Alleged Robbers End Up Injured, Arrested

Nicholas Wuillmier, Joshua Buchanan charged with attempted robbery

Humboldt Sentinel
12/23/08
By Sentinel Staff

EUREKA -- A pair of alleged robbers wound up with more trouble than they could handle on Saturday night, with both suffering facial injuries according to police officials.

Preliminary investigations suggest that Eureka residents Nicholas Wuillmier, 21, and Joshua Buchanan, 22, attempted to strong-arm an unidentified couple on the 1900 block of C Street. According to the EPD release, two friends of the would-be victims exited their apartment to come to their aid, and after a brief argument, the two suspects, one of them brandishing a knife, attacked members of the group.

EPD officers responded at about 11:56 p.m., and by the time they arrived, Wuillmier was unresponsive with significant facial injuries, and was airlifted to the Bay Area for urgent medical treatment. Buchanan was dazed with some facial injures, and was booked at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility that same evening.

Both men face charges of attempted robbery, although the EPD investigation continues. Anyone with further information about the incident can contact detective Ron Harpham at 441-4305 or rharpham@ci.eureka.ca.gov.