REDDING: Suspicious device detonated at Clover Creek Preserve

REDDING: Authorities responding to reports of a suspicious device within the Clover Creek Preserve safely detonated the object, Friday, June 22. After an investigation, officials determined the device had been stolen during a residential burglary.

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City of Redding police officers were dispatched to the area of Shasta View Dr. and Saturn Skyway along the walking trail of the Clover Creek Preserve just before 7:45 a.m., after a citizen called Shascom regarding a suspicious device, located.

When officers arrived, they located the device approximately 100 yards east of Shasta View Dr. Officers established a safe perimeter around the device, and requested assistance from Shasta County’s Bomb Squad.

Bomb Squad members rendered the item safe and determined it to be discarded personal property.

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During their subsequent investigation, officials learned the item was property taken during an earlier residential burglary.

Anyone with information regarding the burglary and discarded item is encouraged to contact Redding PD at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number  and can remain anonymous.

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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations, including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook, as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta 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, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s 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.