Wanted probationer with meth arrested after found in Anderson PD’s dumpster
ANDERSON — A probationer with felony warrants was arrested earlier this evening, Monday, Oct. 1, after authorities found the man digging for “cool stuff” inside an Anderson Police Department dumpster.
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Cody Jenkins was arrested earlier this evening after Anderson PD found him digging through a dumpster outside the police department. APD photo
According to APD officials, a clerical employee with the department spotted a man, later identified as Cody Dale Jenkins, 31, of Anderson, inside the department’s trash dumpster while walking out to her vehicle around 5 p.m.
Officers were summoned and found Jenkins in the dumpster. When officials asked Jenkins what he was looking for, he said he was “looking for cool stuff.”
While speaking with Jenkins, officers conducted a records check, which revealed the dumpster diver was on felony probation out of Shasta County for burglary and that he had two active warrants for his arrest.
During a subsequent search based on the terms of Jenkins’ probation status, officers discovered the probationer was in possession of methamphetamine and a meth pipe.
“Jenkins was advised that we no longer keep the ‘cool stuff’ in the dumpster, and that if he wanted to turn himself in he could have just walked to the lobby door,” APD later explained in a social media release.
Based on their investigation officers arrested Jenkins for his warrants, as well as a felony probation violation and drug-related charges.
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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.
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 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 14 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.