Pair with warrants arrested after Burney traffic stop

BURNEY — A routine traffic stop in the Intermountain community of Burney led to the arrest of two people who had outstanding arrest warrants, early yesterday evening, Wednesday, March 13.

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A deputy assigned to Shasta County Sheriff’s Burney Mountain Station conducted a traffic enforcement stop on a pickup truck around 5:40 p.m., according to official radio traffic. The driver pulled into the Safeway parking lot at the intersection of Main St. and Mountain View Rd.

While checking the records of the vehicle’s occupants, the deputy learned two of the people, a man and woman, had multiple warrants for their arrests.

Gloria Nettie Winn Lopez, who had several felony and misdemeanor warrants, was subsequently arrested. The male, who had two misdemeanor warrants, was also arrested. Winn Lopez was previously featured in an SCNS article about a couple who was apprehended and arrested during Cassel burglary. However, it was not immediately known what her felony and misdemeanor warrants were related to.

Deputies cited and released the male for his misdemeanor warrants before transporting Winn Lopez to Shasta County Jail in Redding, where she was booked on her unspecified warrants.

No citizens or officials were injured during the traffic stop and arrests.

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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.