McKinleyville home invasion

◼ Woman with two children attacked in McKinleyville home invasion

...According to a sheriff's office press release, the victim told deputies she was home in the 2000 block of Second Avenue with her children when two men knocked on her front door around 11 a.m. and asked if they could mow her lawn for money. The victim told them, “no thank you,” and they left.

The victim said two men she believed were the same ones who knocked on her door earlier, knocked on her door about one hour later. This time, one suspect had a dark-colored ski mask covering his face, and the other suspect's face was covered with face paint....

The press release said the suspects were last seen leaving in a white sedan, similar to a Crown Victoria, partial California license plate of CF319.

According to the sheriff's office, the suspects were described as a white male, late teens or early 20s, approximately 5-feet, 9-inches tall, weighing 165

pounds, with short, dark-colored hair, wearing a black T-shirt, and a male of unknown race and age, wearing a full ski mask with a similar physical description.
Anyone with information is requested to contact the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office at 707-445-7251.

Williams is due to reappear in court May 13 - tomorrow

◼ Prelim date set for Ezra Williams - TS
Williams is due to reappear in court May 13 for a preliminary hearing

Prelim date set for Ezra Williams

◼ Prelim date set for Ezra Williams - TS
Ezra “Easy” Williams appeared in Humboldt County Superior Court on Monday, and is scheduled to reappear Wednesday for a bail hearing.

Williams, who stands accused of robbing Bank of America and Radio Shack at gunpoint in Eureka before fleeing to Mexico, has been charged with two counts of second-degree armed robbery. He also faces charges of possessing heroin for sale and transporting heroin for sale from a prior arrest.

After his bail hearing, Williams is due to reappear in court May 13 for a preliminary hearing.

EPD NEWS RELEASE

Ezra Williams

On 4-28-2010 at about 7:30 pm, Ezra Williams was transported to the Eureka Police Department, where he was released to our custody. Detectives had an opportunity to speak to Williams. Upon completion of the interview he was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility and is being held on $500,000 bail.

Anyone with information regarding the string of robberies or Williams is asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Section of the Eureka Police Department at 441-4300 or Detective Harpham at 441-4305.

◼ Suspect in Eureka armed robberies arrives at Humboldt County jail

....None of the money from the robberies has been recovered. Harpham said Williams was broke when he was arrested but was driving a Volkswagen vehicle, which he allegedly bought for $2,500 cash.

Williams was in contact with police after he arrived in Mexico. Harpham said he called the suspect, who allegedly hung up on the detective and later called him back from Tijuana.

Harpham said his investigation seems to indicate that Williams fled Eureka on April 7 and was in the Ukiah and Santa Rosa area by the afternoon of April 8. Two of the recent armed robberies, at Sal's Off Broadway bar and Safeway on Harris Street and Harrison Avenue, occurred after Williams is suspected to have fled.

”He wasn't the only one working robberies at that time,” Harpham said....

Crime wave continues

◼ Cloney's target of second narcotic robbery in Eureka
Cloney's Pharmacy in Eureka was robbed at gunpoint Monday morning for the second time in a week and it remains unclear if the incidents are related...

The suspect entered the Harrison Avenue store at about 9:30 a.m. brandishing a black handgun. He demanded OxyContin from an employee, and fled after receiving it...

This is the 10th armed robbery in the Eureka area since March 25.

There are now armed guards outside some of the banks in Eureka.

◼ $2000- Reward offered for Eureka pharmacy bandit

Repeat Offenders, armed and dangerous w/update

It's not til you get to the end of the story that you realize - this story hasn't ended yet, and it is going to end badly. Someone is going to end up dead. And when it happens, people are going to ask - why did they keep letting this guy out of jail? In fact, you have to ask, why is he out NOW?

☛ TS Shotgun brandished in home invasion robbery

photo source

Police are searching for four suspects allegedly involved in an armed robbery that took place at a D Street house in Eureka on Friday morning.

Eureka Police Department spokesman Lt. Murl Harpham said that at around 10 a.m., dispatchers received a call reporting a home invasion in progress at a residence on 14th and D streets. Authorities learned multiple suspects reportedly kicked their way into the house and confronted a woman inside. They were brandishing a shotgun and demanding marijuana.

Police do not yet know how many of those suspects entered the residence, Harpham said. But investigators have identified two of the suspects as Michael Tray Johns, 26, and Waymond Richard Kelly, 25. Both were previously sought by police for parole violations.

You remember WAYMOND - ...(he) Kelly was arrested in 2007 after a string of armed robberies in Eureka. He was found by EPD officers with Zachary Cooke at an abandoned residence on Albee Street. As officers approached the two men, Cooke fired a shotgun and officers returned fire. Cooke, who was shot 11 times in the incident, died at the scene. Kelly was taken into custody.

In 2008, Johns and Kelly were arrested together after an EPD officer spotted them driving a stolen station wagon. The men reportedly fled from police, and were arrested after a high-speed chase. When officers searched their car, they reportedly found shotgun shells and other ammunition in the vehicle.

Authorities urge anyone with information about the alleged robbery or the suspects' whereabouts to contact detectives at 441-4060.

☛ Rio Dell Times Home Invasion Follow-up info on the home invasion on this date. It is believed four persons were involved, one female and three males. The attached photos are two person of interest in this case and are wanted for parole violation. They are Michael Tray Johns, 26, and Waymond Richard Kelly, 25 . Any information on the whereabouts of these subjects will be accepted at the Eureka Police Department.

UPDATE:
◼ EPD Press Release/Rio Dell Times

On 3-14-2009 at about 4:35 am, Officers of the Eureka Police Department were dispatched to the 100 block of West 7th Street to a reported suspicious vehicle. The reporting party stated that there was a white sedan parked on 7th Street, occupied by at least two subjects with hoods pulled up over their heads.

As units arrived on scene, they located a vehicle matching the description leaving the area. When a traffic stop was attempted on the vehicle, the vehicle fled. When the vehicle reached 5th Street, it sped up to over 100 mph. The vehicle tried to negotiate a N/B turn onto "R" Street, however due to its speed the vehicle impacted into the Pizza Hut building. Three subjects fled from the vehicle, but were taken into custody a short distance away by responding units.

A firearm was located at the 500 block of 5th Street, soon after the pursuits conclusion. The firearm had damage consistent to multiple skid/strikes against the pavement. It is suspected that it was thrown from the vehicle during the pursuit. The firearm will be processed for evidence.

The three suspects are identified as:

Waymond Richard Kelly (26 years old of Eureka) was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for possession of a controlled substance and a parole hold.

Michael Tray Johns (28 years old of Eureka) was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on a parole hold.
Nathan Aaron Ruptak (27 years old of Eureka) was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of evading the police, resisting arrest, and a parole hold.

Kelly and Johns are persons of interest in the recent home invasion robbery that occurred on 3-6-2009.

This is an active investigation and anyone with information concerning this incident or the home invasion robbery are urged to contact the Eureka Police Department's Criminal Investigations Section at 707-441-4300.

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