Fentanyl seized during Shasta County probation compliance check
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — Authorities say a probation compliance check in Old Shasta led to the seizure of more than seven grams of fentanyl, as well as drug-related paraphernalia Tuesday morning, Nov. 16.
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Shasta County Probation Officers responded to a private Old Shasta residence yesterday morning to conduct a probation compliance search on a subject currently on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) probation, Shasta County Probation Department reported last night.
As officers knocked on the front door of the residence, two subjects – including the target of their probation compliance check – fled out the back door of the residence.
A PRCS probation compliance check yesterday uncovered more than seven grams of fentanyl as well as a large quantity of drug-related paraphernalia. The compliance check resulted in two people arrested at the scene. Two other subjects, including the target of the compliance check, now face out-of-custody charges with the DA’s Office. Shasta County Probation Department photo
Both were detained and a glass smoking device that the un-named targeted probationer tossed while attempting to flee from officers was recovered.
After detaining the two suspects who fled from the residence, two other subjects were found inside the home and were also detained for further investigation. One of those subjects, Hunter Elias Smith, 33, was determined to have a felony warrant and was consequently arrested.
While searching the home’s living room and kitchen, officials located glass smoking pipes and other drug paraphernalia used to ingest illegal substances.
One of the detained suspects, since identified by jail booking records as Dustin Kayle Becker, 32, was found to have 6.1 grams of suspected fentanyl in his pockets and officials arrested him.
Officers also located 1.1 grams of suspected fentanyl in the possession of one of the other detained suspects. That suspect was released at the scene, with charges to be filed out-of-custody for possession of a controlled substance, according to Probation officials.
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The probationer who was the target of the compliance check was released on scene and a report will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office recommending he be charged with a felony count of maintaining a place where drugs are used or sold, and violation of probation.
Officials conducting a PRCS probation compliance check seized more than seven grams of fentanyl. Shasta County Probation Department photos
Online jail records indicate that Becker and Smith were both released on their own recognizance within hours of being booked into jail and are no longer in custody.
Contacted this morning for more information about the suspect and target of the compliance check, a Shasta County Probation representative declined to provide the man’s name, saying she was unauthorized to release such information.
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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.
No surprise there, been going on for decades and will continue until the judicial system does something about it…I applaud LE, Thank you
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