Visitors from Central America passing through Eureka robbed at the Bayshore Mall

(Photos provided to EPD from security cameras at the mall)

On November 2, 2023, at 4:03 P.M., officers from the Eureka Police Department responded to the parking lot of the Bayshore Mall to investigate a reported robbery. 

Upon arrival, officers discovered that a thirty-six (36) year-old male and his eight (8) year-old daughter were the victims of a robbery while entering their vehicle in the mall’s parking lot after shopping inside. The victims were passing through Eureka while visiting California from Central America. It appears three suspects followed the father and daughter into the parking lot from a store where they had made several purchases. The father handed a bag to his daughter as he loaded their purchases into their vehicle. 

A black male suspect then ripped the bag from the eight-year-old’s grasp and fled to a waiting vehicle, occupied by two black female accomplices. The vehicle then fled the parking lot, nearly striking the juvenile in the process. The family’s loss includes a brown leather bag containing passports and travel documents, as well as cash money. The male suspect is described as a black male adult, approximately 6’0,” tall and weighing 200 pounds, with black dreadlocks. The male was wearing a black shirt and dark colored jeans. Both females were described as black females in their twenties, one was wearing a black “Raiders” sweatshirt and black jeans, the second was wearing a white and black plaid shirt and black leggings. All three fled in a black Jaguar SUV. 

If you recognize any of these suspects, or have any information about this incident, please contact Detective Sergeant Cory Crnich at (707) 441-4318 or ccrnich@eurekaca.gov. If you see them please call 911.