Burglary at Business on First Street

Dustin Witten

EUREKA, Ca. (KIEM) – One man is arrested on burglary charges after breaking into a Eureka business.

Eureka police officers responded to a report of an audible burglary alarm activation at a business on the 400 block of First Street.

The alarm company contacted the owner who viewed the surveillance footage and saw that 32-year-old Dustin Witten of Eureka was still inside the business.

Witten was passing equipment out of a broken window to an unknown person waiting outside.

Officers were able to locate and return all of the stolen equipment to the business owner and Witten was booked into jail for burglary.

The identity and involvement of the person located outside is still under investigation at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Eureka Police Department.

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