May 26, 2024 – El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office officials report that at around 4:09 p.m., the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol received reports that a male subject armed with a shotgun has entered the Chevron Gas Station located in Fresh Pond just east of Pollock Pines, Ca. After entering the gas station, the subject pointed a loaded shotgun at one of the customers. All of the employees and customers were able to quickly and safely leave the store without being harmed.

Law enforcement quickly arrived at the gas station and established contact with the subject inside who eventually exited the store and surrendered peacefully to law enforcement. The male subject, later identified as Robert Brewster, 69-year-old of Fresh Pond, Ca. Mr. Brewster was arrested and booked into the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville. His charges are 245(a)(2) PC, 601(a)(1) PC, 25850(a) PC, 25850(c)(6) PC, 148(a)(1) PC.

No further information is available at this time.

Stay safe everyone!

Charges listed below:

245(a)(2) PC - Assault with a Deadly Weapon
601(a)(1) PC - Aggravated Trespass
25850(c)(6) PC - Non-registered person possession of the loaded firearm.
25850(a) PC - Makes it a crime, absent a valid CCW, to carry a loaded firearm in a public place, on a public street, or in a motor vehicle.
148(a)(1) PC - Resisting Arrest

Source & photos: El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office