GP Police Jailed Convicted Felon Who Entered Secure Lot at GPPD Headquarters
Grants Pass Police arrested a convicted felon who entered the secure lot at GPPD headquarters last weekend.
The Police Department reports the incident involving 53-year-old Michael Ray Hastings occurred on Sunday around 9:15 p.m..
Police said Hastings climbed the fence off NE 6th Street, entered the secure lot and was found lying behind the short retaining wall to the ramp for the exterior training room door. They said he was uncooperative, hostile and appeared to be under the influence of a narcotic stimulant.
Hastings was held at Taser point until additional units arrived and he was placed into custody for 2nd-Degree Criminal Trespass. During a consent search, he was found to be in possession of a knife that opens by centrifugal force. A records check showed that he is a convicted felon banned from possessing any weapons.
Hastings was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for the trespassing incident and he was additionally charged with Felon in Possession of a Restricted Weapon. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 10/29/24 9:42AM by Sam Marsh
