The Eureka Police Department received information Christmas morning, December 25th, that two Eureka residents had active arrest warrants for committing armed robbery in Mendocino County.
Consequently, 33 year old Brandon Haselip and 31 year old Michelle McDaniel were located by Eureka Police Officers just after 6:30pm in a parked vehicle in Eureka. Michelle McDaniel was taken into custody without incident, however, Haselip escaped and fled on foot into a shed to the rear of a nearby residence.
Eureka Police Officers and Humboldt County Sheriff Deputies immediately set up a perimeter before Haselip voluntarily exited the shed, and was taken into custody.
During the investigation, it was discovered that Haselip and McDaniel had been residing in that shed. Due to both subjects being on various forms of probation, a search of the shed was conducted, resulting in the seizure of approximately 2.4 ounces of Fentanyl, approximately 1.7 grams of Cocaine, multiple Percocet and benzodiazepines pills, packaging material and digital scales commonly used for drug sales, as well as stolen property associated with the recent robbery in Mendocino County.
Haselip and McDaniel were transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for the Mendocino warrants. Haselip was also booked for fresh charges of possession of controlled substances for sales and probation violation.
