Redding man arrested after found in stolen car outside Anderson Walmart
ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say a Redding man was arrested after being caught inside a stolen vehicle Wednesday morning, Jan. 5.
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At around 11:40 a.m., a City of Anderson police officer spotted a vehicle parked in the Walmart parking lot in the 5000 block of Rhonda Road that had been reported as stolen from the Corning area.
A man sitting in the driver’s seat of the stolen vehicle, since identified as Joseph Blair Ahlin, 35, of Redding, was arrested at the scene without incident.
Ahlin was later booked into the Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Online jail records indicate he was released on his own recognizance within hours of being booked and is no longer in custody.
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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.