A Red Bluff, California man was arrested on Tuesday this week after shooting a BB gun at a police drone and admitting to recent burglaries in the area.
Police said they were operating a drone near the Raley’s Shopping Center at around 11:54 a.m. late Tuesday morning for an upcoming clean-up. While flying the drone, however, they said they saw a man, later identified as Tyler Beloit, appearing to be firing a handgun at the drone.
Tyler B. Beloit was arrested on December 8, 2021, after firing a BB gun at a police drone
Several officers responded to the area and found a truck leaving the field with the suspect. Police stopped the vehicle and contacted the two men inside: the driver, who was found to be on Tehama County Probation, and the passenger, Beloit, who admitted to having a BB gun inside the cab.
Red Bluff police searched the vehicle and found a black BB gun behind the front seat of the pickup. Officers said they also found several power tools, checks, and money orders inside the vehicle. The power tools were reported stolen during a burglary on Monday at a home on Wernmark Drive. Red Bluff police said the checks and money orders were also reported stolen in a separate burglary at an apartment complex on Jackson Street earlier that morning.
While speaking to police, officials said Beloit admitted to shooting the BB gun at the drone and admitted to both burglaries. He was taken into custody without incident and was booked into the Tehama County Jali for two counts of burglary, two counts of possession of stolen property, and willful discharge of a BB gun in a grossly negligent manner.
After recovering the stolen items, police said they were returned to their rightful owners.
Source: KRCR