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GP Police Snared Pair on Local Warrants after Suspicious Activity Report

Grants Pass Police arrested two men on outstanding warrants after investigating a report of suspicious activity in the north part of the city.

According to the Police Department, officers responded to a call in the 100-block of NE Hillcrest Drive on Sunday at 3:07 p.m..

Police said a Starbucks worker called 9-1-1 to report three male subjects behind Paradise Car Wash -- one of them walking around with a rubber mallet. The caller said it appeared the group was looking break into a vehicle and/or steal something.

Officers arrived on scene and contacted the men including 49-year-old Demetrius Elward Hughes and 38-year-old Charles Lee Shull. They quickly discovered that Hughes was wanted on a Josephine County warrant for failing to appear in court for Criminal Mischief, Criminal Trespass and Petty Theft. Shull was wanted on a Jackson County warrant for failing to appear in court for 1st-Degree Theft.

Hughes and Shull were lodged in jail on their outstanding warrants. All three men were trespassed the business.
Posted on 1/7/25 6:37AM by Sam Marsh