Three arrests made by HCSO at Humboldt Redwood Company

"HCSO deputies are assisting with protests again this morning at the Humboldt Redwood Company. This morning company employees arrived to approx. 15 protestors, one of which was located on a 24 ft ladder attached to the property gate (gate is located on private property). Resources from HC Public Works are being utilized to safely lower the ladder and take the protestor into custody on charges of trespassing. Three arrests have been made as of 8 am for charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and impeding traffic."

HCSO Press Release:

(Gammariello)

(Osheroff)

(Doremus)

(Soohoo)

On June 17, 2019, at about 3:42 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Monument Road, in the county's jurisdiction of Rio Dell, for the report of protesters blocking an access gate to Humboldt Redwood Company property.

When deputies arrived on scene, they located about 15 protesters, in addition to an approximately 24-foot ladder standing in front of the gate, tethered to nearby trees with a subject at the top.

Three protesters, Michael John Gammariello, 32, Brittany Krystal Soohoo, 25, of Los Angeles, and Georgia Hanrahan Doremus, 32, of Arcata, were taken into custody and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and impeding traffic.

Humboldt County Public Works responded and deployed a boom truck to assist deputies in lowering the ladder in front of the gate. The protester on the ladder, Isabel Xochitl Osheroff, 24, of Berkeley, CA, was safely taken into custody and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of trespassing.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public to obey all laws when protesting a cause. Sheriff’s deputies will continue to respond as needed to Monument Road if further violations of state law occur.