Officials searching for Redding bank robber
REDDING, Calif. –Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who robbed a Redding bank Friday afternoon, April 16. The unidentified man managed to flee the bank after being given an undisclosed amount of money, according to officials who said that despite an intensive, multi-agency search the alleged bank robber was not located.
Friday’s robbery was the second incident involving a Redding bank this month, after an April 1 attempted robbery involving a man who was sent penniless and packing after demanding, but not receiving, any money from the Banner Bank at 880 Cypress Avenue. The man in that attempted robbery was arrested within three minutes of the dispatched call, officials said at the time.
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City of Redding police officers were dispatched to the Union Bank of California in downtown Redding at 2:09 p.m. after receiving reports of a robbery that had just occurred, Redding Police Corporal Michael DiMatteo has since said of the incident and ongoing investigation.
Redding police investigators are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating a man who allegedly robbed the Bank of California in downtown Redding on Friday. Redding PD photos
Bank employees reported that an unidentified man had entered the bank and demanded money. He then fled on foot with cash given to him by a bank teller.
Officers from the Redding Police Department along with California Highway Patrol’s Northern Air Operations Division searched the area for the suspect, but were not able to locate the man, according to DiMatteo.
The suspect has been described as an unknown age white male adult, approximately five-foot-five, with a thin build and thinning dark hair. He was last seen wearing a dark colored collared shirt and dark shorts.
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Anyone with information regarding this case or who recognizes the man captured in the surveillance camera photos is encouraged to contact the Redding Police Department at (530) 225-4200. Callers can refer to incident file number 21R024840 and can remain anonymous.
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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 (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
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.