Near collision with deputy leads to seizure of meth, cocaine, pain pills, $10,000 cash – Shasta Lake woman arrested

December 4, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a near collision with a patrol deputy led to the arrest of a City of Shasta Lake woman after she was found to be in possession of a significant quantity of narcotics Friday evening, Dec. 3.

During a traffic enforcement stop after the near-collision, deputies located more than one hundred pounds of marijuana, seven grams of methamphetamine, nine grams of cocaine, nearly three hundred prescription pain pills, and more than $10,000 in US currency.

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At just after 9 p.m. last night, a deputy from the Shasta County Sheriff’s South County Patrol Station was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Highway 273 and Clear Creek Road, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sergeant Kyle Wallace has since reported.

After the deputy’s light turned green and he began to enter the intersection, a silver Nissan Armada failed to stop at the red light and nearly smashed into the deputy’s marked patrol vehicle.

“The deputy had to take emergency evasive action to avoid a collision with the vehicle,” Wallace explained; saying the Nissan failed to stop and continued southbound on Highway 273.

Rebecca Lyons of Shasta Lake, who was found to be in possession of a significant quantity of narcotics and cash after nearly crashing into a sheriff’s patrol vehicle last night, was arrested for numerous drug possession and sales-related charges. Shasta County Sheriff’s photo

The deputy conducted an enforcement stop, with the vehicle yielding near the intersection of Westside Road and Highway 273, just north of the Win-River Casino.

As the deputy approached the vehicle, he saw a large amount of marijuana throughout the vehicle and contacted 48-year-old Rebbecca Lyons, from Shasta Lake City, who was the sole occupant of the Nissan.

During a subsequent search of the vehicle, deputies located the narcotics, cash, paraphernalia, and other evidence that Lyons was involved in the sales of the narcotics.

Based on their investigation and findings, deputies arrested Lyons and she was later booked into the Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of transportation of a controlled substance for sales, possession of methamphetamine for sales, possession of methamphetamines, transportation of a dangerous drug for sales, possession of a dangerous drug for sales, possession of a dangerous drug, transportation of marijuana for sales, and possession of marijuana for sales.

Online jail records indicate Lyons has since been released from custody.

All of the narcotics, currency, and other items that were seized were later booked into the Shasta County ID lab as evidence.

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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.