Tenants clean up rooms, some packing, about 10 cars still in parking lot

Just stopped by the Budget. Only few tenants cars around. Gave my card to manager Tiffany Taylor since I did not hear back from the owners, again to see if they want to make a statement .

Some tenants cleaning up the place, sweeping broken glass on the steps. Took photos without cars and any people.

Will the Buget Motel close tomorrow, maybe, maybe not

Off a tip I received right before lunch. No, the attorney is not Peter Martin, it is Bradley Floyd. Left him a message.

Checked the court computer and the civil clerk's office, complaint may have been filed but was not in the system yet.

Right before noon, City Attorney Cyndi Day Wilson confirmed a copy of a lawsuit had been sent but "the City has not been officially served."

Just saw DHHS Director Connie Beck outside the Courthouse on her way to a lunch meeting. She said they reached out to the tenants at the Budget, those that DHHS was already working with have been housed. Others have not yet sought out support from DHHS.

Female passed out on Fifth street refuses to provide a statement to EPD; says no crime occurred after BOLO initially issued

Regarding last night's medical call and BOLO that went out for attempted kidnapping for Ryan Lenahan.

I contacted EPD PIO Brittany Powell this morning.

"The male associated with the BOLO was contacted last night.  The female refused to provide a statement and said that no crime had occurred.  Whatever occurred between the two appears to have been consensual in nature. There was no kidnapping.  "

Check out BOLO suspect Ryan Lenahan's facebook page and profile photo

The BOLO was for Ryan Lenahan from EPD to all agencies. The  address and car information from scanner.

Here is a link to Ryan Lenahan's facebook page, lives in Rio Dell:

https://www.facebook.com/ryan.lenahan.357

Besides the "classy" photo on his profile, shown below, according to a comment by him, he transferred his probation here from san mateo.

BOLO issued for attempted kidnapping suspect same time as woman dumped on 5th Street in Eureka

BOLO issued for attempted kidnapping suspect about an hour ago. Suspect vehicle out of Rio Dell.

Could it be related to the woman found on 5th Street taken to the hospital with lower half wrapped an hour ago?

Covering the lower half would seem consistent with preserving evidence. Maybe alleged rape?

According to Health and Safety Code, Budget Motel owners must pay relocation benefits for tenants; with 340 violations do they care ? City prepared to assist tenants

I just spoke with Brian Gerving who is Acting City Manager this week and he is the City of Eureka's Chief Building Official.

The Budget Motel, located on 4th Street in Eureka was recently inspected for code violations by the City of Eureka, the County and the Fire Department had 340 violations.

Late yesterday afternoon, the City of Eureka posted a notice informing the tenants that they had until 8 a.m. on Thursday to vacate the premises.

In that notice, it stated that according to the Health and Safety Code, the owner of the property was responsible for relocation expenses of the tenants.

The owners of the Budget Motel were informed regarding their responsibility about the relocation expenses today, said Mr. Gerving.

Mr. Gerving said because of the short time frame; the Code requires they owners pay the relocation benefits within 24 hours; the City is prepared to pay and recover the money from the owners  later.

The City will be meeting with tenants tomorrow or Thursday to follow -up.

The amount of the relocation expenses is $1,600 is based on $638 rent for a month plus utilities. Mr. Gerving said that the amount is calculated based on two months fair market rent, according to HUD; an additional amount is added for utilities which is determined by local jurisdiction.

The post will be updated if the owners respond.


Previous posts:
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/09/budget-motel-inspection-just-completed.html

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/09/budget-motel-issues-include-deliquent.html

Dylan Jackson Wilson arrested in 2014 for alleged probation violation and burglary at Big Louis

A 2014 article in the Mad River Union had this information about Dylan Jackson Wilson, from an EPD Press Release:

On Saturday, March 1 at about 4 a.m., officers of the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to a burglary alarm at Big Louis Pizzeria.

Upon arrival, officers saw that forced entry to the business had been made, but the suspect was not on scene. Officers spoke to a witness who provided a description of the suspect and the direction the suspect fled.

Officers checked the area and located a subject matching the description, provided by the witness, a few blocks east of Big Louis Pizzeria.

Dylan Wilson arrested for alleged assault with intent to commit lewd acts on 12 year old on her way to school in Arcata

On September 20, 2016 at 7:45am, the Arcata Police Department received a report of a man, later identified as 28-year-old Dylan Jackson Wilson of Arcata, loitering on a footpath between Baldwin Street and Stromberg Avenue. It was reported that Wilson was seen in possession of a hypodermic needle. 

Within minutes of the first call, several 911 calls were placed to the APD reporting an assault and that Wilson was seen running from the area. 

Responding officers located Wilson hiding in a nearby backyard where he was taken into custody without further incident.

The subsequent investigation revealed that Wilson grabbed a 12-year-old child while she was walking along the footpath on her way to school. Wilson threw the child to the ground and was on top of her when a parent, who had walked past Wilson moments early, intervened. The parent had stayed in the area because she was suspicious of Wilson.

The child sustained minor physical injuries.

Wilson was booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the following charges:

Penal Code Section 220(a)(2) - Assault with Intent to Commit Lewd Acts on a Child
Penal Code Section 236 - False Imprisonment

Peace Parade and Tea tomorrow at Redwood Coast Montessori

Eureka Councilmember Kim Bergel spoke during public comment at this morning's Humboldt County Board of Supervisor's meeting.

She was there, on behalf of her friend, Terri Vroman-Little, the founder of Redwood Coast Montessori school.

Ms. Bergel invited the Supervisors to the Peace Parade and Tea from 9 a.m to 10:30 a.m. tommorrow. Ms. Bergel said "thousands of Montessori programs across
 six different continents" will participate in the parade.

This being held locally tomorrow to celebrate International Day of Peace.

NBC correspondent Kerry Sanders coming to HSU's Journalism Department for lecture series

NBC News Correspondent Kerry Sanders is coming to Humboldt State University as part of the Journalism Department's Hadley Lecture Series. Sanders is fresh off the campaign trail covering Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at their party national conventions.

"Instead of complaining about the smell of cannabis, the people in Humboldt County will realize that is the smell of cultivating prosperity,."

KQED Newsroom features Prop 64  and Humboldt County taking the lead on cannabis cultivation.

"Humboldt County is the Napa of cannabis," says Patrick Murphy of Emerald Family Farms. "Instead of complaining about the smell of cannabis, the people in Humboldt County will realize that is the smell of cultivating prosperity,." Murphy says he has been cultivating since 16. Humboldt County Building and Planning's Steve Lazar talks about the permitting process. Scott Bauer talks about the environmental damage and effect on salmon.

More at this link :https://youtu.be/YwXikeGEvI8 
The cannabis feature is after the Colin Kapernick discussion.

Josh Pearlston a no show in family court, parties were close to resolution; now Kitchen criminal file requested for October 5 hearing

This morning Stephanie Pearlston was in court with her attorney, Mr. Michael Robinson.

Josh Pearlston was not present. His attorney Rory Hanson was in court.

Mr. Robinson told Visiting Judge Arnold Rosenfeld that the parties had been "substantially close to a tentative agreement"; however after seeing a written copy handed to them in court, Mr. Robinson said, "it calls the agreement in question."

The date of October 5 remain set
 If a resolution is not reached, Mr. Robinson requested that the criminal case file in Marci Kitchen's case be available that day in family court.

Sep 19, 2016

Will Stephanie Pearlston succeed in permanently banning Marci Kitchen being around her children; Josh Pearlston lawyers up in family law case

Tomorrow morning a pre trial hearing is scheduled for an October 5 hearing regarding an emergency coury order Stephanie Pearlston filed in August.
Mr. Michael Robinson is representing Stephanie Pearlston.

Since that emergency court order was filed Josh Pearlston is no longer representing himself but has hired Mr. Rory Hanson to represent him in this family law case.

A Suzanne Wren filed a declaration on behalf of Josh Pearlston on August 19.

Previous coverage at http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/09/will-stephanie-pearlston-succeed-in.html?m=1

Another 995 motion filed in the Jesus Garcia case; this time for Nicholas Leigl

Mr. Michael Acosta, attorney for Nicholas Leigl, has filed a 995 motion to dismiss charges against his client. Leigl is one of four suspects in the Jesus Garcia homicide.

That motion is scheduled to be heard on September 29.

The jury trial is scheduled for January 7, 2017.

A defense motion to dismiss the case against Mario Nunez, one of the four suspects was denied in August.

Previous posts:

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/08/defense-motion-to-dismiss-mario-nunezs.html?m=1

http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/07/jury-trial-for-suspects-in-jesus-garcia.html?m=1

Will Stephanie Pearlston succeed in permanently banning Marci Kitchen being around her children; Josh Pearlston lawyers up in family law case

Tomorrow morning a pre trial hearing is scheduled for an October 5 hearing regarding an emergency coury order Stephanie Pearlston filed in August.
Mr. Michael Robinson is representing Stephanie Pearlston.

Since that emergency court order was filed Josh Pearlston is no longer representing himself but has hired Mr. Rory Hanson to represent him in this family law case.

A Suzanne Wren filed a declaration on behalf of Josh Pearlston on August 19.

Aug 11, 2016

In an emergency court order, Stephanie Pearlston asks for Josh Pearlston to get limited visitation; requests Marci Kitchen not be allowed near her minor child and why

Stephanie Pearlston's request for child custody, visitation and temporary emergency court orders filed on August 4 request that, effective immediately, (if granted) that the respondent Josh Pearlston only be allowed visitation on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and that "Marci Kitchen will not be present during visitation."

"That neither party shall make disparaging remarks about the other to or in presence of the minor child. Neither party shall discuss with or in the presence of the minor child court procedure or issues before the court."

That emergency order, photos of the documents and previous coverage at
http://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2016/08/in-emergency-court-order-stephanie.html?m=1

If you cannot attend the AT and T presentation at the BOS meeting tomorrow; AT and T just sent me what they will be talking about

I just received this from AT and T:

"AT&T will meet with members of the community and elected officials at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. The session is to discuss the completion of network upgrades, which allow the network to be self-healing when a fiber cut occurs and will help protect phone and internet services for consumers and businesses in the North Coast from outages. The upgrades prevented widespread outages during the Clayton Fire in Lake County. AT&T will also provide an update on its build out of high-speed Internet services to over 141,000 rural, remote, and hard-to-reach California locations as part of the Connect America Fund. A letter from AT&T to regional officials is attached and provides details regarding the network enhancements."

Transient activities including trash and debris in a boarded up building cause of fire at 2nd and A

On September 19, at approximately 8:33 AM Humboldt Bay Fire responded to a commercial structure fire at Second and A Streets. The first arriving units found smoke coming from the roof of a vacant rail yard building at the location, and fire coming from windows on the west side of the building.  Bystanders reported as many as a dozen people seen exiting the building prior to fire department arrival. While forcing entry into the building, fire personnel located a male occupant just inside the building. The uninjured occupant was directed out of the building. Crews attacked the fire, which consisted of trash and furniture, and controlled the fire within 15 minutes. Crews ventilated the building to remove smoke, and conducted a thorough second search to confirm no other persons were inside.

On day jury trial was supposed to start Christopher Renner plead guilty to continuous sexual abuse of male minor

Christopher Renner plead guilty in the day his jury trial was to start today in Del Norte.

According to a press release by Del Norte District Attorney Dale Trigg, Christopher James Renner (58) of Crescent City, pleaded guilty this morning to continuous sexual abuse upon a child under fourteen and admitted three special allegations for having substantial sexual conduct with the child, for use of force and that the statute of limitations for the crimes had not expired.  

Ivan Martinez Chavarin's case made the headline in 2015; guilty verdict for most counts in 2016 case; he changes plea to guilty in 2015 case

A jury came back with a  verdict of guilty in his 2016 case in the Ivan Martinez Chavarin case except for Count 2 and they did not find the special allegation true.

Chavarin had another 2015 case in which he entered a change of plea.

Sentencing for both cases is on October 6 at 4 p.m. in Courtroom 2.

The 2016 case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Jackie Harkness. Conflict Counsel's Mr. Marek Reavis represented Chavarin.