GP Police Collared Man on California Fugitive Warrant after Traffic Stop on Bike
Grants Pass Police arrested a man on a California fugitive warrant during a traffic stop near the Parkway early today.
The Police Department reports officers pulled over a bicyclist identified as 45-year-old Martin William Mitchell, Jr., in the 900-block of SE M Street at 2:04 this morning.
Police said they stopped Mitchell because he entered the paved public roadway on a bicycle without the required safety equipment. A routine records check showed that he was wanted on a San Luis Obispo, California, Corrections warrant for Felony Parole Violation.
During a consent search, Mitchell was found to be in possession of a substance that field-tested positive as methamphetamine. It was seized for destruction.
Mitchell was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on the warrant plus a new charge of Meth Possession. After being warned for the traffic violation, he was being held on a no-bail detainer.
Posted on 11/22/24 11:15AM by Sam Marsh
