GP Police Arrested Man for Vandalizing Downtown Bank after "Bad Drug Trip"
Grants Pass Police arrested man for vandalizing a downtown bank this week.
According to the Police Department, officers were alerted to the incident at Wells Fargo Bank on NE 6th Street on Monday morning.
Police said a witness observed a male subject smash out one of the small windows on the front door of the bank facing 6th Street. The bank manager was called and he contacted the Wells Fargo corporate office to obtain surveillance footage.
Video surveillance showed a man later identified as 47-year-old Beau Thomas Beard intentionally kicking in a window at the bank, causing around $2,000 in damage. Officers searched the area and found him in the 200-block of SE G Street.
Beard stated he was mad about his bags and he had used "bad meth" the night before.
Beard was placed into custody and lodged at the Josephine County Jail for Felony 1st-Degree Criminal Mischief. He was being held without bail.
Posted on 1/8/25 5:57AM by Sam Marsh
