At the joint EPD/District Attorney’s Office press conference moments ago. Left: DA Investigator Mike Hislop. Right: EPD Chief Murl Harpham.

UPDATE, 2:10 p.m.: Brief history of Adam Laird:

Left:photo from Redwood Curtain Copwatch identified as Adam Laird. Right: booking photo from this morning.

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EPD Chief Murl Harpham announced this moments ago at a joint EPD-District Attorney press conference.

Harpham said that other EPD officers took Laird into custody this morning after a EPD-DA investigation that lasted several weeks. The incident in question took place a couple of months ago, Harpham said, and was brought to the department’s attention by another officer.

DA Investigator Mike Hislop said that Laird was booked into jail this morning, and has since bailed out. He is scheduled to be arraigned on May 29.

The EPD was not prepared to release much information about the alleged assault at this time on advice of the district attorney’s office.

Mayor Frank Jager and Eureka Councilmember Mike Newman were at the conference.

City of Eureka press release: