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GP Police Nabbed Two on Outstanding Warrants after Shoplifting at Walmart

Grants Pass Police nabbed two people on outstanding warrants after a weekend shoplifting attempt at Walmart.

The Police Department reports officers responded to the theft complaint at the store on NE Terry Lane on Sunday at 8:55 a.m..

Police said a 45-year-old woman was observed by Walmart loss prevention concealing unpurchased merchandise in a black duffle bag that was also stolen. She passed all points of sale with more than $166 worth of items, depriving the store of its property.

The female suspect was located a short time later with a 45-year-old man on the Grants Pass Parkway. A records showed that the woman was wanted on a Medford felony warrant for failing to appear in court for vehicle theft and a Klamath County Corrections warrant for failing to appear in court for Forgery.

The woman's male companion was wanted on a Klamath County Corrections warrant for failing to appear in court for 2nd-Degree Theft.

Both suspects were lodged in jail on their warrants and the woman was also charged with 2nd-Degree Theft. All the stolen items were recovered by Walmart.
Posted on 5/28/24 6:12AM by Sam Marsh