GP Police Arrested Man for Breaking into Equipment Yard & Stealing Fuel
Grants Pass Police arrested a man for breaking into an equipment rental business and stealing gasoline last weekend.
According to the Police Department, officers were alerted to the break-in at Grants Pass Equipment Rentals in the 200-block of Rogue River Highway early Sunday morning.
Police said the incident was captured on surveillance video and called in by the business owner. They said a 29-year-old male subject entered the property by jumping over the secure fence. He entered the location with a red fuel can and started siphoning fuel from heavy machinery at the business.
The business owner arrived on scene and spotted the subject walking away with the fuel can. He provided a description of the man and officers located him near Burger King where his vehicle was parked. When he was contacted, he was still in possession of the fuel can and reeked of fuel which was all over his clothing.
The suspect was placed into custody and transported to the Josephine County Jail where he was booked for Unlawful Entry into a Motor Vehicle, 3rd-Degree Theft and 2nd-Degree Criminal Trespass. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 7/9/24 6:20AM by Sam Marsh
