Thursday, Humboldt County Sheriff’s got a call from a concerned neighbor reporting suspicious subjects
observed outside a home on the 4400 block of Walnut Drive in Cutten.
According to the homeowner, several items were missing from inside the
residence including a firearm, electronics and jewelry. The homeowner believed the suspicious
subjects possibly made entry through an unsecured door. During a search of the wooded area
behind the residence, deputies located a bag with some of the reported stolen items from the
residence inside. Deputies continued searching the wooded area and found the stolen firearm
hidden in nearby brush.
While on scene, deputies received information that persons associated with the homeowner had
observed one of the suspicious subjects, later identified as Dennis Gene Palmer, 31, of Eureka,
running on a nearby road, then into another wooded area off of Jeffery Lane. Sheriff’s deputies
were able to track and locate Palmer inside the wooded area.
Palmer was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of
burglary, possession of burglary tools and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail is set at
$75,000.
The second suspicious subject in this case was located walking on the 1900 block of Campton
Road. That subject was questioned and released at the scene.