Suspect Bell Arrested for Felony Assault After Eureka Pizza Hut Altercation

Bell turned himself in to the Eureka Police Department on November 3, 2025, and was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on a charge of felony assault causing injury, according to a media release prepared by Laura Montagna. The release lists the incident location as the 100 block of 2nd Street in Eureka and gives the department contact for tips as 707-441-4300.

The EPD media release says officers responded at approximately 1:26 a.m. on November 2 after a report of a physical altercation between two males on the 100 block of 2nd Street. The release states, verbatim, “The investigation revealed that the incident began as a verbal dispute and escalated into a physical confrontation. During the altercation, one of the individuals struck the other multiple times with his fists and, while the victim was on the ground, kicked him in the head, causing injury.”

A separate dispatch log entry published by CrimeRadar (USCrimeRadar) recorded a call referencing a verbal dispute at a Pizza Hut in “Eureka, Illinois,” and said officers were sent “to prevent escalation”; that CrimeRadar entry did not name any individuals. The CrimeRadar text and the EPD release present conflicting venue and jurisdiction details — CrimeRadar names a Pizza Hut and lists the state as Illinois, while the EPD release cites the 100 block of 2nd Street and booking into Humboldt County Correctional Facility, consistent with Eureka in Humboldt County, California.

Montagna’s November 5, 2025 media release is the most detailed public account available from the department; it repeats the assault narrative and identifies Bell as the person who turned himself in on November 3. The release does not provide Bell’s first name, age, bond amount, or a court date; the media packet directs anyone with information to contact the Eureka Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 707-441-4300.

Local reporting collected with the EPD material shows other, separate policing incidents in Eureka that have drawn attention. KRCRTV previously reported on a controversial YouTube video in which a man says, “this dude told me to go back to the reservation. Go back to the reservation, is that what you told me to do?” and an officer appears to reply, “absolutely.” KRCRTV quoted Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson saying the department is investigating and that EPD has a “zero-tolerance policy for racially insensitive comments,” calling such allegations, if true, “deeply troubling.”

The EPD release and the CrimeRadar dispatch remain the primary public records tied to the Nov. 2 incident; the department’s release and the Humboldt County booking note Bell’s arrest and booking on November 3. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Eureka Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 707-441-4300.