The Mendocino County Sheriff’s office says a Gualala man has been arrested for the alleged homicide of a Point Arena man on September 24 of 2023.
They say Edgar Arteaga Coria is one of two suspects who killed 32-year-old Jesus Joel Romero. Romero was shot multiple times, following a bar fight in Point Arena. The other suspect, Antonio Garcia, turned himself in the day after the murder. Coria had fled and was living in the Los Angeles area. The LAPD and FBI worked together to help make the arrest. The Mendocino Voice says Coria was booked in the Mendocino County Jail on $1 million bail on charges of homicide and felony bodily injury with a firearm.
Human remains were discovered on Saturday in the 1800 block of Law Gap Road in Ukiah. Deputies were called to the scene by a local non-profit group who was doing trash cleanup in the area and discovered what they believed to be human remains. Investigators from both the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and the Ukiah Police Department processed the scene and are looking into all active missing persons cases in order to try and identify the remains. At this point, foul play is not suspected, but the investigation is open and ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center.
Fort Bragg Police say they’ve made two arrests in the fireworks assaults case back in July of last year. The arrests follow an investigation into an online video that was brought to the attention of police in January. It showed what turned out to be the suspects tossing a lit explosive device at a homeless person while driving around on Boatyard Drive. After a subsequent investigation and multiple search warrants, including on the suspects cell phone, 21 year old Taylor Carnahan was identified as the driver of a car, with a juvenile passenger throwing explosive devices at the female victim four times around 6:30 p.m. on July 8. She’s been arrested and booked on several charges. Charges have also been filed against the juvenile suspect.
The city of Ukiah’s Design Review Board is considering a proposal to open a burger restaurant in the former Denny’s location on Pomeroy Street near Highway 101. At the hearing this Thursday, members will consider an application for a Minor Use Permit to “renovate and repurpose an existing commercial structure” while adding “a drive-through component. The Ukiah Daily Journal says the application was submitted by UK Investments out of San Rafael, who say they plan to open a Habit Burger Grill. Thursday’s Design Review meeting is set for this Thursday afternoon at 3p.m. in the Conference Room N. 3 in the Civic Center Annex. It will also be online.
