GP Police Arrested Man for Stealing from Walmart & Hiding at Shopping Center
Grants Pass Police arrested a man for stealing merchandise from Walmart over the weekend.
According to the Police Department, officers responded to a shoplifting complaint at the store on NE Terry Lane on Saturday at 3:15 p.m..
Police said the 36-year-old male subject entered Walmart and concealed more than $109 worth of items in his backpack. They said he was detained by loss prevention officers, but was uncooperative and left the scene in a white Dodge pickup. The suspect vehicle was located a short time later at the Grants Pass Shopping Center.
The manager at Famous Footwear called in and advised that the theft suspect had just exited that store and left a change of clothes inside. The man was found hiding in a restroom at Rite Aid. He refused to identify himself, but admitted the clothes in Famous Footwear were his, so he was placed into custody.
The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 2nd-Degree Theft and he was being held without bail.
Posted on 5/6/24 11:14AM by Sam Marsh
