Lewis County Sirens.com

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ATTEMPTED CAR THEFT

• An officer was called to the Twin City Town Center in Chehalis just after 10 p.m. yesterday when an individual discovered someone had broken in to their vehicle and damaged the steering column.

ELUDING

• An officer tried to make a traffic stop about 4:40 a.m. today at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and the small passenger car fled onto Interstate 5 at a high rate of speed, according to the Centralia Police Department. The investigation is ongoing, police reported this morning.

OUT-OF-CONTROL

• Chehalis police responded to calls of a man screaming, yelling and kicking over sidewalk sandwich board downtown about 4:20 p.m. yesterday and arrested 33-year-old Michael Hilton for disorderly conduct. Hilton, in talking to police, indicated he was a physicist and was building an aircraft, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into jail.

DRUGS

• Police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday to a home on Northwest Middle Street in Chehalis for a possible burglary. They found the 18-year-old relative of the owner there and subsequently arrested him for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Brandon L. Caley.

TRESPASS ON TRACKS

• Chehalis police were called about 8:15 p.m. by BNSF and advised there someone on the railroad tracks around North National Avenue,  according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, first-degree assault, probation violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor assault, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, call for an injured robin … and more, among 152 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Updated at 4:12 p.m.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM THE LAW BRINGS SEARCH PLANE

• A 35-year-old Centralia man wanted for absconding from probation drew a large police response after he allegedly rammed two law enforcement vehicles that tried to hem him in yesterday at the 2200 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. Members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team in conjunction with a community response unit from the state Department of Corrections were conducting surveillance around 10:30 a.m. at a location they believed Guadalupe J. Aguirre to be and after he left the residence, tried to stop him by blocking him in with their vehicles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He reportedly rammed two of the vehicles and drove off. The sheriff’s office said Aguirre departed from his vehicle at the 500 block of Lincoln Creek Road and fled on foot. Other members of the sheriff’s office, the state patrol and the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, along with a fixed-wing aircraft from WSP responded to track him, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Dusty Breen. K-9 Axel responded as well and at about 12:45 p.m., Aguirre was located. Breen said the subject began resisting and he and the dog ended up rolling down a hill together. The K-9’s contact with Aguirre resulted in bites in three locations, Breen said. He was cleared medically and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault as well as the felony warrant from DOC for escape from community custody, according to Breen. One of the deputies whose vehicle was hit was checked at the scene for neck, back and shoulder pain, according to the sheriff’s office.

WANTED FELON LOSES FIREARM TO POLICE

• A 30-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning for felon in possession of a firearm and booked into the Lewis County Jail. Just before 11 a.m., officers saw Gregory S. Schroeder at an apartment on the 1500 block of Lewis Street in Centralia with a female they knew to have a protection order against him, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police detained Schroeder for that, as well as an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, and ended up finding he had a gun on him, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• A deputy was called just before 4 o’clock this morning after the discovery of a vehicle prowl at the 3500 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. Sometime after 1 p.m. yesterday, someone broke into a truck and stole a laptop computer and FAA identification, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Police were called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 2700 block of Colonial Drive in Centralia and learned a laptop computer and a purse were taken.

• Fishing gear was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the 600 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police responded to a 10:30 p.m. call yesterday to a report a window on the 400 block of Downing Road in Centralia was damaged by a BB gun from someone in a passing vehicle. Officers were provided a description of the suspect vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

KNOCK, KNOCK: HAND OVER YOUR POT PLANTS PLEASE

• A Lewis County man has been charged with growing marijuana after deputies knocked on his front door and asked about it. Joshua K. Lewis, 41, said he’d intended to get a medical marijuana authorization the very next day, but law enforcement confiscated the 180 plants they found anyway, according to charging documents. The visit to the residence on the 5000 block of Jackson Highway took place in February, and last month prosecutors mailed a summons to Lewis telling him to appear in Lewis County Superior Court yesterday afternoon on the felony charge. He didn’t show up for the hearing. The letter was sent to his last known address, but it came back, so Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Nelson got a judge to sign a $5,000 arrest warrant. There were a few larger plants, among those in various states of growth, the documents state. The charge of manufacturing marijuana has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, for someone with no previous drug convictions. Court documents say the two deputies at Lewis’s door on Feb. 24 were acting on a tip.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Lewis County Fire District 6 responded to a vehicle that collided with a tree in the 300 block of Chilvers Road in Adna at 1:30 p.m. today. The first arriving engine found the sole occupant already out of the car – with only minor injuries from a seat belt worn at the time of the collision, according to District 6 spokesperson DJ Hammer. Airbags had deployed. The driver was assessed by personnel with American Medical Response (AMR) and then released, according to Hammer.

•  Officers responded to a report of one vehicle into a pole traffic collision at Marion and Royal streets in Centralia about 9:50 a.m. yesterday. At about 10:15 a.m., they were called to the 500 block of North Tower Avenue for a report of a car into a building. Nobody was injured in either incident, according to the Centralia Police Department. Firefighters reported there was no damage to the building.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute,  disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person … and more, among 137 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Chilvers Road in Adna today. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 6

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Updated at 1:31 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Officers called at 6:35 a.m. today took a report that sometime within the hour, someone stole a red Honda Civic from the 200 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The car has smiley face and Magpul stickers on the rear window and a license plate reading ABE 5790, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WEEK-OLD ROBBERY INVESTIGATION ONGOING

• Morton police notified the news media yesterday they need help from the community to identify two suspects in an armed robbery that took place near the boat ramp on the east side of Gus Backstrom Park a week earlier. Officers called about 10:50 p.m. on March 28, learned the two victims were forced to the ground at gunpoint, punched in the stomach and robbed of some of their belongings. Each of the assailants carried a pistol in their right hand, according to the Morton Police Department. The suspects are described this way: Both white males, with the first one around 240 pounds, medium blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing round glasses, blue pants, brown sweatshirt and the second one with a smaller build, possible 5-feet 11-inches tall, brown eyes, blue ripped jeans, black and white bandana, according to police. “This type of activity will not be tolerated in our community and our department will be actively pursuing these suspects,” the department posted on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon. “We thank you in advance for your much needed and appreciated support and assistance.” They ask anyone with information to please contact the Lewis County dispatch center and ask to speak with an officer or feel free to call the Morton Police Department directly and leave a message and they will respond as soon as possible.

ASSAULT REPORT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about 10:30 a.m. to take a report of an alleged custodial assault Green Hill School on Southwest 11th Street that occurred earlier in the day.

TRESPASSING

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:25 p.m. report yesterday of trespassers at a residence that was supposed to be vacant at the 1100 block of Mellen Street. They found two individuals there who were wanted on outstanding warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Daryl P. McCrory, 26 and Terry R. Strong, 47, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police took a report yesterday afternoon that a victim’s motor home windows were broken out while it was parked on private property at Mellen and Yew streets in Centralia.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A tired driver was injured when her westbound Jeep Cherokee left the roadway and rolled along state Route 6 about four miles east of Pe Ell last night. Troopers called about 10:50 p.m. report Crystal J. Seay, from Raymond, had been fatigued and lost control of her vehicle. It was described as totaled. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure, according to the Washington State Patrol. A possible citation is pending, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, Safe and Sober probation violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person, teenager throwing tantrum, person reporting they saw somebody take somebody else’s bicycle and the owner retrieving it  … and more, among 142 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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UNKNOWN INTRUDER CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday after a woman in a tanning bed inside what was an other-wise unoccupied building heard someone jiggle the door and then found the front door lock had been damaged by a heavy object. She said she yelled and heard someone leave and that the individual possibly drove away in a van, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Arriving officers checked the building at the 1000 block of Northwest State Avenue and put out an “attempt to locate” on a suspect vehicle, according to police.

ASSAULT WITH VAN

• A 29-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for second-degree assault after a run-in with another woman at Estep Road in Napavine on Friday night. Police were called and told she was possibly intoxicated in a parking lot and repeatedly speeding up toward another vehicle and then braking, and at one point hitting the rear corner panel and causing minor damage, according to charging documents. The occupant of the other other vehicle, Jennifer Hedge, told a Napavine police officer she opened the passenger side door of the Chehalis woman’s blue van, removed the keys and threw them, because she thought she was intoxicated, the documents state. Christina Palomares allegedly got out and began punching Hedge and when she got back in her van, turned the wheels to the right, causing Hedge to fall and roll away. Palomares reportedly drove away and was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. As he attempted to place her under arrest, she struggled, according to the documents. Palomares reportedly yelled, kicked at the patrol vehicle and began hitting her head against against the partition threatening to harm un-named individuals. At the jail she was cooperative and was booked. She was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge her client was employed there at the gas station at exit 71, until this incident. O’Rourke also noted Palomares is a protected person in a second-degree assault case, somehow related to Friday’s events, and it appeared the facts might come out somewhat differently in this case. Bail was set at $10,000.

MULTIPLE BREAK-INS PACKWOOD

• Numerous cabins, storage shed and recreational vehicles inside a gated neighborhood in Packwood were burglarized, with more than $4,000 in valuables stolen. A deputy called on Saturday to Teal Drive learned thieves somehow got around the gate but then forced entry into the various locations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Lists of the losses are still being complied but included chainsaws and even artwork, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened sometime between last Tuesday evening and 6 p.m. on Friday, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The victims are from Tacoma, Puyallup and Seattle, Breen said.

“ITEMS” STOLEN CENTRALIA

• An officers took a report at 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon from the 200 block of South Pearl Street that person(s) unknown entered a display case sometime within the previous hour and removed items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BAD BIG BILL

• Police were called yesterday morning to a business at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia where the previous day, someone had passed a counterfeit $100 bill.

CAR PROWL

• Police called at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday to a report from a woman an unknown person was inside her car at the 1600 block of South Market Boulevard ended up arresting a 25-year-old man from Connell for trespassing, second-degree vehicle prowl and also for malicious mischief in connection with damage to a fence. Tire chains had been removed from the vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Jonathan A. Leschinsky, according to police.

• An amplifier was reported stolen from a pickup truck at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court in Chehalis at about 1 p.m. on Friday.

• Chehalis police took a report from the 1300 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue of a vehicle prowl in which a window was broken and a purse stolen on Friday morning.

FLATTENED TIRES

• Four tires on a pickup were slashed at the 100 block of East Hanson Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 8 o’clock last night.

REPORT: CAR SHOT WITH PAINT GUN

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Hampe Way about 2:15 p.m. on Friday, told a couple came out of Lewis County Mall and shot paint balls at a car and then left. No report was written for any further details or confirming the report, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

NOT FEELING THE ‘BERN’

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Northeast Washington Avenue where they were told someone came onto the property and spray painted their Bernie Sanders campaign sign as well as the neighbor’s sign. The report was made first thing on Friday morning.

WOMAN CITED FOR LEAVING CHILD IN CAR

• Chehalis police were called at 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the Twin City Town Center regarding a crying baby alone inside a vehicle parked in front of a store. An arriving officer found the windows were rolled down, the child was in a car seat and several people were standing around, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Shortly thereafter, a woman with two small children arrived and the officer explained that one cannot leave a child unattended in a vehicle, and issued a citation for the same, according to police. Cited was Magda E. Reyes-Sanchez, 21, of Centralia, according to police.

BURNING CAR DOUSED

• Firefighters were called about 5:40 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle fire on southbound Interstate 5 near Labree Road south of Chehalis. Nobody was injured, according to Newaukum Valley Fire and Rescue.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 21-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday after her vehicle wrecked along the 1100 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis. A deputy called about 3:30 p.m. was told by witnesses the vehicle traveled off the road, through a ditch, over a driveway and struck a mailbox before coming to rest at a second driveway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Montana Magnan smelled of intoxicants and after a field sobriety test was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia resident parks their vehicle on the street in front of their home. At some point yesterday before 4:20 p.m., another motorist drives their vehicle into the victim’s vehicle and then drives away. According to the hubcap left behind at the scene at Washington Avenue and Cherry Street, the fleeing vehicle was a Dodge pick-up, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, out-of-control teen; for report that turned out to be unfounded; complaint of barking dog, male locked in a porta-potty, person sleeping in the men’s room stall … and more

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FIREARM DISPUTE

• Deputies called to a family dispute at the 7900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma on Friday afternoon ended up arresting a 56-year-old man for first-degree assault. Deputies were told Richard N. Aries pointed a rifle at his wife, while their young child was home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He admitted he armed himself during an argument, but denied pointing the weapon, according to the sheriff’s office. Aries was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police called about 2 o’clock this morning to the 600 block of Nick Road ended up arresting a 43-year-old Centralia resident for first-degree burglary. Michael A. Hedges was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 2:50 p.m. on Friday regarding a second-degree burglary at the 400 block of South Iron Street in Centralia.

CARPORT PROWLED

• Police were called to the 500 block of West Seventh Street in Centralia on Friday morning regarding a lawnmower stolen from a carport during the night.

JEWELRY MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 1:10 p.m. on Friday to the 200 block of South Pearl Street regarding the theft of jewelry from a display cabinet.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer was called Saturday morning to a car prowl at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Some time between 8:40 a.m. and 9 a.m., someone stole a coat along with a notary seal and bag, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE FUNNY MONEY

• An officer was called just after midnight to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia where a counterfeit $20 had been passed.

VANDALISM

• Somebody smashed out the window a of a vehicle at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday afternoon.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• An adult female bicyclist sustained a possible arm injury while she was riding her bicycle east along the 700 block of  Harrison Avenue about 6 p.m. on Friday. A vehicle turned in front of the bicycle to enter into a parking lot, according to the Centralia Police Department. The bicycle struck the side of the vehicle causing her to fall to the ground, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, second-degree assault, kidnapping, trespassing, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, stabbing, loud party, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, collision … and more, among 360 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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WOMAN FLEES WITH STOLEN TRUCK

• A 28-year-old Centralia woman was jailed after a short police pursuit yesterday evening in the area near Jackson Highway and Forest-Napavine Road south of Chehalis. A relative of an Onalaska man whose 1990 Toyota pickup truck was stolen called 911 about 5:10 p.m. after spotting the vehicle being driven by an unknown female, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver fled on foot but was captured shortly thereafter, according to the sheriff’s office. Stephanie L. Case was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and attempt to elude and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said this morning.

SALKUM, ETHEL BURGLARIES SOLVED

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a 45-year-old Centralia man confessed to two break-ins early last year, a garage in Ethel belonging to an 80-year-old woman and a residence in Salkum where a 68-year-old lives. The first burglary on the 100 block of Wilcox Road on March 1 involved $7,500 worth of tools, televisions and other household belongings and the victim of April 19 incident at the 100 block of Pinkerton Road lost a jewelry box, spray paint cans and food, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy got information about who may have done it and spoke to the 45-year-old, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. A 43-year-old currently incarcerated at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell was also implicated but denied involvement, Breen said. The cases were forwarded to prosecutors for charges of second-degree burglary and residential burglary.

OTHER THEFT

• Police were called about 8:15 a.m. yesterday regarding theft of a wallet in which a suspect had used a debit card from the wallet in the local area. The case associated with the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia is under investigation.

• Centralia police were called about 1:30 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of North Tower Avenue regarding the theft of jewelry from a display cabinet.

• An officer was called to the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue yesterday where a retail store reported receiving three counterfeit $20 bills earlier this month, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• An officer was called about 7:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Northwest State Avenue following the discovery of a car prowl. The owner had last been out the vehicle about 4:30 p.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department. Taken from under a blanket was a purse, according to police.

• A makeup bag was stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 6 p.m. yesterday.

VANDALISM

• An officer responded to a call to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia about 12:10 a.m. today where someone had broken the window out of a vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A vehicle’s window was smashed at the 700 block of Pioneer Way in Centralia, according to a report made to police just after 10 p.m. yesterday.

EVICTED

• Chehalis police were called out yesterday following the discovery of a camp, with tents and belongings but no occupants, at the 700 block of North National Avenue. No trespassing signs were posted and an officer later made contact with individuals downtown and told them they needed to vacate the site, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Police were called about 11:15 p.m. yesterday after a vehicle struck a mailbox at the 400 block of North Pearl Street and left the scene. However, its license plate was left behind, according to the Centralia Police Department. The investigation continues.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant,  shoplifting; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, hit and run,  disorderly person, third-degree theft, civil issue, runaway juvenile, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, Christmas tree blocking road, dog opens gate and runs off, aid summoned for woman with bottle of vodka dragging a walker who falls down … and more, among 148 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 5 a.m. today.

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Updated at 4:37 p.m.

MAN BEATEN WITH BRASS KNUCKLES

• Centralia police reported this morning they were searching for an individual who assaulted a 35-year-old man using brass knuckles. Officers responding about 2:20 a.m. today to the area of Lakeshore Drive and Marsh Avenue found the victim had cuts to his head as well as some defensive wounds, according to the Centralia Police Department. A suspect was identified and is being sought for second-degree assault, according to police.

VALUABLE LOGGING TOOL TAKEN, WITH TRUCK

• A deputy was called about 2:30 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Keasling Road south of Chehalis following the discovery that a 1995 Ford F350 crew cab, which had its keys left inside the evening before, was missing from a commercial equipment yard. Also stolen from B and M Logging were three chainsaws and other tools including a specialty computer driven tool useful only to the business, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The specialty tool alone is estimated at $10,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

OTHER VEHICLE THEFT

• Chehalis police were called just after 6 a.m. today to the 500 block of Northwest Center Street when an individual stepped back inside while leaving the motor running in an unlocked Toyota pickup and shortly thereafter saw the vehicle was gone. The truck is a flat red color with a black canopy, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim’s wallet was inside the truck, police were told.

CAR PROWL

• An unknown suspect broke a window on a locked car a the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia and stole a backpack, according to a report made to police at about 4 a.m. today.

TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF POWDER HEROIN

• A 50-year-old man was brought before a judge yesterday facing numerous charges following his arrest the day before by local drug detectives. Members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team went looking for David L. Waldeck on Tuesday after getting information he was staying in the Toledo area. Charging documents state he gave consent for his vehicle to be searched and “more than user amount” of powder heroin was located as well as an unspecified amount of methamphetamine, a digital scale and several small empty plastic baggies. Waldeck had been contacted on March 8 by detectives, who made similar finds in his vehicle and then released him upon his promise to contact law enforcement related to his drug activity, the documents alleged. Lewis County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Sara Beigh told the judge yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court the first find consisted of 70 grams of powder heroin with a $10,000 street value. His failure to contact detectives afterward was what prompted their interest in finding him this week, according to the court documents. Allegedly selling heroin to an informant twice since Feb. 1 was what led to the contact earlier this month. Detectives also on Tuesday found amongst Waldeck’s belongings a “large amount” of money, Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello wrote. The location for each of the events related to the alleged illegal activity is described only as Lewis County. He was charged yesterday with three counts of selling heroin for profit, two counts of possession of heroin with intent to deliver, and two counts of possession of meth. His bail was set at $100,000. Court documents show Waldeck with an address in Port Orchard.

STRIP MALL ROOF SEARCHED

• Chehalis police were called about 8:35 p.m. yesterday when someone was heard on the roof of the Dollar Tree at the Twin City Town Center. A police dog got involved and a fire department ladder truck was requested to the 1400 block of Louisiana Avenue, but a spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department said this morning she didn’t yet have any information about who, if anyone, was located.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 22-year-old Glenoma woman suffered a laceration to her face when her car struck the front of a nearly stopped road grader about 8 a.m. yesterday on the 500 block of Meade Hill Road in Glenoma. The 41-year-old operator of the county vehicle had seen her coming from around a series of “S” curves and veered to the right, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 2013 Honda Accord sustained major damage and the patient was transported to Morton General Hospital for treatment, according to the sheriff’s office. She had been wearing her seat belt, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. She was cited for a violation of “keep right except when passing,” Brown said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor assault, third-degree malicious mischief, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, harassment, disorderly person, third-degree theft, runaway juvenile, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, graffiti in a restroom … and more, among 178 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.