GP Police Nabbed Woman for Stealing Restaurant Sign and Drug Possession
Grants Pass Police arrested a woman yesterday for stealing a sign from a downtown business and being in possession of narcotics.
According to the Police Department, officers responded to the reported theft at Ohana Grindz on NE E Street on Thursday during the noon hour.
Police said employees of the restaurant reported earlier in the day that a female subject had stolen an advertising sign from in front of the business on Tuesday. The workers posted surveillance photos of the suspect on Facebook and a citizen reported seeing her near the A-1 Market & Deli on SE 8th Street.
Officers searched the area and located 36-year-old Shannon Marie Dendy in a nearby alley actively smoking a substance that she freely admitted was fentanyl. She also admitted to stealing the sign.
Dendy was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 2nd-Degree Theft, Fentanyl Possession and the resulting Felony Probation Violation. She was being held on a no-bail detainer.
Posted on 8/15/25 11:55AM by Sam Marsh
