Multi-agency stolen vehicle pursuit and search ends with arrest of Anderson man

January 22, 2022 Trevor Montgomery

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say an Anderson man was arrested at the end of a dangerous high-speed pursuit of a stolen pickup truck pulling a flat-bed trailer that began in Redding and ended in Cottonwood early Saturday morning, Jan. 22.

Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in or assisted with the pursuit and subsequent search for the suspect, who abandoned his stolen vehicle after officials successfully deployed spike strips and flattened several of the truck’s tires, according to Redding Police Department.

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City of Redding police officers were patrolling the area of Canyon Road near Redding Rancheria Road shortly before 1 a.m. when they spotted a stolen Ford F-250 pickup truck towing an unregistered flatbed trailer, Redding Police Corporal Ferrin later said of the incident and arrest.

When officers attempted to conduct an enforcement stop, the driver immediately fled at high speed southbound into Happy Valley, according to Ferrin. As the pickup was fleeing, the truck’s flatbed trailer detached from the pickup and careened off the roadway and into a field, where it smashed into a fence.

Kody Carter was arrested at the end of a dangerous high-speed pursuit that began in Redding and ended in Cottonwood after officials successfully deployed spike strips, flattening several of the stolen vehicle’s tires. Redding Police Department photos

With officers and deputies from Redding and Anderson, along with CHP and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, converging on the area to assist in the ongoing chase, deputies were able to position themselves ahead of the oncoming pursuit and successfully deployed an intervention technique to puncture the vehicle’s tires.

Despite several of the pickup’s tires being flattened, the truck continued into the Cottonwood area where the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot from the area.

Officials quickly found the abandoned vehicle and during a subsequent search of the area located 29-year-old, Kody Carter, of Anderson, hiding in a nearby ditch where he was arrested without further incident.

Carter was later booked into the Shasta County Jail in Redding on suspicion of vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, felony evading, and driving with a suspended license.

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.