Lewis County Sirens.com

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BURGLARY MINERAL

• A deputy was called yesterday afternoon to a residential burglary at the 500 block of Mineral Hill Road in Mineral. Missing were cords and adaptors as well as vaping supplies and an Xbox controller, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A 1998 Chevrolet S10 pickup was reported stolen yesterday evening from the 2900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Silver Creek, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is less than $1,500, according to the sheriff’s office.

DINE AND DASH WITH A TWIST

• Centralia police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of West Main Street after a couple left a pre-paid credit card as payment for their meal and while the restaurant tried to confirm there were funds available, got up and walked out. They were described as in their late teens to early 20s and both carrying backpacks, according to the Centralia Police Department.

APARTMENT ARSON

• Firefighters were called about 5:25 p.m. yesterday to an apartment building on the 300 block of Northeast First Street in Winlock where someone had set a shoebox on fire in a hallway just inside the front door. Whoever it was had then rung doorbells and ran off, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. The box contained shoes and T-shirts, which tenants extinguished and put outside, Assistant Chief Kevin Anderson said. Police are investigating, he said.

GRAND MOUND SWAT

• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported about 10:45 p.m. yesterday their event involving a SWAT team in Grand Mound ended peacefully, with their suspect in custody and nobody injured. KOMOnews.com reported 25-year-old Kyle Bachman barricaded himself inside his home in the area of Highway 99 and 183rd Avenue at about 2:30 p.m. with his girlfriend and their infant child when a deputy arrived to arrest him for violating a court order.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was hospitalized because of back pain after his car hit a ditch and went airborne yesterday evening near milepost 15 of Jackson Highway in Toledo. A deputy responding to the approximately 6:10 p.m. wreck reported the 2000 Ford Focus sustained major damage and cited the driver for wheels off the roadway and no insurance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual,  other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, possible fraud, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among the 146 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today

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Updated at 4:12 p.m.

ASSAULT ON OFFICER

• A 32-year-old who allegedly scratched an officer’s arms while trying to break free as she was being detained for a warrant was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault last night. It was about 8:15 p.m. at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia when Jacqueline M. Kilmer was contacted by police, according to the Centralia Police Department. Kilmer, a Chehalis resident, was subsequently booked without further incident, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday evening recovered a stolen and burnt car near milepost 6 of the 3000 Line off Lincoln Creek Road. The red 2007 Ford Mustang belonging to a 21-year-old Bucoda resident had been taken from where it was parked at  Schaeffer Park in Centralia between Feb. 2 and on Feb. 3, according to the sheriff’s office. Someone abandoned it and set a fire inside, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

OTHER THEFT

• An officer took a report of the theft of cash from a briefcase while it was unattended at the 1400 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday by a motorist who said while his vehicle was at the park and ride lot –  in the area off Main Street near Liberty Place – someone stole a Helly Hanson jacket, a Black and Decker drill and a Craftsman socket set. It happened between 8 p.m. on Monday and 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 7:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue where an individual reported their purse-wallet was taken out of an unlocked vehicle while it was left unattended in a parking stall.

DRUGS

• Briana A Carrouthers, 32, of Chehalis was arrested and booked for outstanding warrants and possession of heroin after contact with an officer about 7:50 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.  Prosecutors declined to file the felony drug charge today.

VANDALISM

• An officer was contacted just after noon yesterday at the Centralia Police Department to take a complaint that an individual’s vehicle was spray painted while it was parked unattended in Centralia. The owner wasn’t sure where it had occurred, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNWELCOME MESSAGES

• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday by an individual on Northwest New York Avenue who reported being harassed on Facebook by someone. The complaint was handled with a phone call, according to a spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department.

• The Lewis County Coroner’s Office alerted Chehalis police yesterday morning they had received a death threat via voice mail message a week earlier. The victim said it sounded almost mechanical or even computer generated, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer discovered the phone number it came from appeared to belong to a landline near Baghdad, Iraq, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. The message essentially warned, “be careful, someone’s going to kill you,” Bailey said. A report was taken for informational purposes, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Police and aid responded to an approximately 3:30 a.m. wreck today where a big rig hauling lumber northbound on Interstate 5 at Chehalis left the freeway and came to rest in a swampy area near Northwest Maryland Avenue. The driver was uninjured, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. The semi took out several feet of fencing and spilled lumber, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, a 42-year-old resident of Camas, was cited for wheels off roadway and the inspection showed a brake on the trailer was out of adjustment, according to Trooper Will Finn.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, receipt of counterfeit $20 bill … and more, among the 166 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6 a.m. today

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Updated at 4:42 p.m.

DRUGS

• A 22-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for possession of heroin after contact with police at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia. Mateo A. Miramontes was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that  a Chehalis Tribal Police officer made contact with a 55-year-old Vancouver, Washington man at the End of the Trails gas station near Oakville around 2:30 a.m. today and found him to be in possession of an unspecified illegal drug. The man, un-named, was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and transported by deputies to jail where he was booked, according to Chief Deputy Steve Shumate.

• A 41-year-old Shelton man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and other offenses after Chehalis police were called to a report of shoplifting at Wal-Mart at about 10:15 a.m. yesterday. Larry J. Bradley had a warrant and a search of his vehicle allegedly turned up four pipes, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Bradley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 33-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of drugs after he was contacted by Chehalis police in connection with alleged attempted shoplifting at Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. An officer responding to the Louisiana Avenue retailer found Steven M. Mullins had three outstanding warrants and subsequently located a needle with a clear brown substance as well as small plastic baggie of a white crystal substance, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Mullins was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday for a burglary at the 400 block of East Pine Street. Missing is a gaming system and a computer tablet, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN ONALASKA

• A 19-year-old Onalaska resident was arrested on Friday morning after deputies reviewed security images from a burglary the night before at a gas station and convenience store on state Route 508 at Jorgensen Road in Onalaska. They were called about 9:40 p.m. last Thursday to find a window was damaged and various property missing, including approximately $200 worth of cigarettes, $200 cash and then $330 worth of glass pipes and other smoking devices, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The images led to a suspect, Joseph M. Neer, who was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 3:15 p.m. on Friday to a church on the 1800 block of Southwest Snively Avenue following the discovery someone had pried open the door to  storage shed and stole property including a table top barbecue and tools.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police took a report about 3 a.m. on Saturday of a vehicle prowl at the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard in which a toolbox was stolen.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Yew Street regarding the back window of a vehicle broken out, possibly by a BB, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 7:50 p.m. on Sunday to a home on Northwest New York Avenue to take a report that a 21-year-old Centralia man who had been house-sitting destroyed many items in the home. Officer had been to the residence several hours earlier for a suicidal person and he was taken to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers are forwarding information to prosecutors for a possible charge of first-degree malicious mischief, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 6:30 a.m. call today of a hit and run to a fire hydrant at the 800 block of Elm Street. There is no suspect vehicle information, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual,  other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, harassment, disorderly conduct, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, employee theft, suspicious circumstances, landlord-tenant problems  … and more, among the 127 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:10 a.m. today

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ASSAULTS

• Centralia police were called about 3:20 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Virginia Drive where an individual said he answered a knock at the door and was assaulted by multiple males. He was unable to provide a reason for the assault or information on the suspects, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.

• Police were called just before 10 p.m. on Saturday to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia where a 65-year-old Winlock woman allegedly assaulted three hospital staff. Bonnie J. Bishop was arrested for third-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF TOOLS

• Centralia police were called about 10:50 p.m. on Saturday regarding a burglary at the 1700 block of Kresky Avenue. Tools and computers were reported stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF CAR

• Centralia police took a report of a stolen car from the 300 block of East Pine Street on Saturday afternoon. Missing is a teal-colored 1997 Dodge Neon, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HOUSE FIRE

• A fire in a vacant single-story house in Ryderwood on Friday afternoon was found to be caused by clothing pushed up against a wall heater. Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said he estimated as much as $30,000 damage to the home on the 100 block of Madison Street. The resident had passed away about a week earlier so it was vacant, but relatives had been there cleaning a few days before the fire, McCarty said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, suspicious circumstances … and more, among the 124 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today

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MORE HEROIN ARRESTS

• Three people were arrested when drug detectives served another search warrant at a Chehalis residence this week, this one on the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard, according to Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello. The primary target in the case was 23-year-old Jacob C. Hampton, who was charged yesterday with three deliveries of heroin to informants during the period between Dec. 1 and Thursday when members of the Lewis County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team went to the apartment he shared with 20-year-old Kimberly J. Hicks and their two small children, according to prosecutors. Charging papers say they found a drug kit on the kitchen table, containing digital scales as well as baggies with a brown residue. Located on Hicks’ person was a prescription Suboxone strip, according to the documents. Detectives allegedly persuaded Hicks to contact the person she said was her supplier and ask him to bring her some heroin, according to the documents. When Chehalis resident James M. Barnes, 42, arrived, he was arrested as well. A small amount of heroin was found in his vehicle, as well as a drug kit, and detectives were led to believe Barnes was there to pick up money from Hicks, which he would use to obtain her heroin, according to allegations. Barnes was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with attempted delivery of a controlled substance and possession; his bail set at $10,000. Hicks was charged with one count of delivery of heroin, one count of possession and a third count related to possession of the Suboxone; her bail set with a $10,000 unsecured bond. Hampton was additionally charged with heroin possession. Hampton’s bail was set at $20,000. JNET served a search warrant on Wednesday at a house on  Southwest Fourth Street in Chehalis, arresting a 29-year-old man for two alleged sales of heroin previously to confidential informants, as well as other offenses related to their search.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 700 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia. Missing were two debit cards and a stereo, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MYSTERY GUEST

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:50 a.m. call today to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road regarding an unknown person staying in a room they hadn’t paid for. No arrest was made, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, collision on state highway … and more, among the 141 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today

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Updated at 1:20 p.m.

IN-TOWN ROUNDUP

• A cow being off-loaded at the veterinary hospital on the 1300 block of South Gold Street escaped, leading to a police pursuit that took five police officers about two and a half hours yesterday evening. At one point the animal “bowled over” one individual and also led to the bus garage on South Locust Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Eventually it was tranquilized and returned to its owner, according to police.

WAL-MART ARRESTS

• A 41-year-old suspected shoplifter reportedly got into a struggle with a police officer in the Wal-Mart parking lot yesterday morning in Chehalis, leading to a minor hand injury for the officer, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police called just before 8 a.m. to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue were told he had filled up backpacks with merchandise but dropped them before leaving the building, according to police. It turns out Imra G. Vanwolvelaere and his female companion had arrived to the store in a stolen truck, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. He was arrested for third-degree assault and Julia E. Tucker, 35, was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, Kaut said. The Easton-area pair were booked into the Lewis County Jail.

UP IN SMOKE

• A deputy who contacted individuals parked after hours last night at the post office on the 100 block of Gershick Road in Silver Creek recognized from his training the large plume of smoke that exited the passenger window as coming from marijuana, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The keys were in the ignition of the vehicle which was was running and the 19-year-old behind the wheel allegedly failed field sobriety tests, according to the sheriff’s office. Blood was drawn from Tristan B. Watson via warrant at Providence Centralia Hospital and he was arrested, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The Mossyrock resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated and minor in possession of marijuana, Brown said.

REPORT OF SCAM

• Centralia police were called at 1 p.m. yesterday by a man at the 300 block of West Pine Street who reported he was convinced to send money overseas to an unknown person via bank transfer. The case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police took a report from an individual who called 911 about 4 p.m. yesterday from the 1200 block of Mellen Street, who said they loaned their cell phone to a stranger and left for a minute and when they returned, both were gone.

NIGHTTIME VISITOR ARRESTED

• A 35-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief after allegedly throwing a rock and breaking the glass screen door on a residence on the 600 block of Northwest Folson Street in Chehalis. Police called at 1:35 a.m. today booked Carey R. Cosgrove into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Cosgrove and the resident know each other, police said.

COP INTERVENES FOR THERAPEUTIC COMPANION DOG

• Morton police on Tuesday morning were called to the 500 block of Adams Avenue where an individual said he had been turned away from a business because of his therapeutic companion dog. The officer researched the state and federal law regarding service dogs and informed the individuals denying the man access that the man had the proper doctor’s paperwork and approval, according to the Morton Police Department.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• Prosecutors charged a 61-year-old Chehalis man yesterday with unlawful use of a building for drug purposes after arresting his grown son for allegedly selling drugs at least once from their shared home on Southwest Fourth Street, off Market Boulevard. Craig A. Godsey, 61, and Michael N. Godsey, 29, were both arrested on Wednesday, the same day a warrant was served at the residence by members of the Lewis County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team. Court documents state that twice since Jan. 1 a confidential informant purchased heroin from the younger Godsey. The father allegedly admitted to police on Wednesday he was a methamphetamine user and told them they would find a pipe in his room. A search of the son’s room allegedly turned up two baggies of suspected meth, a digital scale with a brown substance on its plate and two suspected forged checks written out to Michael Godsey, according to charging documents. Michael Godsey was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of delivery of heroin, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, one count of possession of heroin and two counts of forgery. His bail was set at $20,000. His father’s bail was set with a $10,000 unsecured bond.

SAVING LIVES

• “It was a good day,” Chehalis Fire Department member Derek Pedersen said of his 24-hour shift that ended this morning. Firefighters and medics called at 6:45 p.m. yesterday to a home on Fourth Street for a man who was unconscious were able to revive him with CPR and by “zapping” him twice, Pedersen said. The patient was talking and laughing by the time he got to the hospital, he said. Pedersen called it miraculous, something that doesn’t happen very often.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disturbance, misdemeanor theft, disorderly persons, suspicious circumstances, cat dishes and ashtrays from back patio being moved to alley … and more, among the 144  calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today

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Updated at 11:51 a.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police took a report about 2 o’clock this morning of a 1990 Honda Accord stolen from the 1100 block of South Pearl Street. The car is described as silver in color with a black hood, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE BEAK-IN

• Chehalis police were called about 11:25 a.m. yesterday about a possible burglary on Southwest 10th Street off Market Boulevard. Further details were not available.

PACKAGE THEFT

• Chehalis police were called at 3 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said she was advised an item she’d ordered online had been delivered but didn’t receive it at the 600 block of Northwest West Street. The loss is about $85, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 10:45 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a car battery, taken from an unoccupied vehicle parked at the 300 block of West Pine Street in Centralia.

FRAUD

• Jennifer M. Mau, of Morton, was arrested last night for criminal impersonation and identity theft, according to the Morton Police Department. Police Chief Roger Morningstar said he could not talk about the details, as an investigation is ongoing. Mau was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• An individual on Southwest Cascade Avenue called Chehalis police yesterday morning about a possible attempted fraud related to his account information. Further details were not available.

• Chehalis police were called about 1 p.m. yesterday by a person on the 600 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis regarding several incidents of identity theft and fraud. Further details were not available.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday morning about the children’s play area being spray painted with graffiti at the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disturbance, hit and run, shoplifting, suicidal person, disorderly students, loud neighbor music … and more, among the 140-plus calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending shortly before 7 a.m. today.