Eureka Man Arrested at Broadway Motel on Firearms, Narcotics Charges
Eureka Police Department press release:
On July 8, 2021, Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented
Policing Team (POP) responded to a motel on the 2400 block of Broadway in Eureka to
serve a search warrant after receiving intelligence that 43-year-old
Michael Busenius of
Eureka was selling narcotics and was in possession of firearms. Busenius is a convicted
felon and is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms and ammunition.
Busenius was detained outside the motel. During the search, detectives located a loaded
.22 caliber pistol and methamphetamine. Detectives then responded to a garage located
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During the investigation into the January 14, 2021, attempted murder shooting, a Eureka
Police Department Detective was able to positively identify 26-year-old Braylan Lanier
of Eureka as the shooter.
On January 21, 2021, at approximately 5:40 pm, while on surveillance in the vicinity of
Harris and “K” Streets in Eureka, the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented
Policing (POP) unit, assisted by agents from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force,
witnessed Lanier enter a market in the 3100 block of “K” Street. Detectives entered
the market and took Lanier into custody without incident for Attempted Murder.
During a search of Lanier, POP Detectives removed a loaded firearm from Lanier’s