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BURGLARY FOOD

• Centralia police were called about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 300 block of Centralia College Boulevard where someone had stolen food from a freezer on a porch.

BURGLARY TOOLS

• Sometime between noon on Friday and 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, someone broke into an outbuilding at the 500 block of Oyler Road near Ethel and stole numerous items including a chainsaw, two weed eaters, a skill saw, a contractor’s level and three claw hammers, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BURGLARY FIREARMS

• A Remington 700 rife and a Remington 12-gauge shotgun were among the valuables stolen in a burglary at the 300 block of Pleasant Avenue in Pe Ell, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, according to the sheriff’s office. Also missing were binoculars, a spotting scope and a camel backpack containing knives, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

SUPER SHOPLIFTING

• Centralia police arrested two people from Yelm yesterday evening at the Centralia Outlets at the 1500 block of Lum Road for organized retail theft. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Aaron H. Rochester, 28, and Audrey J. Bengtson, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE

• Centralia police report they arrested a 31-year-old Centralia resident for fighting in public shortly after 1 a.m. on Sunday associated with an address at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue and then released him. However, an individual by the same name – Jorge Quiroz-Moreno  – was booked into the Lewis County Jail a few hours later for second-degree assault.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that one person with a felony warrant and 11 individuals with misdemeanor warrants were picked up locally on Thursday as part of a nationwide domestic violence warrant sweep. Members of sheriff’s office, the Centralia Police Department, the Washington State Patrol and the state Department of Corrections worked collaboratively that day, making 73 attempted warrant arrests, according to the sheriff’s office.

AUTO THEFT

• A 1997 Honda Accord found wrecked in a ditch near state Route 6 and Twin Oaks Road at about 5:30 a.m. on Friday turned out to have been stolen from a 29-year-old Chehalis resident, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car’s ignition had been punched, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 11:10 .m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 400 block of Centralia College Boulevard in Centralia. Paperwork was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Shoes were among the items stolen from an unlocked car parked at the 400 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:30 a.m. yesterday.

• A wallet was taken from an unlocked vehicle parked outside K-Mart on the 1200 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis on Saturday afternoon.

• A pack of cigarettes, an mp3 player an a cell phone were among the items missing from a truck prowled during the night at the 400 block of Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Saturday.

• Chehalis police were called just before 11 a.m. on Saturday about a vehicle prowl at the 1300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis.

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue about 9:40 a.m. on Saturday where they were told that sometime during the night an unknown person cut the lock from the bike rack on a vehicle and made off with two mountain style bikes, one black Cannondale and one silver Diamondback.

STOLEN BREAKFAST

• A woman wearing blue pajamas and her dining companion in a blue sweatshirt reportedly paid for their meal with a counterfeit $100 bill on Saturday morning at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

• A 15-year-old boy who was allegedly intoxicated on school property at W.F. West High School on Friday night was arrested for minor in possession and/or consumption and then released to his mother.

• Police and aid were called to Valley View Medical Center on Kresky Avenue just before noon on Friday because a 31-year-old Chehalis woman had been huffing in the restroom. She was issued a citation for inhaling toxic fumes, and taken to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Maria E. Hazzard was arrested for the same thing three times since the previous Saturday.

NAKED PEDESTRIAN

• Chehalis police were called about 1:15 p.m. yesterday regarding a man wearing no clothing in public near the roundabout by Applebees on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. An officer contacted him and he was taken away by ambulance, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD

• A Centralia police officer found a car stuck on the railroad tracks at Locust Street about 2:20 a.m. on Sunday. Joseph M. St Ours, 27, of Chehalis, was arrested for  driving under the influence, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, obstructing, misdemeanor assault, ignition interlock violation, protection order violation, no contact order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to transfer the title; responses for alarm, dispute, suicidal person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, collision on county road, receipt of counterfeit money, individuals trying to make purchases with what turned out out be stolen credit cards … and more.

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CALLER TRICKS WOMAN INTO GIVING HIM $2,000

• A 77-year-old Centralia area woman who answered a phone call yesterday morning from a man who said he was an officer with the U.S. Treasury Prepaid Department and she would be arrested if she did not immediately pay more than $6,400 she owed, stayed on the phone with him while she drove to her bank and got him the money. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said the victim purchased four $500 card from Rite Aid and gave the foreign-accented caller the activation numbers. However, the clerk warned the woman it could be a scam and the women drove to the sheriff’s office to report what happened, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. A deputy tried to call the man back, but the person just kept hanging up, Brown said. The victim is out $2011.80. The sheriff’s office recommends if anyone is ever skeptical about such a call, they can contact the sheriff’s office for assistance. Also, Brown said, anyone who gets a call from someone demanding payment ought to hang up, independently verify the number of the supposed agency and phone them to check.

RESIDENTIAL THEFTS

• Police were called on Thursday to a home on the 200 block of East Chestnut Street where an individual reported the theft of prescription medications sometime during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called to the 2400 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia about 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday regarding the theft of prescription medication, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called at about 4:55 p.m. on Wednesday about a burglary to a home on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue. Taken were electronics, vehicle keys, a wallet and numerous other items, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

• Chehalis police were called about 1 p.m. on Tuesday to the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard after the discovery someone went inside an unlocked apartment and stole a television.

• Somebody stole a flag from a front porch at the 200 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police arrested a 32-year-old man for possession of a stolen vehicle after responding to a dispute on the 1200 block of Ward Street about 3:45 p.m. on Thursday and concluding he was not supposed to have the vehicle. Lucas J. Davis was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was released from jail today as prosecutors declined to file the criminal charge.

• A 31-year-old man was arrested at Scheuber and Fords Prairie roads just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday for allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle. Michael E. Thomas, a homeless person, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. According to charging documents, an officer noticed the vehicle was parked at an odd angle, conducted a check and learned it was stolen. Thomas, who was standing at the open driver’s door told the officer someone else had been driving the car, but the officer found two keys in Thomas’s pocket that had been shaved, or ground down, charging documents relate. Neither Centralia police’s summary nor charging documents mention the make or model of the vehicle in question. At his court appearance on Thursday, a defense attorney told the judge Thomas resides in Olympia with his girlfriend. He was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

THEFTS AT BUSINESSES

• Centralia police called to a fight in a grocery store parking on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue lot at about 2:15 p.m. on Thursday discovered two security officers struggling to detain a suspected shoplifter. Twenty-three-year-old John R. Cabell had allegedly fled the business with candy hidden in his clothing, according to the Centralia Police Department. Cabell suffered small cuts to his forehead and the other two sustained minor scrapes, according to police. Cabell was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called Thursday to the 700 block of South Market Boulevard after the discovery of images on security video from around 6 a.m. of someone wearing a Halloween mask cutting a lock from an outdoor storage container. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to Wal-Mart about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday where a woman said she’d accidentally set down her purse and then it vanished.

• Chehalis police were called to Bartel’s clothing store on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard on Wednesday morning following the discovery that during the night somebody cut a lock to their glass front display case and stole shoes and backpacks.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A suspected car prowler wasn’t too difficult to apprehend in Chehalis early on Wednesday morning as he dozed off in the front passenger seat of the car he’d allegedly been rifling through. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said the car’s owner called police just after 5 a.m. to say there was someone sleeping in his vehicle on the 500 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue. The suspect was still napping when the officer arrived and had to be physically removed from the car, according to police. When Joshua G. Dagris was searched, an iPhone that belonged in the car was found, as were credit cards from a Centralia car prowl a few days earlier, according to authorities. At the jail, a disassembled plastic pen on Dagris was found to have suspected heroin residue inside it, charging documents relate. The 27-year-old was booked and subsequently charged in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree vehicle prowl, second-degree possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance. An attorney arguing for his bail on Thursday in Lewis County Superior Court noted although the W.F. West High School graduate had just been sentenced a week earlier for a drug violation, he’s been working really hard to get back on his feet. Dagris, homeless during his last case, is now paying rent for a place to live, had just landed a job three days earlier and is undergoing outpatient treatment, defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge. His bail was set at $5,000.

• Someone broke into a vehicle at the 400 block of Northwest North Street in Chehalis and stole speakers and jumper cables, according to a report made to police on Wednesday.

• Officers took a report on Wednesday from the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia that someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and removed his wallet, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 43-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act last night after suspected methamphetamine was found under her mattress. The sheriff’s office reports Felicia F. Harris was brought in on the relay from another jail earlier in the day and a corrections officer suspecting drug activity in her cell found the white crystal substance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police on Thursday took reports of buildings tagged with graffiti on Northwest Pacific Avenue and North Market Boulevard.

GUN SHOT

• Chehalis police were called at 7:23 p.m. on Tuesday after a gunshot was heard on Southwest Sylvenus Street. The officer was not able to locate its source, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PERSON IN DISTRESS

• Centralia police responded about 7:35 p.m. on Thursday to an argument between family members in which one of the participants sliced their own throat with a knife, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim was transported from the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road to Providence Centralia Hospital. The case is under investigation, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, suicidal person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, possible identity theft, various unfounded reports … and more.

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CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called at 7:10 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue where an individual reported someone broke into their vehicle an stole “items,” according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor theft, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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Updated at 6:40 p.m.

MYSTERY CRASH

• Authorities are hoping someone can help them find the driver of a pickup truck found wrecked overnight, since there was blood in the truck but nobody around. There is suspected injury, however, the registration for the vehicle is expired and its owner unknown, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responded about 1 a.m. to the 4300 block of Jackson Highway south of U.S. Highway 12 and found the 1980 Ford F250 flatbed that appeared to be totaled, according to the sheriff’s office. Anyone who has information about its owner or the driver is asked to contact the sheriff’s office, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said this morning.

BLOOD AND DAMAGED VEHICLES

• A deputy called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday regarding a possible vehicle prowl at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue outside Centralia found the windows broken on two vehicles and blood smeared on the vehicles. The owner said she’d been having problems with her ex, and that he might be responsible, leading to an unsuccessful search of the area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. However, a short time later, a deputy was advised of a possible burglary in progress in the same area and suspecting the ex may be involved, a police dog was called in, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. Centralia Police Department Officer Ruben Ramirez and his partner Lobo tracked down George F. Jones, 49, of Rochester, in a briar patch along the 2900 block of Harrison Avenue, according to police. Jones was apprehended by the dog and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of second-degree malicious mischief, according to Breen. Breen said the victim of the possible burglary could not be located. The damage to the windows is listed at about $1,000.

K-9 APPREHENDS SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT

• A 16-year-old Chehalis boy was pulled out from under a recreational vehicle in a backyard by a police dog after he bolted as he was being placed in the back of a patrol car for allegedly shoplifting beef jerky. Police called about 4:25 a.m. on Sunday about the incident at a convenience store on the 600 block of West Main Street detained the teen, but he took off running, handcuffed, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Citizens pointed officers in the direction of the suspect and he was found hiding at the 300 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue, according to police. The youngster was arrested for third-degree theft, escape and for minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol because he had allegedly been drinking, police said. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for the dog bite, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

ELECTRICIAN’S WORK DESTROYED

• Someone raided an Interstate 5 construction site and made off with about $1,200 worth of copper wiring. Centralia police called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday to the area of the exit 81 northbound offramp found someone had unscrewed the top of an electrical box and pulled out about 2500 feet of eight-gauge wire, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police reported this morning that a 37-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon for a warrant from the state Department of Corrections and possession of methamphetamine.  Lance J. Myhre was contacted by police after 4 p.m. at the 1000 block of Roosevelt Avenue, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

HUFFING SPREE INTERRUPTED

• Chehalis police were called this morning to Walgreens on Louisiana Avenue for a woman found unconscious in the restroom who had apparently taken something off a shelf and was inhaling it. The same woman was arrested yesterday afternoon after an officer responded to a report a woman was “huffing” a can of aerosol at a bus stop near Wal-Mart, according to the Chehalis Police Department. And on Saturday morning, the same individual, 31-year-old Maria E. Hazzard, was found in the woman’s bathroom at Rite Aid on South Market Boulevard allegedly sniffing on something similar, police said. Each time, aid was called and the Chehalis woman was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, issued her citations for inhaling toxic fumes, given a court date and then released, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson 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, tagging, hit and run, possible assault, parking complaint, telephone harassment, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, concern that as the weather changes people might begin taking up camp inside old busses and motorhomes parked behind a storage business … and more.

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CAT BURGLARS EVADE POLICE

• Centralia police detectives were called in to assist with a burglary last night at the 100 block of West High Street in which a pair of individuals crawled through a ceiling. Officers responded to an alarm at the Nike store at the Centralia Outlets about 8:20 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. The suspect and his accomplice managed to escape before police arrived, but, their images were captured on surveillance video according to police.

ROBBERY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were contacted about 8 p.m. yesterday by an individual who reported they were robbed on Friday morning in Centralia. The case is associated with a location at or near Main and Yew streets and remains under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.

SALKUM BREAK-IN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a burglary was discovered on Friday morning at a thrift store on the 100 block of Salkum Road in Salkum. Sometime between Oct. 10 and Tuesday, someone apparently slipped through a gap in the fence at God’s Closet and then slit a tarp to get into an outdoor storage area where they were able to break windows on the southwest side of the building, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said it’s not yet known what is missing, other than keys to the padlocks on the dumpsters.

CHEHALIS BREAK-IN

• Chehalis police were called at 6 p.m. yesterday regarding a burglary from earlier in the day at North National Avenue. It turned out to be an unfounded report.

AUTO THEFT

• A 28-year-old Centralia resident was arrested last night for allegedly taking her parents’ vehicle without permission. Lacey A. Buzzard was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 25-year-old Rochester man was arrested around 1:20 a.m. yesterday for allegedly being in possession of a vehicle stolen out of California. Jesus K. J. Angulo-Delong was contacted by police near the 400 block of West Main Street in Centralia and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department Kevin J.J. DeLong is being released with no charges filed pending further investigation.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called at 12:40 p.m. on Friday about a vehicle prowl on the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard.

MISSING MAILBOX

• Centralia police were called on Friday morning to the 200 block of Tilley Avenue where sometime the evening before, someone stole a mailbox from in front of a home.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday morning regarding graffiti on a garage door at the 600 block of F Street.

• Someone slashed a vehicle’s tires at the 100 block of North Railroad Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday afternoon.

SEX CRIME

• A Centralia officer on Friday night took a report about a possible intimate relationship between an 18-year-old man and a 13-year-old girl. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD

• Officers were advised of an erratically driven vehicle that almost struck a pedestrian in the area of the Skookumchuck River Bridge on North Pearl Street at about 2 p.m. yesterday. Officers located the vehicle a short time later and a short pursuit ensued, according to the Centralia Police Department. The vehicle was located later, abandoned, according to police.  The investigation is ongoing.

• Firefighters called about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 2400 block of state Route 508 in Onalaska about a child on a motorbike getting hit by a vehicle transported the patient to the hospital with what were described as moderate injuries. Lewis County Fire District 1 Chief Andrew Martin said it sounded as though a mechanical issue, like maybe with the throttle, caused the rider to come out of his driveway onto the road.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, providing false information to police officer; responses for alarm, dispute, bad checks, hit and run, loud neighbor party, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person in public that seems to be intoxicated … and more.

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INMATE ACCUSED OF BITING JAIL OFFICER

• A corrections officer was allegedly bit in the hand by a Lewis County Jail inmate who was subsequently forcibly brought up to court in a restraint chair, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office reported this morning that 26-year-old Rebecca L. Higgins was incommunicative on Wednesday afternoon when a guard went into her cell to tell her to get ready to go to court. As the guard gave up and walked out, Higgins allegedly jumped up and tried to assault him. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said when the guard escorted her back to her bunk, Higgins bit him, leaving him with three punctures to the “web” of his right hand. Brown said the following morning, when a corrections officer informed Higgins a judge ordered her to brought up to court whether or not she wanted to, Higgins allegedly punched that guard in the chest. She has been arrested for two counts of third-degree assault and remains jailed. Higgins, whose hometown is given as Puyallup, was booked into the jail at the end of August for allegedly assaulting a Centralia police officer who tried to remove her from a locked bathroom.

WOUNDED CHEHALIS RESIDENT FOUND LAYING ON STREET

• Chehalis police were called just before midnight after an injured man was found laying on the road at the 1000 block of Southwest 12th Street. The 48-year-old Chehalis resident was transported to the hospital for trauma to his left eye, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An initial report indicates he would not provide information to the officer, according to police. An officer has learned the the man was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and the case is pending an interview with him, police said.

AUTO THEFT

• According to the Centralia Police Department, the owner of a stolen vehicle found the vehicle parked in an alley last night in a case associated with the 800 block of H Street.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called at 8:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Evergreen Way about an overnight prowl of an unlocked vehicle. Among the items missing are clothing, a flashlight and a battery jump box, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GRAFFITI

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to the 200 block of Southeast Ninth Street regarding a fence tagged with yellow graffiti, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An officer responded to a report yesterday morning of a business painted with graffiti overnight at the 700 block of West Main Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, failure to transfer title; responses for dispute, vandalism, misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor theft, receipt of counterfeit bill, collision on city street … and more.

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STEALING CIGS

• Centralia police were called just after noon yesterday regarding the ongoing theft of cigarettes from the front porch area of a house on the 1300 block of Rose Street.

ATTEMPTED TRESPASSING

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by the owner of a vacant house on Southwest Sixth Street who said about  week earlier, it appeared someone tried to break in. An officer took photos and a report, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A coat and a backpack containing toiletries and other items were found in the middle of the street near the post office in Chehalis at about 5:15 a.m. today.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, protection order violation, failure to transfer title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, landlord-tenant issues, suspicious circumstances … and more.