Sex Offender Snared on Warrant after Camping in Grasshopper Parking Lot
Grants Pass Police arrested a male transient on a local warrant after he committed a city ordinance violation by camping in the downtown area early yesterday.
The Police Department reports officers responded to the incident involving 47-year-old Beau Beard in the Grasshopper Parking Lot around 4:40 a.m. Thursday.
Police said they received a citizen complaint regarding an orange dome tent set up at the south end of the city parking lot. Officers contacted Beard inside the tent and discovered that he was wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for Failure to Register as a Convicted Sex Offender. He was advised of the warrant and detained.
Beau Beard was cited to appear in court on the warrant and then released. After being ordered to remove his tent from the parking lot, he was advised to go to GPPD headquarters and register as he was arrested for being out of compliance.
Posted on 3/8/24 6:43AM by Sam Marsh
