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Grants Pass Police arrested a man for multiple crimes after he attempted to sell multiple sheets of aluminum that he had stolen from another business to a local recycler.

According to the Police Department, officers responded to a theft complaint at Cascade Metal Recyclers on NE Industry Drive on Friday afternoon.

Police said an investigation determined that 38-year-old Kurt Kent Krause, II, brought sheets of aluminum with specific cut patterns to Cascade and workers recognized the sheets as belonging to Met One. They contacted Met One and confirmed the aluminum had been stolen recently from their recycling bin.

Officers arrived on scene and placed Krause into custody. A subsequent search of his Toyota Sequoia located a 9-millimeter pistol with a loaded magazine and more than two grams of methamphetamine. The gun and drugs were seized as evidence.

Kurt Krause was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 1st-Degree Theft, Possession of Methamphetamine and Probation Violation related to some past arrests. He was being held on a no-bail detainer.