Shasta Lake armed robbery leads to arrest of juvenile & adult

September 27, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

CITY OF SHASTA LAKE, Calif., — Authorities say two people, including a juvenile and adult, were arrested after the early morning armed robbery of a Shasta Lake teen Monday, Sept. 27. During their investigation, deputies located and recovered a switchblade-style knife they say was used during the robbery.

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Deputies assigned to the Shasta County Sheriff’s City of Shasta Lake Division along with South County Patrol Station were dispatched to the area of Cascade and Shasta Lake boulevards around 2:30 a.m. after receiving reports of an armed robbery that had just occurred, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Garet Baldwin has since said of the incident and arrests.

Responding deputies located 18-year-old City of Shasta Lake resident Travis Milligan at the AM/PM gas station on Cascade Boulevard. The teen reported being robbed by a 16-year-old juvenile he knows from prior contacts and said the robbery occurred behind the Burger King restaurant located across the street at 1725 Cascade Boulevard.

Milligan was uninjured in the robbery and told deputies the juvenile, whose name was not released due to his age, approached him with an open switchblade-type knife and threatened to stab him if he did not give him all of his money, the Sergeant explained.

Fearing for his life, Milligan provided the knife-wielding suspect with the small amount of cash he had in his possession.

The suspect then left the area with three other juveniles, at which time Milligan ran to the nearby AM/PM gas station to report the incident.

“A short time later, deputies located the four teenage juveniles in the area, walking with a 27-year-old male, identified as Curtis M. Clarkson of Shasta Lake,” Baldwin explained. “The 16-year-old suspect was identified by the victim and placed under arrest.”

While searching the juvenile suspect and others detained during their investigation, deputies found the weapon Milligan had described as being used during the robbery and also located alcoholic beverages, marijuana and marijuana smoking devices inside the backpack of one of the teens.

Deputies learned the adult, since identified as Clarkson, had provided the contraband to the juveniles and arrested the man.

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The juvenile was later booked into the Shasta County Juvenile Hall Facility on suspicion of armed robbery; while Clarkson was booked into the Shasta County Jail on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Anyone with further information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department at (530) 245-6540. Callers can refer to incident file number 21S031671 and can remain anonymous.

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Trevor Montgomery, 50, 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.