Since January 13, 2020, the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety has received multiple reports of burglaries to a list of local businesses, with one business burglarized twice.
Grants Pass Department of Public Safety Police and Detective units began working with leads and evidence obtained to try to identify a suspect. The burglaries of two Thrift Stores, one of which was robbed twice, and a Subway Sandwich location over seven days in January were similar in nature and believed to be tied to the same suspect.
On Monday, January 20, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety Police and Detective units identified the suspect from their continued investigation as 55-year-old Steven Ray Borden of Grants Pass.
Patrol Officers and Detectives immediately conducted a search of the city for Borden and located him within a few hours. Upon completion of the investigation, Borden was linked to the four listed business burglaries and lodged in the Josephine County Jail on multiple charges.
