Anonymous tip leads to arrest of fugitive

Grants Pass, Ore. — An anonymous tip Tuesday morning leads Grants Pass Police directly to a fugitive suspected of stealing multiple vehicles.

SWAT was dispatched to the Travelodge Motel on NW Vine Street in Grants Pass where 30 year-old Eddie Correia Jr. was arrested. During the arrest, police also arrested a female, Elizabeth Boyle. She was charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Correia was being investigated for stealing numerous vehicles and had allegedly eluded police on previous occasions. A stolen Chevrolet Tahoe was also found at the motel where Correia was arrested.

Both Correia and Boyle are being held in the Josephine County jail.

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