GP Police Snared Man on Felony Warrant Plus Drug Crime in SE City Contact
Grants Pass Police arrested a man on an outstanding felony warrant plus a drug crime after a weekend contact near a southeast city watering hole.
According to the Police Department, officers were on patrol in the 600-block of Fruitdale Drive at 10:09 p.m. Friday when they observed 47-year-old Jason Lee Stout exiting Flespy's Bar & Grill.
Police said Stout started running east and he was located in front of Li'l Pantry Market & Deli a short time later. They said the subject deliberately hid a jar of methamphetamine by trying to kick it under a nearby bush. Responding officers placed the suspect into custody and seized the jar of meth for destruction.
Stout was found to be wanted on a Medford felony warrant for failing to appear in court for 1st-Degree Theft. He was lodged in jail on the warrant plus new charges of Meth Possession and Tampering with Evidence.
Posted on 10/7/24 11:03AM by Sam Marsh
