“No fowl play suspected” after wayward chicken found crossing Mt. Shasta road

In Today’s Lighter Side of the News:

MT. SHASTA, Calif. — In a tongue-in-cheek social media post, Mt. Shasta Police Department announced yesterday that a wayward chicken had been located wandering across a roadway on Friday, May 14.

The happily-hoofing it hen was apprehended without incident and remains in the custody of the Humane Society, while waiting to be claimed by her owner.

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Known for their often playful, humorous and pun-filled social media posts, the department wrote, “Just chicken in with you, this lady was found on Nixon Road yesterday.”

“No fowl play is suspected but she has been brought to the Humane Society,” officials went on to explain after the bird-brained breakout; adding, “We have great egg-spectations she will find her home.”

Mt. Shasta PD says they were able to safely apprehend a hen that was seen playing chicken with cars while crossing Nixon Road on Friday. Mt. Shasta Police Department photo

“If you enjoyed these puns your taste in humor is in-peck-able,” fowl-friendly officials continued.

Many area residents responded to the playful post, with area resident Richelle Marley enthusiastically writing, “I love where I live ” and Bee Barnum keeping the pun-packed post going by writing, “Mt Shasta PD’s in-fowl-ible sense of humor…….“

Contacted for more information about the road-crossing clucker, a Mt. Shasta PD representative told SCNS today that the homeless hen had not been claimed and was still being cared for by the Humane Society.

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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.