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Grants Pass Police jailed a woman for theft, drug and probation violations after a shoplifting incident at a local supermarket early yesterday.

The Police Department reports officers responded to the incident at WinCo Foods on NE Terry Lane around 9:25 a.m. Thursday.

Police said loss prevention officers detained 22-year-old Priscilla Marie Pacheco after she passed all points of sale with more than $345 in unpaid merchandise hidden under her shopping cart. They said she provided false information to store security, but was more forthcoming with law enforcement.

During a consent search of Pacheco, police located stolen earrings, nearly seven grams of methamphetamine, a quarter-gram of fentanyl and a phony $100 dollar bill that she said was passed to her in the sale of a butane torch and other items. Also found on the suspect were a scale and drug paraphernalia with traces of fentanyl and heroin. The drugs, paraphernalia and bill were seized as evidence.

Priscilla Pacheco was subsequently booked into the Josephine County Jail without bail for Felony Attempted Delivery of Meth, 2nd-Degree Theft and the resulting Probation Violation. She was also cited for the narcotics violation and trespassed from all WinCo stores for 100 years. All the stolen items were returned.