GP Police Arrested Pair for Drug Possession after Walmart Shoplifting Call
Grants Pass Police arrested two people for drug possession during a weekend shoplifting caper at Walmart.
According to the Police Department, officers responded to the theft complaint at the store on NE Terry Lane on Saturday at about 2:50 p.m..
Police said 30-year-old Apolonio Fidel Mendez and 38-year-old Rachel May Lowden were inside Walmart when Mendez intentionally deprived the store of $15.56 by concealing razor blades and passing all points of sale. He also used a barcode of a lower-priced item to scan higher-priced items.
Mendez and Lowden were detained by loss prevention just outside Walmart. He wouldn't listen to lawful commands, so officers forced him to the ground in a controlled manner. During a consent search, he was found with a glass pipe with residue that field tested positive as methamphetamine.
In a consent search of Lowden's purse, more than 20 grams of meth was located and seized for destruction.
Mendez was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Meth Possession and Petty Theft. Lowden was cited to appear in court for Meth Possession and released.
Posted on 7/7/25 10:56AM by Sam Marsh
