2 Arrests Made In Separate Grants Pass Crimes (Photo) -11/05/21

Grants Pass, ORE. – Friday, November 05, 2021, proved to be a busy day for police officers in the City of Grants Pass. Though rain and cool weather tend to slow some types of crime, these offenders weren’t deterred.

At approximately 8:22 AM, Grants Pass Police Officers received a report of a knife-wielding female in the Town Center parking lot at the intersection of NW 6^th Street and NW G Street. The suspect held the knife toward the face of a female patron at the location, threatened her, and then reached into her purse and took a pack of cigarettes. Arriving officers located and arrested Kelsie Wilson, a 24-year-old female who was walking from the scene. Officers recovered the knife and stolen cigarettes. Wilson was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 1^st-degree Robbery, 3^rd-degree Theft, Menacing, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

At approximately 11:30 AM officers responded to a reported burglary of a residence in the 300 block of NW Elm Street. Upon arriving at the scene and detaining Malae Kimack, a 28-year-old female who was exiting the residence, officers determined the residence had been unlawfully entered, a garden statue had been stolen, the interior had been ransacked, and a symbol had been burned into an interior wall. Kimack was lodged at the Josephine County Jail for 1^st-degree Burglary, 1^st-degree Criminal Mischief, Reckless Burning, and 3^rd-degree Theft.

The Grants Pass Police Department would like to thank the citizens who assisted in both of these cases.