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GP Police Arrested Man on Local Warrant after Welfare Check at Dollar Tree

Grants Pass Police arrested a man on a local warrant during a welfare check near the north Dollar Tree store yesterday.

The Police Department reports officers responded to reports of strange behavior from a male subject outside the store on NW 6th Street on Tuesday at 2:20 p.m..

Police said a 28-year-old man stripped down to his shorts and was screaming and throwing punches in the air while causing public alarm. They said he left the store, but was contacted a short time later near Kesterson Park on NE Evelyn Avenue.

Officers contacted the man and discovered that he was wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for failing to appear in court for Improper Use of 9-1-1 and Furnishing False Information to Police. He was lodged at the Josephine County Jail.
Posted on 5/1/24 11:50AM by Sam Marsh