HCSO Says Man in Willow Creek Area Had Meth and a Loaded Gun
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
On Jan. 25, 2023, at about 11:18 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in the Willow Creek area conducted a suspicious vehicle investigation on an occupied vehicle parked in a pullout on Highway 299.Joseph Richard Bartholomew [Booking Photo courtesy of Humboldt County Correctional Facility]
Deputies contacted the driver of the vehicle, 53-year-old Joseph Richard Bartholomew, and observed drug paraphernalia in plain view. Deputies detained Bartholomew and conducted a search of the vehicle. During the search, deputies located over 8 grams of methamphetamine and an unsecured loaded firearm.
Bartholomew was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of convicted felon in possession of a firearm (PC 29800(a)), possession of a controlled substance while armed (HS 11370.1(a)), possession of a controlled substance (HS 11377(a)), carrying a loaded firearm not registered to the individual (PC 25850(c)(6)) and possession of a controlled substance paraphernalia (HS 11364).
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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It might be quicker to list those men in Willow Creek who are not gettn their Meth and Firearm-on.
Joe Dick Bartholomew
Looks like he was falling asleep, needed a boost to make it home
He looks so happy with himself! No jail time for this.. just very expensive lawyer(s). And loss of his gun. But if he can’t afford legal counsel one will be provided for him… and then some jail time is likely..
Funny, he doesn’t look like the type.
If you all only knew what he is going thru right now. This guy is looking for his brother that nobody has heard from in allmost 2 weeks now actually 12 days exactly left from salyer heading to Sacramento and never made it so instead of talking out your neck in your free time mabe we could round up a search posse and make a plan and put some positive effort out and help this guy cause i know this guy and feel for him hes in jail and cant even try to look for his missing brother all he was doing was making phone calls to his mother thats worried sick aswell it would be one thing if they charged him with possession of sales or scales or mutiple bags but no hes been looking day and night not being able to sleep and id be varring a gun too for dam sakes. Really his brother 9s missing and theres a missing persons report and flyers and facebook post hoping somone has some info or know somthing comes forward we know he made it thru weaverville by different cameras along mainstreet in weaverville but never did make it to reddings first stop light with cameras. So any one wanna stop talking out there necks and help me help him find his brother just think what if u lost your brother or sister
Although it is true that his brother is missing. There is no reason to do Meth. When somebody can go and purchase Meth, just to keep looking 24-7-, well that becomes scattering thinking, loss of judgement. Why stoop do low as to use Meth to find his brother? Why not rest for 4-5 hours at night and then be fresh every morning to look for his brother. When you have drug addict behavior, you act like a drug addict. And that is how he was behaving. Also, when using Meth, a person doesn’t ear, or eats very little, which causes an almost schizophrenia type: hearing and seeing things that are not there. So how could he be 100% in the search for his brother.
I have shared the flyer made by his wife/girlfriend, in fact there were 2 and I shared both. I even looked, stopped along steep embankment, and cliffs in between Weaverville and Redding. There are tons of areas where he could have went off the road. Or he could have pulled off some road to go to bathroom, and could have been jumped. Anything could have happened. Questions are: Why was he traveling? Did he have anything in that car he borrowed thar he was bringing to his brother? If so somebody needs to state that. If not then, Question: Was his brother special Needs? Did he have any disorders that could have been comprosed if he was traumatized?
And I certainly do not want to dilute the suffering the family is going through RE: the lost brother.
Why was Joseph Bartholomew in Williw Creek, when it states the traffic cam seen his brothers last location driving through Weaverville. There is another route he could have taken, if he was uncertain, in Weaverville, and that is turn off on I think it’s Hwy 36 towards Etna, Fort Jones, which would take him to Yreka, and either To Medford, i5, Redding i5, or the 96 to Hoopa. Could he have Been afraid and decided to get off the main road he was on. There are roads in between Weaverville to Redding as well. To Hayfork, etc. Perhaps family and friends could search in other areas. I read a report that srated Trinity County police used a Drone to look for the missing man. Lastly, did he have a phone. Check when the phone pinged at different locations. Check the car to see if there is a black box in that year and model.
“I do not mean to offend, but you have to realize that everything Joseph was doing was not using common sense or good judgement”.
Hey all I have to say if you don’t know the person personally than keep your comments to yourself . Cause first thing first if you live around here you know damn well reception sucks and he was near dazeys near the scales where most normal people would go for phone reception . So that’s number one and number two is hey do you not know oh ya he’s been working with trinity county with the search of his brother . So please keep this in mind that no matter who you are you will never be able to judge some one else you’ve literally been in there shoes cause we have our flaws