GP Police Jailed Man on Local Warrant while Investigating Family Disturbance
Grants Pass Police arrested a man on an outstanding warrant while investigating a family disturbance on the west side of the city late yesterday.
The Police Department reports officers responded to the incident at a home in the 1,000-block of SW I Street on Wednesday around 4 p.m..
Police said a woman called 9-1-1 from California to report that her uncle -- 55-year-old Jeffrey Alan Washburn -- had been "acting very strange" for the last month-and-a-half, but her family refused to call law enforcement for assistance.
According to the report, Washburn's elderly mother made him go outside to his trailer in the backyard -- but he came back in her house, dumped coffee all over and poured oil on the woodstove. The caller said her uncle had threatened to burn the house down several times and she was concerned for her family's welfare.
Upon arrival, officers contacted Washburn and discovered that he was wanted on a Grants Pass warrant for Felony Attempt to Elude Police, Disorderly Conduct and Driving While Suspended. He was placed into custody and lodged in jail.
GPPD said the family intends to seek a restraining order due to his bad behavior.
Posted on 12/12/24 11:31AM by Sam Marsh
