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Grants Pass Police arrested a man for multiple crimes and an outstanding warrant after he crashed his vehicle into a building on Williams Highway near New Hope Road and fled the scene on foot.

The Police Department reports officers and emergency crews responded to the single-vehicle wreck in the 2500-block of Highway 238 on Sunday at 7:05 a.m..

Police said 27-year-old Michael Dexter Creech was located on Bryn Court after he was observed fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash into an occupied auto shop building. No one was hurt after he collided with several mailboxes and into the building, causing more than $10,000 in damage.

Creech was found to be in possession of foil with burnt residue that field-tested positive as fentanyl. He was also wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for Probation Violation related to an arrest for Fentanyl Possession.

Creech was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on the warrant plus new charges of Hit-and-Run Causing Property Damage, 2nd-Degree Criminal Mischief, two counts of 3rd-Degree Criminal Mischief, Fentanyl Possession and Careless Driving. He was being held on a no-bail detainer and his vehicle was towed.