While responding to a call for service on Thursday morning, Dec. 21, 2017, the deputy observed a black sports utility vehicle covered in tarps while parked in a two-hour parking space on the 700 block of Redwood Dr. in Garberville. Around 2 p.m. that day, the deputy observed the vehicle still parked in the same location. The deputy approached the vehicle and found Justin Case Strauhal, 28, in the driver’s seat. Strauhal exited the vehicle to speak with the deputy.
A warrant check found that Strauhal was a wanted sex offender out of Oregon. Strauhal was in violation of parole and had been on the run for over two and half years. Strauhal was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for his warrant and is awaiting extradition to Oregon.
Anyone with information regarding this case or other related criminal activity is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Crime Tip Line at (707) 268-2539.
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