Man Sleeping Outside Rehab Center Arrested following Welfare Check
The subject of a welfare check was arrested by Grants Pass Police for Methamphetamine Possession.
A man called 911 from the Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to report the subject was sleeping against the back of a gray minivan across the way. The man twitched when the caller asked if he was ok, and a welfare check was requested.
Officers arrived to find the man still sleeping against his van outside the Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center at 2075 NW Highland Avenue. A glass bulb pipe with a burnt, white residue was located next to him, and a field test yielded a positive result for the presence of meth. The suspect, identified as Rodney Silva, was then taken into custody.
He was lodged in the Adult Jail Facility for a Meth Possession charge, and officers further trespassed Silva from the rehabilitation center. His vehicle was secured and left on the scene.
Posted on 6/22/26 10:52AM by Alex Bauer
