BREAKING: SCSO releasing no details regarding reported Shingletown murder & arrest

SHINGLETOWN — Very few details or facts are known about a Shingletown man who was arrested and subsequently booked for murder late last week and requests for information from sheriff’s officials regarding the murder have not been responded to.

To date, no information or facts about the incident that led to the man’s arrest have been released through official channels, other than scant details which have been gathered from Shasta County Sheriff’s online booking records and online SCSO call incident logs.

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The incident in question, file number 18-29428, which should have been detailed and available on a Shasta County Sheriff’s online call incident log, was not available within the call log and could not be found. (See attached image.) A search of four days worth of calls, from Aug. 16 through Aug. 19, did uncover some follow-up information and details related to the original call; however, no information regarding the original call was apparently available.

SCSO’s online incident call log for Aug 18, the date with the missing incident, showed call 18-29427 was received at 10:02 p.m., and call 18-29429 was received at 10:19 p.m., indicating call 18-28928 with the missing file information was possibly received at some point during the 17 minute gap.

Despite requests sent directly to Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, no details or information related to the incident have been revealed or released and as of this report the request for information had not been responded to.

To date, the only known details are that Shingletown resident and business owner, 48-year-old, Frank Alexander Berry, was arrested Saturday, Aug. 18, and booked into Shasta County Jail in Redding Sunday, Aug. 19. 

Jail records indicate Berry was booked on suspicion of committing first degree murder and that he remains in custody, held in lieu of $1 million bail.

According to some sources, Berry is reportedly the owner of a Shingletown area barber shop, but no information could be found online regarding a “B&B Barber Shop” or “Frank’s B&B Barber Shop” as has been reported to SCNS.

As of 6:24 p.m., Aug. 21, Superior Courts record searches had yielded no additional information.

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Despite the frustration and concern caused by the lack of readily available information related to Saturday evening’s arrest, law enforcement agencies across the nation routinely hold back various details and aspects of their active and ongoing investigations to protect the integrity of their criminal cases.

While that can be frustrating for citizens in today’s age of instant, Internet-based information, this is a common practice – especially in high-profile, high-level, felony crimes; such as cases involving murder or other major felonies.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is available.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of 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 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.