GP Police Arrested Man for Vandalizing Screen Window at North-City Motel 6
Grants Pass Police arrested a man for vandalizing a north-city motel yesterday.
The Police Department reports officers responded to the incident at Motel 6 on NE 7th Street on Monday shortly after 9 a.m..
Police said a motel manager called 9-1-1 to report a male guest was bothering other guests by picking up a prescription drug bottle and offering the contents to them. The caller said the guest became angry when he was told to leave.
The suspect -- 29-year-old Matthew Alexander Scalabrinibyrne -- was observed on surveillance video damaging the window screen to a room at the motel. He advised he did so due to the belief that his friend was overdosing inside the room. When employees unlocked the room, they advised there was no one inside.
According to the report, the damaged window screen was estimated to cost $40 plus labor to replace.
Scalabrinibyrne was placed into custody and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 2nd-Degree Criminal Mischief. He was also trespassed from Motel 6.
Posted on 1/7/25 10:40AM by Sam Marsh
