BEAUMONT: Goats safely rounded up after escaping from area farm

BEAUMONT – Four young goats that got loose from a Beaumont area farm were saved from being run over when a CHP officer safely recovered them from a busy roadway Monday, Jan. 9.

The loose goats were reportedly running around on Cherry Valley Boulevard near Fabian Way, in an unincorporated area of Beaumont, to the northwest of the city’s limits.

Motorists traveling on Cherry Valley Boulevard called 911 to report the runaway goats about at 9:45 a.m. One motorist reported they believed one or more of the goats had already been run over and possibly killed by passing cars.

CHP officer Joel Hilfiker, from the department’s San Gorgonio Pass area station, responded to the area and quickly located four young goats loose on the roadway.

With the help of several bystanders, Hilfiker was able to round up the goats and get them safely into a vehicle.

After a bit of searching, Hilfiker was able to return the goats to the nearby farm they had escaped from.

None of the goats were injured in the incident.

After the incident, Susan Movey, a local resident said, “I was so grateful to see the gallant and gutsy gun-toting lawman go galloping into the gridlock to guide the Great Gallivanting Goat Revolt of 2017 to a gentle conclusion and get those goofy, gadding goats back behind the gates where they can be more gingerly guarded.”

 

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Trevor Montgomery spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg in an off-duty accident.

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including the Robert Presley Detention Center, the Southwest Station in Temecula, the Hemet Station, and the Lake Elsinore Station, along with many other locations.