UPDATE: Video of Montgomery Creek Post Office burglary released

UPDATED: Friday, Mar. 8, 9 a.m., With additional details and surveillance stills.

MONTGOMERY CREEK — Authorities already investigating last month’s burglary at the Montgomery Creek Post Office got a big boost in their investigation this week, when a nearby business released CCTV surveillance footage of a pair alleged to have committed the crime.

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Shasta County sheriff’s deputies began investigating the burglary Feb. 21, after the Post office was broken into just after 3 a.m. Deputies learned the burglars had ransacked the office and stolen all of the packages awaiting delivery or pick-up.

As their investigation continued, deputies located and obtained surveillance footage from the nearby Montgomery Creek Market.

That video footage, which was released by the market on social media on Mar. 5, showed at least two, but possibly three people arrive at the business in a silver, 2003 to 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The vehicle had no license plates and a temporary DMV tag in the back window.

The first suspect to exit the vehicle was described as possibly a male, with a medium to large build. He was carrying a crow bar or other similar tool and was wearing blue latex gloves, a Vans brand hoodie, blue pants, and older brown shoes. Most distinctively, he was wearing a mask from the Predator movie.

The second suspect to exit the Mitsubishi was described as a much smaller and thinner build person, who could have been a female. The suspect was wearing a hoodie, blue pants, black, newer looking Vans-style shoes with black uppers and laces and white soles. That suspect was also wearing a mask.

Both subjects seemed to know where the market’s surveillance cameras were and appeared to look down or away from the cameras as they walked past them, indicating they were possibly local residents and familiar with the business and its security measures.

Although officials mentioned a possible third suspect, no information or details were immediately available about that person.

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The Post Office burglary was just the most recent of a long string and series of commercial and residential burglaries that have plagued the Intermountain area for years, and many area residents have speculated that some of the same people could be responsible for many of the burglaries.

The sheriff’s investigation is ongoing and officials have asked that anyone with information about this case to contact Shasta County Sheriff Deputy Tim Estes at (530) 245-6070. Callers can remain anonymous.

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

Writer’s note: Actual video of the two alleged suspects can be viewed in the comments section of the following social media post from Montgomery Creek Market.

-TM

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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.