Lewis County Sirens.com

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FIRE BREAKS OUT IN WINLOCK

• A Winlock man arrived home yesterday afternoon to find  a fire had destroyed his shed and it contents, that included thousands of dollars worth of tools. Sixty-two-year-old Craig Ryder said he used to work construction and had lots stored in the building. He doesn’t have insurance, he said. “There was so much, I couldn’t even think how to list it,” he said. The fire was so hot, it broke a window on his home, on the 200 block of Bay Road, Ryder said. Also ruined was the canopy for his truck and an antique wooden boat he’d recently refinished, he said. He was told the cause was probably electrical, as it started near his workbench.

AUTO THEFT CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called at 6:40 a.m. today to the 200 block of Southwest William Avenue after the owner of a green 1997 Honda Accord discovered the car missing. It has a license plate reading 684 ZSM and also some damage above the driver’s side door from a previous vehicle prowl, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called at 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2300 block of Sirkka Avenue where someone had reportedly entered the home during the night and removed unspecified items. An investigation continues, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Someone broke into a vehicle parked at the 900 block of G Street in Centralia stealing sunglasses as well as the registration, proof of insurance and other paperwork, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department yesterday morning. Also stolen was the shifter knob, police reported.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report last night regarding graffiti on a fence at the 600 block of K Street.

ON THE ROAD

• A 50-year-old was injured when he lost control of his motorized bicycle near Randle yesterday afternoon. Troopers called about 4:15 p.m. report that Tad C. Stuck was traveling northbound on the 100 block of Gharet Road and failed to negotiate a curve when he fell off his bike. Stuck was transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The modified Huffy bicycle fitted with a 66 cc motor was undamaged, according to the state patrol. The Randle resident was cited for driving with a suspended license, not having a motorcycle endorsement, not wearing a helmet and an equipment violation, according to the investigating trooper.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, misdemeanor assault, malicious mischief, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, a seemingly homeless person hanging around a business, a seemingly homeless person pooping in a city park … and more.

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Updated at 2:37 p.m.

PACKAGE THEFT SUSPECT APPREHENDED

• Two people were arrested after a citizen reported seeing a male steal several packages from the doorstep of a business south of Chehalis at 12:30 a.m. today. Deputies told he left in a red Jeep subsequently located the vehicle and spoke with Jerry G. Sword, 46, of Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The items belonging to the Water Doctor of Washington at the 2500 block of Jackson Highway were located in the Jeep, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Sword was cited for third-degree theft and then released, according to Brown. His passenger, Tammy M. Callahan, 44, also from Centralia, was taken to the Lewis County Jail where a plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine was found in her mouth, Brown said. Callahan was booked for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the sheriff’s office is recommending a charge also of third-degree theft, according to Brown.

STOLEN PET

• Chehalis police were called about 8:25 .m. yesterday following the discovery that a Yorkshire Terrier was missing from its fenced backyard at the 700 block of Northwest New York Avenue. It had been on a cable, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The officer subsequently got a message the pet had been located on Louisiana Avenue, according to police.

MISSING MEDS

• Centralia police were called just before 4 o’clock this morning to the 1700 block of Cooks Hill Road to take a report of missing medication and money. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An individual reported the theft of medications yesterday afternoon from the 600 block of G Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called at 7:45 p.m. yesterday about a house and vehicle getting egged at the 400 block of East Pine Street in Centralia.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, trespassing, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, misdemeanor  theft, suspicious circumstances, loud neighbor party, collision on city street … and more.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A 36-year-old Pe Ell resident was arrested for unlawful imprisonment after allegedly giving his wife a bloody nose and black eye and keeping her from leaving their home on Saturday. A deputy was called at 10:43 a.m. to the 600 block of Maple Street learned she had jumped out a window to get away from him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Ryan G. Coleman was subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail,  Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Chehalis police are investigating an incident from about noon on Saturday in which a woman reported someone came into her residence at the 100 block of Southwest 20th Street and possibly stole medication while she was home but left before she saw the intruder.

• Centralia police were called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of West First Street where someone had attempted to pry the lock on an individual’s garage door.

• An officer was called to the 200 block of North Rock Street in Centralia at 11 a.m. on Saturday where beer had been stolen from the back porch overnight.

• Centralia police arrested a 44-year-old woman and three 17-year-olds for a string of shoplifting incidents at the Centralia Outlets in which an estimated $1,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from three stores on Friday. Officers responding about 5:20 p.m. located the suspects in a sport utility vehicle at the 1300 block of Lum Road, according to the Centralia Police Department. Rosemary V. Valencia  was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft and organized retail theft, according to police. She and the two boys and one girl are all from Tacoma, police said.

• A 42-year-old man was arrested yesterday for allegedly taking his sister’s Honda Accord without permission from the 4600 block of Jackson Highway. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports the car went missing sometime between Saturday and yesterday. Xavier A. Cervantes, from Toledo, was found sleeping in the car at Stan Hedwall Park in Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. The Chehalis police  Department reports Cervantes is from Winlock, was contacted about 10 a.m. and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle. Twenty dollars was missing from the car, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday of a firearm stolen from a vehicle the night before at the 500 block of Southwest William Avenue. The weapon was described as a  22 caliber long rifle pistol, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police took a report of a vehicle prowl from the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia on Friday. Someone stole a wallet from an unlocked car, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone broke into a vehicle at Borst Park in Centralia on Friday afternoon, stealing clothing, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two juvenile males were seen in the area with the items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNDERAGE DRINKING

• A 15-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly trying to kick in a door to a business on the 500 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis. An officer called about 4:30 a.m. subsequently located him and booked him into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for “criminal attempt” and possession and/or consumption of alcohol, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An officer was called to W.F. West High School in Chehalis just after 9 o’clock on Friday morning regarding an intoxicated student. The 15-year-old Chehalis girl was issued a citation and released to her parent, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police on Friday took reports of a series of graffiti incidents, starting from the 500 block of West Main Street and discovered at Rotary Riverside Park, Borst Park and out on Galvin Road.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, vandalism, hit and run, unfounded report, disorderly persons, harassing phone calls, possibly suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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Updated at 8:34 p.m.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BROKEN BONES

• A 51-year-old man was arrested overnight in the Doty area after a deputy spoke with his girlfriend who had a possible broken wrist and said she had been pushed down a flight of stairs and kicked and punched in the ribs. A deputy was in the area after the woman called 911 and said she was looking for her keys in the river and was injured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A motorist picked her up walking along Elk Creek Road, the sheriff’s office reports. A deputy located Ron C. Lusk at a residence and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault and violating a no-contact order, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said the victim’s phone was also thrown in the river and the sheriff’s office would recommend additional charges such as interfering with domestic violence reporting and third-degree malicious mischief. Brown described Lusk as a Kennewick resident but also said he was picked up at his residence in the area. Lusk was charged with all four offenses today and ordered held on $250,000 bail.

THEFT

• An officer was called about 6:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of pain medication from the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.

• A leaf blower and a pressure washer left outside a building on the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia were reported stolen yesterday afternoon.

• Centralia police were called yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl that occurred during the previous few days at the 1000 block of Woodland Avenue. The main item missing was paperwork, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 22-year-old woman who allegedly decided not to sell heroin to a potential customer, pinned them against a wall with her forearm and told them to never come back – and kept the money, yesterday – was arrested and then charged today with second-degree robbery. The buyer was a police informant. Caitlin M. Allred was also charged for allegedly recently trying to pass off a brown substance as heroin in an alleged sale to a police informant, according to court documents. A judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court set her bail at $25,000. The second charge is called sale of a controlled or counterfeit substance for profit. A third charge for possession of methamphetamine comes from a search of the trailer where yesterday’s incident occurred, and the discovery of pipes and baggies with trace amounts of meth. The allegations don’t indicate where yesterday’s incident occurred, or where the earlier controlled buy happened but show the law enforcement officers in the case are from the Chehalis Police Department and the Centralia Police Department. Jack L. Daniels, 37, also present at the trailer when it was searched was arrested for and subsequently charged with possession of methamphetamine, regarding the residue, according to court documents. His bail was set at $25,000. Charging documents show Allred and Daniels with separate addresses in Winlock.

• Officers were called back to a motel room by a manager yesterday who discovered drugs and a handgun believed to have been left behind after arrests the night before. Leo M. Mitchell, 20, from Olympia, had been arrested out of the room at the 1200 block of Alder Street for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. Julie L. Gore, age 31, was picked up at the same time for an outstanding warrant, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.

• Two teenage boys allegedly smoking marijuana in a truck while watching football practice at Toledo High School were contacted by a sheriff’s deputy last night. The cases will be forwarded to juvenile prosecutors for charges of possession of marijuana for the 14-year-old and 16-year-old, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DANCING IN THE STREET

• A 20-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for the second time in two days for disorderly conduct. It was after 10 o’clock last night when Jacob S. Drury was “dancing down the centerline of the street, in the fog,” Centralia Police Department Sgt. Kurt Reichert said. The officer contacted Drury near the 1400 block of North Pearl Street, which is near Drury’s residence at an apartment complex at Reynolds Avenue for people with challenges, Reichert said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, failure to transfer title, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license; responses for theft, vandalism, harassing phone calls, missing person who subsequently turned up, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street; complaints about fireworks, a house without garbage service, a guy sleeping behind a store … and more.

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STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED

• A 20-year-old Olympia man was arrested just after midnight at the 1200 block of Alder Street for possession of a stolen vehicle, missing from Lacey. Leo M. Mitchell was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Information about what model or make of vehicle was not readily available.

ALCOHOL

• A 35-year-old woman who allegedly threw a beer bottle through a window at the 1400 block of West Main Street in Centralia during a domestic dispute early this morning was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief. An officer responding about 1:30 a.m. booked Diana Frias into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police took several calls yesterday of a possibly intoxicated person walking in the road and urinating in the road in a case associated with the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Officers eventually arrested 20-year-old Jacob S. Drury for disorderly conduct and minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 1:35 p.m. yesterday to W.F. West High School, for a 17-year-old boy who allegedly had been drinking. A bottle of vodka was located in a backpack, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case was referred to juvenile prosecutors for a charge of minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol, police said. An officer was requested to return to the school less than two hours later for a possible second situation, but the request was cancelled, according to police.

NOT A PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday for a report of a vehicle prowl at the 100 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue. There was no vehicle prowl, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An individual thought his backpack was stolen but found it in his other vehicle, police said.

THEFT

• An officer was called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday about the possible theft of hydrocodone pills from Southwest 20th Street.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, probation violation; responses for dispute, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, rollover collision on county road … and more.

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PARKING OFFICER THREATENED

• A 50-year-old man who found a notice on his vehicle it would be impounded if not moved made a comment to a parking enforcement officer in Chehalis that got him put in jail yesterday. “He said he would shoot whoever towed his vehicle,” Chehalis Police Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Brian D. Hardie was arrested for felony harassment, Bailey said. The vehicle in question was at the 400 block of South Market Boulevard and Hardie reportedly approached the officer downtown at the 400 block of North Market Boulevard. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

PROWLED VALUABLES RECOVERED

• A contact at about 9:15 a.m. yesterday with a person sleeping in a bus at the 1500 block of Bishop Road south of Chehalis turned up items reported missing two hours earlier in a vehicle prowl in the same area. Missing and recovered were a welder’s book and a backpack, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Richard T. Harris, 32, of Olympia, said he found them, according to the sheriff’s office. Harris also had with him two Kenworth keys and two radios which a deputy concluded belonged to a nearby cement business, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Harris was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the sheriff’s office.

THE HONDA BEAT

• Centralia police were back at the 600 block of M Street yesterday following the theft of a dark gray 1994 Honda Civic. The missing car has a big dent in the back driver’s side door and also sports black hub caps, according to the Centralia Police Department. It has a license plate of ACH 5532, according to police.

• A Honda Civic stolen out of Chehalis turned up around 3:20 a.m. today, abandoned in a Centralia parking lot at the 600 block of West Pear Street. It was returned to its owner, according to police.

STOLEN TRUCK TORCHED

• A 2005 Ford Ranger stolen from Morton sometime between Monday and Tuesday turned up completely destroyed by fire at the end of a logging road outside Randle, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Its license plates had been removed, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated a $3,500, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

OTHER THEFT

• Stolen from a front yard at the 100 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia yesterday: A stroller for twins, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 4:15 a.m. today by an individual at the 1200 block of North Tower Avenue who believed someone used his personal information in an identity theft. The victim has a suspect in mind, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police were called about 2 p.m. yesterday when an individual called 911 to report seeing a male trying to open vehicle doors in the parking lot at Rite Aid on the 500 block of South Market Boulevard. No arrest was made and no report was submitted, according to a spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to a business at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue about 1:20 p.m. yesterday to take a report that tenants damaged a room they were renting before leaving. The investigation is continuing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• An officer responded to an 8 p.m. call yesterday to the 500 block of Northwest Front Street where someone had found a small bottle containing a crystal substance, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday to Green Hill School on the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street where green vegetable material was found in a student-inmate’s room, and then more discovered during a strip search, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case will be turned over to prosecutors, according to police.

ON THE ROAD

• A 21-year-old Winlock resident was suspected to be impaired when he wrecked his 1994 Ford Ranger last night at the 500 block of Rhoades Road near Winlock. A deputy responding about 8:50 p.m. found the truck’s rear quarter panel struck a utility pole after its driver lost control near a corner, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Tomas Aparicio-Chagolla, was reportedly uninjured but was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the sheriff’ office.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with no license, driving with revoked license, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, missing person who was subsequently found … and more.

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Updated at 7:37 p.m.

MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPPING

• A 30-year-old construction worker from Bucoda was arrested yesterday for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend hostage as they drove the backroads of Lewis County in his truck, striking her whenever she tried to get out. The woman told police it went on during the course of about an hour and that he put a cigarette out on her chest as well during the ordeal. Tehl M. Dunlap was booked into the Lewis County Jail and today he was charged with first-degree kidnapping and fourth-degree assault in Lewis County Superior Court. The alleged incident was reported to police about 12:18 a.m. last Monday. Charging documents state they were at Frank’s Hideaway Tavern in Winlock and that Dunlap subsequently brought her back there. The judge this afternoon set his bail at $20,000. His arraignment is Thursday.

DOMESTIC VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE

• A Winlock woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly driving her truck into her boyfriend who was on a bicycle, following an argument. A deputy and aid responded about 1:25 p.m. to the intersection of Park and Meier roads outside Winlock where she said it was accidental. Charging documents state the 44-year-old man said she was stopped at a stop sign while they were talking and he left by making a left turn in front of her, according to the documents. He told the deputy she accelerated and hit him so hard, it knocked him over and he skidded on the pavement. Lisa K. Williams, 48, was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree assault. A judge this afternoon allowed her to be released with a $10,000 unsecured bond.

SIBLING ISSUES

• Centralia police were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday about a 30-year-old woman allegedly threatening her sister in a a case associated with the 500 block of West Chestnut Street. Kandise A Hickox, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for harassment, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file that charge.

ELBOW ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School yesterday to investigate an incident in which a 16-year-old student-inmate allegedly swung an elbow, striking a staff member. The case is being referred to prosecutor for a charge of custodial assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THE HONDA BEAT

• Yet another Honda car went missing in Centralia yesterday morning, An officer was called at 7:37 a.m. to the 600 block of M Street and learned a silver 1999 Honda Civic was stolen from in front of the home, according to the Centralia Police Department. A half dozen Hondas have been stolen in Centralia and Chehalis since Saturday morning. Centralia police Sgt. Stacy Denham said in some cases they have been recovered just a block away, or just across town. The ones they have located have been intact, he said. It doesn’t appear valuables have been removed or parts taken, he said.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday regarding the theft of a wrought-iron bench from a yard on the 300 block of Jefferson Street.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police called to a dispute about 10:40 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of Southwest Fifth Street ended up arresting Jennette A. Lian, 39, for possession of methamphetamine. Residue on a smoking device field-tested positive for the drug, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The Chehalis woman was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

VEHICLE FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 6 p.m. yesterday to a van on fire at Bishop and Labree roads. They extinguished it, nobody was hurt, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.

BOMB SCARE CLEARS OUT WINLOCK MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL

• A bomb threat yesterday at Winlock High School led to the immediate evacuation of students, but a search by trained dogs with the Washington State Patrol turned up no bombs or explosive materials. Deputies and the Toledo Police Department responded to the buildings on North Military Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The threat warning of a bomb going off later in the afternoon was found by a student at approximately 12:30 p.m. and the student alerted staff, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown. The youngsters from the middle school and the high school were evacuated to the football field and then either picked up by parents, or taken to the elementary school till the end of the school day, according to authorities. Sheriff Rob Snaza stated he has assigned a detective to investigate and will take appropriate action should a suspect be identified.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, driving with no license, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, various unfounded reports … and more.