Woman attacks Redding officers, K-9, & firefighters with rocks over campfire dispute

REDDING — A Redding area transient was arrested Monday evening, Nov. 19, after she allegedly attacked officials during an illegal burn investigation. She was later arrested and charged with numerous crimes.

At least two officers and a K-9 were hit by “large river rocks” the woman had armed herself with during the violent altercation, Redding Police Corporal Harris explained after the alleged suspect’s arrest. Although the K-9 was uninjured according to Redding PD officials, two officers sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

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Redding police officers were dispatched to the greenbelt area at Conifer Way and Victor Ave about 7 p.m.., after City of Redding firefighters requested assistance while trying to contact with a “violent transient who had started a camp fire in the dry brush and was refusing to extinguish it,” Harris later explained.

As officers approached the area where the fire was still burning, the female transient, later identified as Julie Bishop, 49, of Redding, began throwing large river rocks at them.

Officers used an unspecified “less-lethal” weapon as well as police K-9 while attempting to apprehend Bishop, “but those attempts failed,” said Harris, who reported that during the ensuing altercation a K-9 officer was struck between the shoulder blades by one of the thrown rocks.

“During the apprehension, the suspect continued to violently resist, striking and kicking the K-9 and officers,” said Harris.

Officers eventually managed to subdue and apprehend Bishop and she was eventually transported to an area hospital where she was medically cleared for injuries sustained during her apprehension. She was then booked into Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, obstructing an officer with violence, and assaulting a police K-9, according to Harris.

Two officers injured during the arrest were transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries and later released. The K-9 was not inured during Bishop’s arrest.

Anyone with information regarding this arrest is encouraged to contact Redding Police Corporal Harris at (530) 225-4300. Callers can refer to incident file number 18R082685 and can remain anonymous.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, moved last year 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 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.