GP Police Jailed Man for Trespassing at 7-Eleven and then Fighting with Officers
Grants Pass Police jailed a man early yesterday for trespassing at a downtown convenience store and then scuffling with responding law enforcement, injuring a female officer.
The Police Department reports officers arrested a 30-year-old man at the 7-Eleven store on SW 6th Street on Tuesday at 12:12 a.m..
Police said a store worker called 9-1-1 to report a male subject standing outside the door and harassing customers. The caller said the man kept coming in and out of the store, and they believed he was under the influence of drugs. The man refused to leave the business when asked to do so.
Responding officers took the uncooperative suspect to the ground and a female officer requested an ambulance for a possible broken ankle. The man continued to struggle with law enforcement while uttering nonsensical statements. He was eventually subdued after a Taser was deployed on him two times.
According to the report, the man also intentionally banged his head on the cage in the patrol vehicle. He was not seriously hurt.
The suspect was subsequently lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Resisting Arrest and Criminal Trespass. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 3/27/24 5:39AM by Sam Marsh
