SAN JACINTO: Intoxicated woman armed with knife tasered, apprehended
HEMET — Authorities responding to reports of an intoxicated woman armed with a knife eventually detained the uncooperative subject after using Tasers to subdue her earlier today. The incident happened at Heather Lakeside Estates on the 1300 block of W. Menlo Ave. and Traci St.
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Hemet police officers were dispatched to the mobile home park around 1:40 p.m., after receiving a 911 call reporting an intoxicated female causing a disturbance while armed with a large knife.
Officers apprehended a knife-wielding man after using Tasers to subdue the uncooperative subject. Robert Carter/Public Safety Incidents photo
Based on the circumstances, nearly a dozen officers responded to the scene with both lethal and less-lethal options including bean bag shotguns, pepperball rifles, and Tasers.
When officers arrived at the park the uncooperative woman refused to comply with officials and continued to brandish the knife she was holding. Officers eventually deployed Tasers, which temporarily incapacitated the woman, allowing officers to safely detain the subject without further incident.
After the taser deployment officers requested medical aid for the woman and after being cleared by medics the woman was transported to Hemet PD for further investigation.
It was not immediately known if the woman was arrested or taken into protective custody to receive a mental health evaluation.
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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.