Children removed from Anderson home, 2 arrested, after officers find “deplorable conditions”, drugs

January 8, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

As released by Anderson Police Department

ANDERSON, Calif. — On Tuesday, January 5th 2021, at approximately 1600 hours, officers with the Anderson Police Department responded to a residence on the 2900 block of Douglas Street to conduct a probation search.

One of the home’s residents, 42 year old Tiffany Louise Rogers of Anderson, was on probation from a prior case in which she was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to sell.

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When officers arrived, they found no adults present, locating 2 unattended children under 14 years old. Officers found the residence to be in deplorable living conditions with animal feces and urine, spoiled food, and trash covering the majority of the home.

During a search of the residence, Officers located over 2 ounces of methamphetamine, packaged into 15 separate baggies, 1.9 grams of heroin, hypodermic syringes, digital scales, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia.

Anderson residents Tricia McCoshum and Tiffany Rogers were arrested and their children were removed after officers found “deplorable conditions” within their residence; “including animal feces and urine, spoiled food, and trash covering the majority of the home,” officials have said. A significant amount of narcotics and drug paraphernalia were also discovered and seized from the residence. Anderson PD photos

While officers were searching the home, Rogers drove by the residence, saw the officers on scene, and continued driving away. Officers were able to conduct a traffic stop and detain Rogers nearby. Rogers was found with several baggies of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on her person.

Based on the deplorable living conditions coupled with the drugs inside the home, the children were placed in the protective custody of CFS. City of Anderson Code Enforcement personnel were also called out to the residence to conduct a building safety inspection.

Officers contacted the mother of the children, 40 year old Tricia Ann McCoshum of Anderson, at her place of employment. McCoshum and Rogers were subsequently arrested and booked into the Shasta County Jail for felony charges of maintaining a residence for the purpose of using drugs, possession of drugs for sale, and felony child abuse.

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Trevor Montgomery, 49, 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 KRCR News Channel 7 and Mountain Echo in Shasta County, Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego 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 30 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 18 grandchildren.