Corrections Client Jailed after Admitting He Broke into NE GP Residence
A Josephine County corrections client was arrested yesterday for breaking into a vacant northeast Grants Pass residence and attempting to live there.
Grants Pass Police were alerted to the incident involving 30-year-old Edward Leslie Jenkins by his corrections officer. Officers responded to the Community Corrections Office on NW 4th Street on Wednesday shortly after 10 a.m..
Police said Jenkins admitted to his officer that he had damaged a vacant home in the 1100-block of NE Beacon Drive while trying to gain access to live there. The property owner was contacted and wished to pursue criminal charges. Some of the suspect's belongings were still inside the house.
Edward Jenkins was placed into custody and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Criminal Mischief and Criminal Trespass -- both in the 2nd-Degree -- plus the resulting Probation Violation related to past arrests for Robbery, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Menacing and Driving While Suspended. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 2/15/24 11:14AM by Sam Marsh
