Anderson traffic stop leads to seizure of firearms, meth, MDMA & $16,000 cash

January 10, 2022 Trevor Montgomery

ANDERSON, Calif., — Authorities say a convicted felon was arrested after an overnight traffic stop led to the discovery of multiple handguns and rifles, along with ammunition, methamphetamine, MDMA (Ecstasy), and around $16,000 in US currency early Monday morning, Jan. 10.

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At around 3 a.m., City of Anderson police officers conducted a vehicle enforcement stop in the area of Pleasant Hills and Ballentine drives for a vehicle code violation.

While contacting the driver, later identified as Douglas Howard Pitts, 45, of Marysville, officers spotted an expandable baton within his reach and ordered the felon from the vehicle, APD has since said; adding, “However, he was reluctant to comply and acted as if he was attempting to access something near the driver’s seat of the vehicle.”

Douglas Pitts, 45, of Marysville, was arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery and seizure of multiple firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine, MDMA (Ecstasy), and around $16,000 in US currency. Anderson PD photos

After removing Pitts from his vehicle, officers handcuffed and detained him.

During a subsequent search of Pitts’ vehicle, officers located a loaded revolver in the area immediately beside the driver’s seat, as well as two additional handguns, three rifles, ammunition, methamphetamine, MDMA (Ecstasy), and approximately $16,000 in US currency.

As a convicted felon, Pitts is prohibited from possessing firearms of ammunition.

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Based on their investigation and findings, Pitts was arrested and transported to the Shasta County Jail in Redding where he was booked on suspicion of possession of firearms and ammunition by a felon, possession of a firearm while in possession of drugs, possession and transportation of methamphetamine for sales, and carrying a loaded and concealed weapon within a vehicle.

Online jail records indicate he remains in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail or bond.

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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.