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GP Transient Nabbed for Returning to Business Where He had Been Banned

A Grants Pass transient was arrested early yesterday for returning to a business from which he had already been trespassed.

According to the Police Department, officers responded to a trespassing complaint at Starbucks on NE Hillcrest Drive on Wednesday around 5:45 a.m..

Police said 57-year-old James Daniel Bisel returned to Starbucks after previously being trespassed from the business on October 6th. The store manager called 9-1-1 and reported a male subject who had been asked to leave in the past was back.

This time, the manager requested assistance from law enforcement because Bisel had become hostile with the manager when he confronted him on Tuesday. Bisel was contacted and placed into custody without incident.

Bisel was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 2nd-Degree Criminal Trespass and was being held without bail due to his frequent contacts with local police. His belongings were logged into evidence for safekeeping.
Posted on 12/5/24 6:44AM by Sam Marsh