GP Police Arrested Chronic Shoplifter for Trying to Steal WinCo Merchandise
Grants Pass Police arrested a chronic shoplifter after she attempted to steal items from an east-side supermarket over the weekend.
The Police Department reports officers responded to a theft complaint at WinCo Foods on NE Terry Lane on Saturday at about 3:40 p.m..
Police said a 50-year-old female subject was detained by WinCo loss prevention after she attempted to steal more than $88 in goods. They said she brought an old receipt into the store, filled her cart with items and exited the business by passing all points of sale without paying.
According to the report, the woman had committed additional thefts at WinCo and had signed a trespass letter that was photographed into evidence. A consent search of the suspect found her to be in possession of 3.79 grams of methamphetamine that was factory-sealed in a Scooby Doo baggie. It was seized for destruction.
The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Unlawful Possession of Meth, 3rd-Degree Theft and 1st-Degree Criminal Trespass.
Posted on 5/13/24 10:47AM by Sam Marsh
