TEMECULA: Motor officer injured while arresting Temecula resident
TEMECULA – A Temecula motor officer suffered facial injuries while trying to subdue a probationer who was acting erratically and disrupting businesses Tuesday, March 21. The violent encounter happened near Promenade Temecula in the area of Ynez and Winchester Roads in Temecula.
Devynald Morrison was arrested after fighting with and injuring a Temecula PD motor officer.
Devynald Joseph Morrison, 22, of Temecula, was arrested and booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of resisting arrest with violence and causing injury to a peace officer. He was also charged with two counts of violation of probation.
The incident began about 2 p.m., when motorcycle officers from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police Station responded to the area after numerous people called 911 to report the man’s irrational behavior.
“The department…received multiple calls concerning an erratic subject disrupting traffic and disturbing shoppers in local stores,” Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant William Pratt said in a written press release after the incident and arrest.
When officers arrived in the area they located the subject, later identified as Morrison, behind a business and attempted to detain him.
“Morrison fought the officers and attempted to take one officer’s baton,” Pratt explained. “The officers successfully defended the takeaway attempt and Morrison was arrested.”
One officer sustained facial injuries requiring medical attention during the violent confrontation, according to Pratt.
After he was in custody, Morrison was medically cleared and booked into jail.
An online jail records search revealed Morrison is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at the Southwest Justice Center March 23.
Anyone with information about this incident or who witnessed the encounter is urged to contact Corporal De Loss at the Temecula Police Department at (951) 696-3000. Callers can refer to incident file number TE170800152 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s CrimeTips online form.
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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.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, Personnel and Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 26 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 12 – soon to be 13 – grandchildren.