Citizen’s tip leads to ShasCo “Most Wanted” arrest

REDDING — One of Shasta County’s “Most Wanted” was arrested yesterday afternoon, Sunday, July 21, after an alert citizen spotted a man wanted for failure to appear in court on unspecified felony charges. Official radio traffic at the time indicated yesterday’s arrest happened just minutes after the citizen called SHASCOM to report seeing the wanted subject at Redding’s Clear Creek Grocery & Market, at 7036 Westside Rd.

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Redding police officers and Shasta County sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the sighting at 5:01 p.m., when a person called to report possibly seeing Kyle Jacob Towner, 31, at the market. The 911 caller reported the man was last seen walking away from the market on Westside Rd. toward Market St. with a woman. The caller also reported the pair was pushing two baby strollers, with a dog in one of them.

Officers, deputies, and a K-9 handler who responded to the area began searching and just two minutes after the call was dispatched spotted the pair about four and a half miles away, near Computer Logistics on the 2000 block of Market St.

Officers detained Towner without incident and quickly confirmed the man had two outstanding warrants for his arrest, radio traffic at the time indicated. They subsequently arrested the wanted man and transported him to Shasta County Jail where he was booked on his warrants.

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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.