GP Police Arrested Woman for "Dining & Dashing" from Downtown Restaurant
Grants Pass Police arrested a woman for "dining and dashing" from a downtown restaurant at the start of the weekend.
The Police Department reports officers responded to a theft complaint at Thai BBQ in the 400-block of SW 6th Street on Friday shortly after 6 p.m..
Police said the restaurant manager called 9-1-1 to report a female subject later identified as 50-year-old Jennifer Collette McGrath consumed three glasses of wine and an appetizer before fleeing the business on foot. The manager followed the suspect while providing information to dispatchers.
Officers located McGrath and detained her in the 400-block of SW I Street. The manager and a waitress provided statements and McGrath's bill, which amounted to $29.50. The suspect initially refused to comply until a Taser was displayed.
McGrath was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Theft of Services.
Posted on 3/31/25 6:19AM by Sam Marsh
