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GP Police Collared Two on Outstanding Warrants after Disturbance at Motel 6

Grants Pass Police jailed two people on outstanding warrants yesterday after a disturbance at a north-city motel.

The Police Department reports officers responded to reports of a man and woman chasing each other in the parking lot of Motel 6 on NE 7th Street on Tuesday at about 11:35 a.m.. There were no injuries reported in the skirmish.

Police said they contacted a 36-year-old man regarding the incident involving his 34-year-old girlfriend at the motel. It was discovered that he was wanted on three outstanding warrants from Jackson, Marion and Polk counties that included alleged crimes of Forgery, Identity Theft and Contempt of Court. He was lodged in jail on the warrants plus a new charge of Methamphetamine Possession.

Officers contacted the female half of the disturbance and discovered that she was wanted on a Columbia County warrant for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and a St. Helens Police Department warrant for Criminal Trespass. She was also lodged in jail.

Property in the couple's room was placed in the male suspect's vehicle and both parties were trespassed from Motel 6.
Posted on 5/8/24 11:47AM by Sam Marsh