HEMET: Man trying to elude officers arrested after fleeing onto apartment roof
HEMET — A wanted parolee was arrested earlier this afternoon after leading officers on a short chase and trying to elude officials by leaping from his vehicle and climbing onto the roof of a nearby apartment. Officials eventually coaxed the man down from the roof and promptly arrested him.
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The incident began on Florida Ave. just east of State St. around 3:10 p.m., when a Hemet police officer observed a grey Chevy Impala dangerously weaving in and out of traffic and passing other motorists on the wrong side of the road.
Officers search a man’s car after the driver attempted to flee from them earlier today. Gary Rainwater/Hemet Valley Incidents photo
When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on the unidentified Black male driver, he refused to yield and led the officer on a short pursuit that continued about one-tenth of a mile to the 100 block of Inez St.
After turning northbound onto Inez St., the driver stopped north of Depot Deli and west of Car Wash Depot. He then fled on foot from the Chevy, jumping onto the roof of a nearby apartment.
Within moments, more than a dozen officers converged on the scene and quickly surrounded the small, studio apartments where the man was trying to hide from officials.
Officers eventually coaxed the man down from the roof and he was detained without injury or further incident.
Officials determined the man was on parole and had several felony warrants for his arrest and took him into custody.
Officials have not released any information regarding the incident or man’s arrest and there were no reported injuries related to the incident.
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Trevor Montgomery, 47, 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.
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 27 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 14 – soon to be 15 – grandchildren.