GP Police Jailed Felon for Violating Probation by Stealing from Home Depot
Grants Pass Police jailed a local felon for violating his probation by trying to steal merchandise from Home Depot this week.
The Police Department reports officers responded to a shoplifting complaint at the store on NE Mill Street on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said 51-year-old Robert David Smith passed all points of sale with more than $385 worth of Home Depot merchandise before he was stopped by loss prevention just outside the store. They took the suspect to the loss prevention office where he refused to identify himself and was uncooperative.
Upon arrival, police identified Smith' and contacted his corrections officer. She instructed them to place her client on a no-bail detainer. He was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 2nd-Degree Theft and the resulting Probation Violation.
Smith was also trespassed from Home Depot which retained the stolen items.
Posted on 2/6/25 6:43AM by Sam Marsh
