The Grants Pass Police Department received a call early Friday afternoon, March 6th, regarding a bank robbery at the People’s Bank on NE 7th Street at approximately 12:26.
Patrol officers were immediately dispatched to the bank and due to the seriousness of the crime, Grants Pass Police Major Crime Unit Detectives were requested to assist in the investigation.
Following detectives and patrol officers initial investigation, 58 year old Renee Freitas, was identified as the suspect.
Less than 45 minutes after the robbery, a Grants Pass Police School Resource Officer located Freitas near the Grants Pass Shopping Center.
Freitas was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on charges of Robbery in the Second Degree, 2 counts of Menacing, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Theft in the First Degree.
