GP Police Incarcerated Man for Stealing Rent Money from Ready Ride Driver
Grants Pass Police arrested a man for trying to steal rent money from a Ready Ride driver yesterday.
According to the Police Department, officers were alerted to the theft by the local company on Wednesday during the noon hour.
Police said an investigation determined a Ready Ride driver picked up a 44-year-old man in the 100-block of Penwheel Drive to transport him to Medford. They said $750 fell out of the driver's pocket and was picked up by the suspect. When confronted about the money, the suspect denied taking it and refused to advise where it was, even when confronted with video evidence of the crime.
Only $50 of the money was recovered as the suspect refused to tell officers where the rest of it was. The man was searched and the rest of the money was recovered.
The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on charges of 2nd-Degree Theft and Tampering with Evidence. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 3/28/24 10:14AM by Sam Marsh
