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GP Police Respond to Wal-Mart Shoplifting Complaint, Arrest Suspect for Theft and Warrant

Officers with the Grants Pass Police Department apprehended a shoplifter Tuesday afternoon.

The suspect was stopped by Wal-Mart loss prevention after passing all points of sale with merchandise concealed in a large water jug. The total value of the items was $104.34.

Officers contacted the suspect in the GamesStop parking lot. He was identified as John Johann, and was found to have an active warrant for his arrest. Johann was trespassed from the Wal-Mart, taken into custody, and lodged in the Josephine County Jail on the warrant and for Second Degree Theft.
Posted on 9/24/25 12:47PM by Alex Bauer