HEMET: Woman arrested for outstanding warrant during shoplifting investigation
Reported by Gary Rainwater/Hemet News
HEMET – An alleged shoplifting suspect was arrested for an outstanding warrant after she was detained by loss-prevention officials at a local Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market. The market is in the 800 block of W. Florida Avenue in Hemet.
City of Hemet police officers responded to the market after being notified regarding the suspected shoplifting incident.
When officers arrived they detained the alleged suspect for further investigation.
During their investigation officers determined the woman, who was not identified, had an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
Officers arrested the woman for her warrant and she was transported to the Hemet police station, where she was cited and released for her warrant.
It was not immediately known what the woman’s arrest warrant was for or what happened regarding the initially reported shoplifting incident.
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Trevor Montgomery runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News and Anza Valley Outlook and also writes for Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County.
Trevor 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 and breaking his back in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with 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 and Personnel/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.
She should have been detained.