GP Police Snared Man for Felony Warrant & Drug Possession on RR Property
Grants Pass Police arrested a man on an outside felony warrant and for drug possession while performing a New Year's Day patrol check on railroad property.
According to the Police Department, officers contacted 64-year-old William Ward Fleming on the downtown railroad property on Wednesday around 2:50 p.m..
Police said they discovered that Ward was wanted on a Jackson County felony warrant for Probation Violation related to an arrest for Failure to Report as a Sex Offender. During a consent search, they found him to be in possession of glass pipe with a white residue that field-tested positive as methamphetamine.
Ward was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on the warrant plus a new charge of Meth Possession. He was being held on a no-bail detainer and his dog was left in the care of an acquaintance at the SE J Street campground.
Posted on 1/2/25 11:00AM by Sam Marsh
