Covid-19 coughing “chronic offender” sentenced to year in jail

ANDERSON, Calif. — A woman accused of walking around an Anderson Safeway “forcefully and purposefully” coughing on employees and shoppers during the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to numerous misdemeanor charges related to five of the pending cases against her.

The woman, Tammy Ann Baldwin, 61, of Anderson, was identified as a chronic offender by the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office due to generating more than 40 calls for law enforcement service this year alone, according to officials. 

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One of Baldwin’s recent arrests involved allegations of assault after she was accused of coughing on victims in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Witnesses described Baldwin as coming close to people in the market, including Safeway employees and EMTs, and purposefully coughing on them, causing them to fear for their safety,” the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office said after her Tuesday, July 28 guilty plea and convictions.

Accused of coughing on people during the Covid-19 pandemic and designated a “chronic offender” after generating more than 40 calls for law enforcement service in 2020, Tammy Baldwin, of Anderson, pleaded guilty last week in five of her pending cases. She was sentenced to nearly a year in jail. Shasta County District Attorney’s Office photo

After pleading guilty to charges including resisting, obstructing, or delaying an officer; trespassing at multiple locations within the City of Anderson; public intoxication; and assault, Baldwin was sentenced to 360 days in jail.

She was also ordered to have no further contact with the Anderson Safeway, as well as numerous other businesses where she has caused earlier disturbances.

Online jail records indicate Baldwin remains in custody at the Shasta County Jail in Redding, where she is being held without bail.

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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; 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 29 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 16 grandchildren.