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Grants Pass Police arrested a man on a local felony warrant while investigating a trespassing complaint yesterday.

The Police Department reports officers were alerted to a trespass call on railroad property in the city on Tuesday at 12:47 p.m..

Police said a 38-year-old male subject was one of three men spotted by a passing motorist. They said the men had established an encampment next to the railroad tracks.

Upon contact, officers determined the male subject was wanted on a Josephine County felony warrant for Parole Violation stemming from a past conviction for Attempt to Elude Police. He was immediately placed into custody.

The suspect was lodged at the Josephine County Jail on the warrant and he was being held on a no-bail detainer. His belongings were logged into evidence for safekeeping. The two other men were trespassed from the railroad property, told to gather up their belongings and leave.