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WinCo Shoplifter Loaded Vehicle, Re-entered Store, Arrested for Theft and Meth Charges

Grants Pass Police lodged a WinCo shoplifter on theft and methamphetamine possession charges.

Dispatch was notified Sunday at 8:58 p.m. that the suspect had taken items to her vehicle in the 231 NE Terry Lane parking lot, then went back inside the store. She had passed all points of sale without paying for the items, and was described to dispatch as wearing a white tank top, blue jeans, black tennis shoes, carrying a yellow purse, and having red hair.

Officers arrived and contacted the suspect, Blythe Attleson, who was with loss prevention staff. She was detained, and officers found she was in possession of a white crystal like substance that field tested positive for meth.

Attleson was transported to jail where she was lodged for Possession of Meth, and Third Degree Theft. She was also trespassed from the grocer.
Posted on 10/5/26 10:56AM by Alex Bauer