UPDATE: Citizen’s Tip leads to stabbing suspect’s arrest
UPDATED: Sunday, June 6, 10:30 a.m.
See Original Story below.
ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a citizen’s early-morning tip Thursday, June 4, led to the arrest of a wanted felon who was named in connection with a stabbing that left a woman with multiple knife injuries two days earlier, on Wednesday morning, June 2.
The violent incident left the victim with “multiple lacerations on her body”, officials said when they asked for the public’s help in locating the suspect, Demenn Alvin Spade, 43, of Anderson.
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City of Anderson police officers began searching for Spade around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday morning after investigating a stabbing that had just occurred in the 2000 block of South Barney Drive, Anderson PD reported at the time.
The victim suffered multiple lacerations on her body during the attack and Spade had already fled the area prior to officers’ arrival. Although officials searched the area for Spade, who was determined to be a convicted felon with an active felony warrant for his arrest, they were not able to locate him at the time; prompting them to ask for the public’s help in locating him.
Two days later, at around 5:45 a.m., officers received a tip from a citizen that they had possibly just been contacted by Spade, who asked to use the man’s cell phone.
“Spade approached the citizen in the area of Barney Road in the City of Anderson and requested to use his cell phone,” Anderson PD has since reported. The citizen denied Spade’s request but recognized him from an earlier press release and contacted SHASCOM dispatchers.
An officer who responded to the area soon located Spade, who immediately became confrontational and told the officer “that he wanted them to shoot him.”
Despite his resistance, responding officers were able to safely apprehend Spade without incident.
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Spade was transported to the Anderson Police Department where he was interviewed by detectives. He was subsequently arrested and booked into the Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of attempt murder, assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence.
Online jail records indicate he remains in custody in lieu of $850,000 bail or bond.
Original Story: Anderson woman repeatedly stabbed – Convicted felon sought
ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities today are continuing to search for a wanted Anderson felon who allegedly stabbed a woman repeatedly, leaving her with “multiple lacerations on her body” during a violent incident early yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 2.
Officials have since said the suspect, Demenn Alvin Spade, 43, of Anderson, is considered armed and dangerous and have asked that anyone who sees him or knows his whereabouts not to attempt to contact him and to call 911 or their department.
City of Anderson police officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of South Barney Drive around 07:45 a.m. after receiving reports of a stabbing that had just occurred, Anderson PD has since said of the incident.
Authorities are searching for Demenn Spade after the wanted felon allegedly stabbed a woman, leaving her with “multiple lacerations” on her body in Anderson yesterday morning. Anderson Police Department photo
When officers arrived they found the victim of a stabbing who suffered had multiple lacerations on her body during an attack by a man she identified as Spade, a convicted felon with an active felony warrant for his arrest. She is expected to survive her injuries.
Spade had already fled the area prior to officers’ arrival and despite searching the area, officers were not bale to locate him.
The public is urged to not attempt contact with Spade and to report any sightings to local law enforcement.
Anyone with information about Spade or knows where he might be hiding out is asked to contact SHASCOM dispatch at (530) 245-6526, or submit an anonymous tip to Anderson PD’s Facebook page or via email.
Demenn Spade is pictured in this May 22 photograph, sent anonymously to SCNS this afternoon.
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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.