Local man arrested after confessing to four recent Corona gas station robberies
CORONA, Calif., — Authorities have arrested a man they say confessed to robbing four Corona area gas stations since Nov. 17. The alleged suspect was apprehended after officials obtained video surveillance footage of the robberies and distributed the man’s photos and other information to area law enforcement agencies.
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City of Corona police officers and detectives began investigating the robbery of a gas station’s convenience store in mid-November. Their investigation soon grew to include three other gas stations that were later robbed by a man with the same description as the suspect in the first armed robbery.
An armed robbery suspect is seen threatening a convenience store clerk with a knife during one of four Corona robberies the 19-year-old man later confessed to. Corona PD photos
As their investigation continued, on Dec. 8, Corona PD officers stopped an individual matching the description of the suspect and detained him for questioning in the series of robberies, Corona PD reported yesterday in a social media post after the man’s arrest.
“The 19-year old Corona resident was eventually arrested and confessed to four robberies in the Corona area,” officials wrote in their post, which did not include the arrested man’s name.
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Corona PD’s investigation is continuing and anyone with further information is encouraged to contact their department at (951) 736-2330.
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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.