the victim’s keys. During a search of Hostler, deputies located metal knuckles, drug paraphernalia and a small bag of Alprazolam.

Hostler was arrested on the following charges: possession of metal knuckles, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.