McArthur man arrested after robbing Burney bank, assaulting minor

August 10, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

BURNEY, Calif. — A McArthur man is in custody after officials say he robbed the Tri-Counties Bank in Burney and assaulted a juvenile while on his way out of the business with money he had been handed this afternoon, Monday, Aug. 10.

According to officials now investigating the incident, the man – who has since been identified as Kwahn Quinn, 35, of McArthur – claimed to have a gun and reportedly said he would begin shooting people if not given the money he was demanding. He also reportedly told bank employees and customers that he would take hostages, if his demands were not met.

Today’s incident was the second robbery and violent incident to rock the Intermountain area in as many days, after employees interrupted a burglary in progress at Fall River Mills Chevron/Sportsman’s Liquor. That incident led to the arrest of two juveniles.

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Deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Burney Station were first alerted to today’s crisis around 1 p.m., when SHASCOM began receiving multiple calls regarding a disturbance at the bank, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sgt. Marc St.Clair told SCNS in a telephone interview after the incident and Quinn’s arrest.

911 callers reported that a “Native American man in his mid-30s” had entered the bank and began creating a disturbance, according to St.Clair; who said callers told emergency dispatchers that the man was “acting erratic, cussing and swearing, and threatening to shoot people inside the bank,” St.Clair described.

While deputies were still responding to the scene, SHASCOM received additional calls reporting the man’s erratic behavior was escalating and he was saying he would take hostages if not given the money he was demanding.

Fearing for the safety of their employees and customers inside the bank, Quinn was given an undisclosed amount of money.

Although Quinn was given the money he had demanded, he assaulted a 17-year-old child as he was leaving the bank, according to St.Clair; who described that Quinn “smacked the juvenile” as he was exiting the business.

As deputies arrived at the scene, they spotted Quinn walking westbound on Main St. away from the bank. Despite being repeatedly ordered to the ground by deputies, Quinn refused to cooperate and was ultimately taken down and handcuffed after a minor scuffle.

Other than a few cuts and scrapes, Quinn was uninjured during the apprehension and he did not require medical treatment, according to the Sgt.; who said Quinn was later booked into Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of robbery and battery on a minor.

The teen was uninjured during the assault and did not require medical treatment, according to St.Clair; who said additional information about today’s robbery would be provided in a pending press release.

After the robbery the bank was temporarily closed, so deputies could conduct their investigation and interview witnesses and victims.

During yesterday’s incident at Sportsman’s Liquor, a manager who raced to the scene after hearing from an employee about the interrupted burglary spotted two suspects leaving the area while carrying merchandise and pushing a shopping cart filled with liquor stolen from the business.

When one of the two suspects, since identified only as 17-year-old males, pointed a handgun at the manager, “he ducked and accelerated his vehicle, striking the shopping cart and one of the minors,” according to St.Clair.

Both juveniles were later apprehended and booked into Shasta County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of first-degree robbery and second-degree burglary.

Although earlier reports indicated the juveniles were hospitalized after the violent encounter, St.Clair has since clarified that both were evaluated and treated at the scene and neither was found to have been seriously injured during the confrontation with the store’s manager.

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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.