Lewis County Sirens.com

BAD BOYFRIEND

• A 32-year-old Chehalis man was arrested on Saturday after items he allegedly stole from his girlfriend were found at a Chehalis pawn shop. A deputy was contacted on Friday by the 32-year-old woman from the 100 block of Skinner Road in Napavine who said not long after she began a relationship with Raymond G. Denault, he took several rings and fishing poles from her home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Denault was booked into the Lewis County Jail for theft, trafficking in stolen property and burglary, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

HOME BURGLARY

• A deputy was called about 5 a.m. on Saturday about a break-in to a home on the 2400 block of Salzer Valley Road outside Centralia where five tool boxes, a trimmer and a carton of cigarettes were stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office has two suspects, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• Someone threw a rock through the front window of a home on the 400 block of Coal Creek Road outside Chehalis, went inside and stole a safe, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the burglary was reported on Sunday night and said it’s unknown what the safe contained.

LAKE SIDE THEFT

• A deputy responded to the Lion’s Club Campground on Front Street in Mineral on Saturday for a report a 15 horse power motor was taken from a boat belonging to a Puyallup man and to the same place the day before where a Tacoma man said someone cut a cable and stole a $1,000 Honda generator which had been attached to his trailer.

DRUGS

• A 44-year-old Centralia man as arrested for possession of methamphetamine about 10 a.m. on Saturday at the 1300 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia. Keith A. Obrist was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 4:45 a.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Borst Avenue where an individual said he observed someone inside his car – which he got a picture of –  who then ran off into the park.

FUEL STOLEN

• Centralia police took two reports on Saturday night of theft of gasoline from vehicles at the 2800 block of Russell Road.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the 800 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia just after 9 o’clock yesterday morning to take a report someone had slashed a children’s’ inflatable pool its owner had just spent three days setting up.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday evening to an address on Saunders Way to a report someone had slashed a soft-sided hot tub, deflating it. The loss is estimated at as much as $2,000, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Someone spray painted graffiti on the skateboard ramps at Riverside Rotary Park on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, something which was discovered on Saturday morning.

WRECK

• A female driver struck the back end of a parked vehicle on Southwest 13th Street near Penny Playground in Chehalis about 10:15 a.m. yesterday which caused her car to roll onto its side, according to police. There were no serious injuries, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WHEELS OFF THE ROADWAY

• A 32-year-old Centralia man was cited for wheels off the road when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, rolled onto its driver’s side and then back up onto its four wheels at the 2500 block of Salzer Valley Road outside Centralia on Friday. A deputy called about 4:40 p.m. to the scene noted the 2007 Toyota Yaris sustained major damage but the two occupants declined aid, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving with suspended license, warrant, DUI; responses for family disputes, bar dispute, non-injury, minor injury – including hit and run – collisions, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, burglar alarms, found wallet, found bicycle; complaints loud music, erratic drivers … and more.

ELECTRICAL ISSUE SUSPECT IN CENTRALIA FIRE

• A man, a woman and their three dogs escaped a fire last night in their home on the 300 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Firefighters called about 8 p.m. found flames breaking through the floor of the single-wide mobile home and put a stop to it fairly quickly, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Capt. Scott Snyder said the occupant saw smoke near a heat register and contacted the trailer park’s manager. The damage to the home is repairable, but Red Cross was contacted to help the couple with temporary accommodations, Snyder said. They suspect an electrical problem but the cause is under investigation, he said.

STOVETOP FIRE STOPPED WITH FLOUR

• Firefighters helped evacuate smoke from an apartment yesterday morning after cooking oil on a stove boiled over at the 1600 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. Firefighter Jesse Berry said the occupant did the right thing, putting flour on the flames instead of water.

PORK PILFERING

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon about the theft of a ham. The incident was captured on surveillance video at a grocery store on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to police. A department spokesperson said he didn’t have all the details of how someone managed to get out the door with a ham. “They probably hid it, cause you’d be noticed if you just carried out a ham,” Officer John Panco said. “But I don’t know how big the ham was. It could have been a little one you could just throw in your purse.”

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 6:10 p.m. yesterday after a basement door was discovered kicked in at the 1500 block of Crescent Avenue in Centralia.

• Someone removed the lug nuts from the wheel of a vehicle at the 300 block of South Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

• Centralia police responded yesterday morning to a slew of graffiti postings around town. Some of the spray painting was red, some was black and it was found on buildings, walls and a fence at the 300 block of South Tower Avenue, the 500 block of North Tower Avenue, the 1100 block of Johnson Road and the 700 block of North Washington Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• Firefighters responded late yesterday afternoon to a two vehicle collision at the northbound onramp to Interstate 5 in south Chehalis. The injuries to the occupants of a pickup truck and a car were minor, nobody went to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license, underage drinking; responses for a stolen purse, fender benders  … and more.

Updated at 7:34 p.m.

HIT AND RUN

• Just before 1 a.m. today, a Centralia police officer noticed a parked vehicle with significant damage that appeared fresh at the 300 block of Harrison Avenue. A suspect vehicle was located a few blocks away, but officers are still investigating to figure out who the driver was, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• An officer was called to Chehalis City Hall yesterday afternoon about the receipt of two counterfeit $20 bills. They were taken into evidence, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 4:15 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia regarding two tool boxes taken from a van in a carport there.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to a restroom at the Fairway Shopping Center on South Gold Street in Centralia yesterday for graffiti in which someone posted an individual’s name and phone number and suggesting folks call to tell that person to tell them to tell Obama to keep his filthy hands off other people’s guns.

WRECKS

• Centralia police and aid responded to a rear end collision at noon yesterday at the 700 block of West Main Street in which the rear window of one of the vehicles was broken out by its driver’s head. He was treated by medics, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

• A driver escaped without serious injuries when his vehicle left U.S. Highway 12 just east of the Mayfield Lake bridge, hit the ditch and rolled up onto its top yesterday, according to Lewis County Fire District 8. Firefighters called just before 5 p.m. said the lone occupant declined treatment.

• A collision around 6:15 a.m. on southbound Interstate 5 near the Napavine interchange blocked the left lane and shoulder for a period of time this morning, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. A Toyota pickup ran into the median causing minor damage to the truck, something that seemed to have followed the driver suffering a medical problem, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. A trooper started CPR which medics continued all the way to Providence Centralia Hospital, District 5 Firefighter Brad Bozarth said. The Washington State Patrol reported that Michael E. Seifert, 61, of Onalaska, died. His truck scraped along the jersey barrier for approximately 600 feet before coming to a stop, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for misdemeanor assault, warrant; reports of misdemeanor theft, parking lot fender benders; responses for burglar alarms, suspicious circumstances … an individual who called to report a threatening note found on her car while she was inside Wal-Mart regarding leaving her dog in the vehicle … and more. (Looks like it’s nearly the end of a practically drama-free week around Lewis County.)

Updated at 7:04 p.m.

SKILLET ATTACK REPORTED

• Centralia police were called just after 11 p.m. yesterday to the 3000 block of Borst Avenue where a woman said her 18-year-old daughter hit her with a frying pan. The daughter was not located and the investigation continues, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Kurt Reichert said the victim had a minor bruise on her cheek.

ALLEGED BONG-SMOKING BABY’S MOTHER IN TROUBLE

• Centralia police yesterday arrested the mother accused of giving her toddler a hit off a bong for violating a protection order. Rachelle L. Braaten, 24, is free on bail pending trial in the case that caught the attention of a worldwide audience with a cell phone video last month that prosecutors claim shows her allowing her 2-year-old to smoke marijuana from a water pipe. Braaten is prohibited by court order from contacting the boy, but officers were tipped off about 9 p.m. yesterday she was at the home on the 1400 block of Delaware Avenue in north Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was discovered hiding in a closet, Sgt. Kurt Reichert said. Braaten was arrested and then released.

ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN

• A deputy was called about 8:15 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Pinkerton Road in Ethel following the discovery someone had pried a lock off a door to a garage-shop building. The person taking care of the property for its owner thought it had occurred sometime after April 13 and didn’t believe anything had been stolen, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

‘SURVIVORMAN’ IN LEWIS COUNTY WILDERNESS AREA

• The missing survivalist thought to be lost in  the Capitol Forest is alive and well in a wilderness area near Morton, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. The Lacey man was dropped off in the woods last Thursday by his wife, according to kirotv.com, and a search was conducted when he didn’t return home on Monday. The sheriff’s office notes via Twitter, that Scott Garrow said he left of his own free will.

SUPER FIRE DEPARTMENT GAINING TRACTION

• Effective immediately, Riverside Fire Authority Chief Jim Walkowski will oversee the Chehalis Fire Department as well as his own in Centralia. Walkowski said his board of commissioners last night approved the agreement, already given the thumbs up by officials in Chehalis. Chehalis’s Chief Kelvin Johnson retired this week after five years at the helm.

ANOTHER ARREST MADE IN ADNA SHOTGUN CASE

• The Raymond woman who authorities say concocted the plan that led to a shotgun incident in an Adna parking lot last week has been arrested. Amalia L. Copp was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday afternoon after she was apprehended in Pacific County. Prosecutors allege an acquaintance of hers fired at a car being driven by her ex-boyfriend outside at the 76 station on state Route 6 the morning of April 16. Gilbert Borquez, 36, was arrested two days later and then charged with first-degree assault, drive by shooting, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of an illegal firearm. Copp, 43, faces identical charges. Court documents state she was trying to get back her rental car from her ex-boyfriend who stole it. A judge this afternoon ordered her held on $100,000 bail. Lewis County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Will Halstead said she masterminded the plans, and that even though Gilbert Borquez fired the sawed off shotgun, Copp is charged as an accomplice. Halstead  declined to say if the alleged victim and vehicle have been located, answering this afternoon with a “maybe.”

ALSO FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• Prosecutors have made an offer for a plea arrangement to the pair of brothers arrested in January after a marijuana growing operation was discovered in their Seminary Hill Road home. Zeshawn H. Hasnani, 27, and Sohail Hasnani, 24, allegedly sold their product to medical marijuana dispensaries and have been jailed since their Jan. 10 arrest. Defense attorney Douglas Hiatt told a judge today the offer was conveyed to the men and they’d be contemplating it over the next week. The brothers and their lawyers were in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon for a review hearing. They are scheduled to appear before a judge again next Thursday afternoon.

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY

• “You’ll see me in court.” – Angry parting words to a judge from a woman unhappy with his ruling on her request this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended licenses; reports of stolen bicycles; responses for burglar alarms, reports of misdemeanor assault, landlord-tenant issues … and more.