Probationer arrested, stolen car recovered, after Hemet stop

HEMET — A probationer was arrested after Hemet police officers conducted a traffic stop and found him to be in possession of a stolen vehicle early Sunday morning, March 31.

Officers arrested Jesus Trejo Arzate, 28, and he was later booked into Cois Byrd Detention Center on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle and violation of probation. Jail records indicate he remains in custody on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be seen at an unspecified court, April 4.

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Sunday morning’s arrest happened just after midnight, after a Hemet police officer spotted a grey Honda sedan in the area of Fruitvale Ave. and State St. The officer observed the vehicle was occupied by three people, including two men and a woman. When the officer conducted a record check on the vehicle’s license, he learned the Honda had been reported stolen.

The driver of the stolen sedan, later identified as Arzate, turned into the Hemet Vistas apartment complex, where the officer initiated a high-risk, felony traffic stop.

Hemet police officers arrested Jesus Arzate, 28, after conducting a high-risk, felony stop on a stolen Honda.

Additional officers, including a police K-9, converged on the scene and there were soon about a half-dozen officers stacked up behind the stolen car. Officers were seen holding the trio at gunpoint, with handguns, shotguns, rifles, bean-bag shotguns, pepperball rifles, and other lethal and less-lethal options.

Officers then began calling out the vehicle’s occupants one at a time, and all three were subsequently detained without incident. Officers later sent the K-9 into the sedan to verify that nobody was hiding inside.

At the conclusion of their investigation, officers arrested Arzate. The two passengers, a male and female, were later released without charges.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact Hemet PD at (951) 765-2400. Callers can refer to incident file number 19-2767 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.