Anderson street race ends with 2 arrested, vehicles impounded

ANDERSON — Despite rain-slicked roads and dangerous highway conditions, two motorists decided to engage in an illegal street race earlier this morning. “Unfortunately for the drivers, they did this in front of an unmarked patrol vehicle,” Anderson PD later wrote in a social media release.

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This morning’s incident happened when an on-duty patrol officer spotted two vehicles begin to engage in a “speed contest,” according to APD.

“These two vehicles decided to race at speeds in excess of 90 MPH southbound on Highway 273 into the City of Anderson,” APD reported.

With help from a second officer, APD conducted a traffic enforcement stop, at which time both drivers yielded to officers’ lights and sirens.

Both drivers were issued misdemeanor citations and released, but not before officers impounded both their vehicles for 30 days.

APD used the opportunity to remind area residents to drive safely, writing, “Street racing is dangerous enough, but it becomes increasingly more dangerous on a wet roadway and in the rain.”

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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.