Stolen Truck box Recovered After High-Risk Traffic Stop

Somebody is missing a large toolbox, and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office would like to get it returned to them. At 4:23AM Friday morning a deputy was following a Toyota pickup in the City of Shasta Lake and when he ran the license plate number he learned the truck was reported stolen from Red Bluff. A high-risk traffic stop with guns drawn was done at Shasta Dam Boulevard and Red Avenue. The driver, 38-year-old Joshua Payne, was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and methamphetamine. The passenger, 30-year-old Sara Hunt, was picked up on warrants. In the bed of the truck was an Orange Construction Equipment lockbox with the brand name “Ridgid”. The owner of the pickup said it doesn’t belong to him, but it’s probably stolen, and the owner would likely welcome its return.

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