Furious after running out of gas, man torches own car

REDDING — A man who officers warned after investigating reports that he was smashing out the windows of and destroying his own vehicle was later arrested after setting fire to his vehicle in the parking lot of a Redding business, Tuesday, Dec. 11.

Redding PD later said the man, identified as  Dane Allan Brayman, 39, of Antelope, CA, was angry over running out of gas when he first smashed out all his vehicle’s windows before he later set fire to car in the Addus Healthcare parking lot at 2851 Park Marina Dr.

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Redding police officers were first alerted to Brayman’s bizarre behavior about 2:19 p.m., after receiving reports of a man using large rocks to vandalize and break out all the windows to a vehicle.

When officers arrived they found Brayman near his vehicle. Brayman told officers he was angry that his vehicle had run out of gas, leaving him stranded, Redding Police Corporal Harris later explained.

At the property owner’s request, Brayman was warned to leave the parking lot and stay away from the location and business.

Officers were again dispatched to the parking lot just before 3:45 p.m., after learning Brayman was back at the location and had used a road flare to set his vehicle ablaze.

By the time officers arrived they found Brayman’s vehicle fully engulfed in flames and Redding firefighters were summoned to the scene to extinguish the blaze. The fire destroyed Brayman’s vehicle and damaged the asphalt in the parking lot, according to Harris.

When officers attempted to contact Brayman he began to walk away, ignoring officers and refusing to cooperate with them. “Brayman was ultimately detained and arrested for resisting arrest, trespassing, and arson,” said Harris. Online jail records indicate Brayman remains in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Redding Police Corporal Harris at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number 18R087893 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.