GP Police Nabbed Frequent Flyer for Lighting Cardboard Fire in Alleyway
Grants Pass Police arrested a well-known criminal offender for lighting a fire in a downtown alley last weekend.
The Police Department reports officers responded to the incident in the alleyway behind the Twisted Cork in the 200-block of SW 6th Street on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the 31-year-old female subject intentionally set fire to some cardboard in the alley, the cardboard became fully engulfed in flames next to a dumpster that was full of flammable trash that was next to a flammable utility pole. The outside temperature was well over 100 degrees and fire danger was extremely high.
Officers searched the area and found the subject at a next door building and she was still holding a lighter in her hand. She was immediately placed into custody.
The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Reckless Burning and she was being held without bail.
Firefighters arrived to inspect the smoldering remains of the fire and made sure it was no longer a danger.
Posted on 7/9/24 6:18AM by Sam Marsh
