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POLICE: THREAT TO OFFICER GETS MAN LOCKED UP

• Bail was set at $10,000 for an individual a deputy prosecutor called a self-described gang member who allegedly threatened a police officer yesterday evening when he was detained near East Summa Street and Pacific Avenue in Centralia. Officers responded about 7:30 p.m. to assist the sheriff’s office after a passenger reportedly ran away from a single-vehicle accident, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police say when the subject was detained, he was upset and made death threats. Twenty-two-year-old Deymen Flores-Martinez was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. He was charged today with felony harassment – for allegedly threatening Officer Doug Lowrey –  in Lewis County Superior Court. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Sara Beigh indicated the threat involved bodily harm. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge Flores-Martinez has no criminal history. Judge RIchard Brosey agreed the defendant who has lived the past 10 years with his parents locally could be released from jail pending trial if both his parents co-signed for his bail.

TOY TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• Chehalis police were called about 1:30 a.m. today when a resident returned home to Southeast Park Hill Drive and discovered a back sliding door unlocked and belongings such as a stuffed toy and clothing missing. The investigation so far has turned up a 10-year-old neighbor suspect, too young to be arrested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

INMATE’S HOME BROKEN INTO

• Police arrested a 23-year-old homeless man for residential burglary after discovering him inside his brother’s Toledo home yesterday. Toledo Police Department Officer Randy Pennington had booked the brother into the jail for trespassing and was told he worried someone might break into his residence while he was locked up, according to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office. Pennington and another officer went to the home and inside they found Taylor K. Rebman, who appeared to have been hiding in a closet, charging documents state. There was a backpack containing the resident’s laptop computers in a closet, which Rebman said he was he was bringing back to hide there, charging documents state. Rebman was booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today with residential burglary. His bail was set at $10,000 this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.

ALCOHOL SPIRITED AWAY

• Centralia police responded to the 500 block of South Tower Avenue just after 3 o’clock this morning to a report someone broke out the window of a business and stole bottles of liquor. Centralia police report an employee chased and confronted the suspects and threats were made to the employee when he asked for the alcohol back, according to the Centralia Police Department. No suspect was found but the investigation continues, according to police.

WATERCRAFT VANISH

• A 44-year-old Centralia resident reported on Saturday evening that someone had stolen his two kayaks and paddles from where he keeps them near the river near the 3800 block of Mayberry Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is stated at $998.96, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAR PROWL

• Somebody broke out a window of a sport utility vehicle at Schaefer Park off Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia and stole a purse, cash, checkbook, wedding ring and a vacuum cleaner, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened on Friday evening between 5:30 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. and deputies have a person of interest, according to the sheriff’s office.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 6 o’clock this morning to a business on the 500 block  of North Market Boulevard where a glass back door had been broken out.

• An 18-year-old was arrested overnight for allegedly breaking the windows out of a bus stop in Centralia. Officer responding around 1:40 a.m. to the area of B and Sixth Street located Kristopher W. Laseke in the area and arrested him for third-degree malicious mischief,  according to the Centralia Police Department. He was then released pending his court date, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 a.m. today after the discovery of graffiti spray painted onto a building at the 400 block of West Main Street.

DRUGS

• A Thurston County Jail inmate brought to stay at the Lewis County Jail yesterday morning was arrested for a drug violation when a search allegedly turned up turned up medications – antidepressants and narcotics – not prescribed to her, according to the according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Karen B. Overmiller, 44, of Olympia, said she’d gotten them from another inmate in Thurston County, according to the sheriff’s office. One of them was Suboxone, according to prosecutors.

ANIMAL ISSUE

• Centralia police responding yesterday evening to a report of possible neglect of three dogs by a neighbor on the 1300 block of Delaware Street found one of the animals was dead and causing a smell. However, they learned the homeowner was out of town and had arranged for relatives to watch, feed and water the dogs, which they had been doing, according to the Centralia Police Department. A relative arrived while officers were present, according to police. The situation is under investigation, with follow up expected from the city’s animal control officers, Centralia police indicated this morning.

ON THE ROAD

• Chehalis police were called in the middle of the day on Friday after an individual saw a couple exit a Subaru Impreza in the middle of the street near William Avenue and Southwest 13th Street and walk away. The car was impounded, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A motorist suffered minor injuries when her car struck the median and rolled, coming to rest on its top yesterday afternoon on Interstate 5 in Centralia, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Firefighters called at 4:45 p.m. to the southbound lanes near the Mellen Street interchange found the 32-year-old driver had gotten out of her vehicle on her own, according to the fire department. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan indicated.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, underage drinking, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, harassment, parking issue, traffic problem, noisy neighbors, misdemeanor theft, child bit by dog, possible runaway child, possible misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation, collision on city street, traffic circle conflict, concern over bad checks, concern about derogatory statements on Facebook, children alone in parked vehicle, dog alone in parked vehicle appearing in distress, business owner asking for panhandler to be removed from parking lot, request to check the well-being of a horse with apparent injury … and more.

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FIRE, FIRE, FIRE

• Members of West Thurston Regional Fire Authority joined other local firefighters late yesterday afternoon when a fire broke out in the Capitol Forest near the Cedar Creek Corrections Center. Crews were called around 5 p.m. to what was roughly five acres of heavy timer burning, according to Fire Lt. Rob Smith. It was approximately in the area of the D8000 Line, Smith said. As of 11:30 p.m. it stopped growing, he said. Personnel from the state Department of Natural Resources took over the incident but at least one tender was assisting them today with water, Smith said.

• Chehalis firefighters were called about 8 p.m. yesterday to a grass fire that began creeping up the side of a residence on the 700 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue. They were able to extinguish it before it got inside, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.

• Chehalis firefighters were called at about 8:30 p.m. yesterday to Yard Birds Mall  for a small fire apparently caused by a light ballast overheating. It was in the northeast corner of the sprawling structure on the 2100 block of North National Avenue according to Fire Capt. Casey Beck.

• Chehalis firefighters were called just before 3:25 a.m.  today for a residential structure fire on the 800 block of Northwest Ohio Avenue. “It turned out to be a porch on fire,” Fire Capt. Casey Beck said. The flames were quickly extinguished and did not spread, Beck said.

• Nobody was hurt but there was an estimated $3,000 damage from a cooking fire at a house on the 100 block of North Iron Street in Centralia. Riverside Fire Authority reported yesterday that the flames were out upon their arrival to the incident about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. It started on the stove and the burning dish was put in the kitchen sink but the plastic blinds on the window ignited, Capt. Tim Adolphsen wrote. There was some damage to upper cabinets and the window frame as well as some to lower cabinets when towels used to smother the flames fell to the floor, according to Adolphsen.

ROCK TOSS

• A 19-year-old Centralia woman was booked into the Lewis County Jail after an officer saw her throwing large rocks at passing vehicles along the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue at about noon yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Shannon L. Wachter was arrested for attempted third-degree malicious mischief, according to police.

THEFT

• Police were called to the 100 block of West Bridge Street in Centralia about 12:15 p.m. yesterday about theft of a hood ornament, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A backpack dropped onto a front porch and left unattended for short time on the 300 block of East Main Street in Centralia disappeared, according to a report made to police about 10:30 p.m. on Friday. It contained clothes, a purse with credit cards and money, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to the 2000 block of Borst Avenue where a female told them while she was swimming someone stole her backpack and cell phone, around 8 p.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole fuel from vehicles parked at the 1600 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9 a.m. on Friday.

MORE THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia about 10:30 a.m. on Friday to take a report of the theft of cash from the business.

• An officer was called about 1 p.m. on Friday regarding money stolen from a bank account, associated with the 200 block of West Main Street in Centralia.

TICKET TIME

• Over a less than four hour period beginning late yesterday afternoon, officers in Centralia contacted six drivers – most for minor traffic violations – and learned they were driving with suspended licenses. Each was arrested without incident and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Just after 2 a.m. today, a Centralia officer contacted a driver for a minor traffic violation at Harrison Avenue near Interstate 5, discovered he had a warrant and then located unspecified controlled substances on him, according to the Centralia Police Department. David D. Marrs, age 25, was booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD

• Officers responded a non-injury motorcycle versus vehicle accident at the 100 block of South Silver Street near the library in Centralia at about 8:50 p.m. on Friday.

• Two men were reportedly uninjured when their pickup truck ran off Interstate 5 about two miles south of Chehalis early this morning, striking a light post and the  guard rail. It happened in the southbound lanes near the Labree Road interchange just before 7 a.m. today, according to the Washington State Patrol. The investigating trooper reports Jose R. Garcia-Roberto, 23, from Lakewood, and Jose D. Jimenez-Garcia, 28, from Kent, ran off into a field in the area . A police dog apprehended them, according to the state patrol. The 2001 Ford F150 pickup was described as totaled. Troopers were investigating the incident for possible driving under the influence, hit and run and obstructing, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for hit and run, collision on city street, collision on Interstate 5 … and more.

As much as an acre of property off Ferrier Road is left charred. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 15.

CAUSE OF FIRE ON WINLOCK PROPERTY UNKNOWN

• Local firefighters spent approximately three hours extinguishing a brush fire that spread through tall grass on property at the 1700 block of Ferrier Road south of Winlock. Crews dispatched at 11:05 a.m. on Wednesday found  homeowners using garden hoses and an area burning of roughly 200 feet by 200 feet, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Anderson said he didn’t know what ignited it, but noted that probably nine out of 10 such fires on this side of the mountains are caused by some kind of human activity. It was the fifth brush fire in District 15 in the past month, Anderson said. One unit stayed on the scene until about 4:30 p.m., he said.

SMOLDERING SMOKES DROP ONTO AWNING

• Firefighters called yesterday afternoon to a report of a fire atop the awning of a downtown Centralia business discovered a smoldering small pile of cigarettes from an ashtray that had fallen from the window of a second-story apartment earlier in the day. Crews responding about 3:20 p.m. to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue made sure it was extinguished, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The metal-covered awning was undamaged, according to Capt. Scott Weinert. RFA took the opportunity to remind smokers of some fire prevention tips, such as, put cigarettes out, all the way, in an ashtray or in a bucket with sand.

PLAYING WITH FIRE

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about kids allegedly starting fires the night before in the area of Northeast Adams Avenue. A warning was given, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND

• A savings bond was turned over to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday, after it was dropped off at a local bank by someone who said it was found in their rental house. The name on the bond is James Waltz, and if anyone has any information on that person, they are asked to call the police department.

THEFT

• Centralia police this morning reported that an officer was called at 3:42 p.m. yesterday about cash stolen from a deposit bag associated with an address on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road.

• An individual called Chehalis police yesterday from the 300 block of Southwest Fifth Street about a vehicle prowl in which someone broke into a window sometime during the previous two weeks.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, disorderly person, suspicious person, possible theft of cell phones, dispute involving a pellet gun, complaint of dog pooping in someone else’s yard … and more.

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MACE IN FACE LANDS GROWN SON IN JAIL

• A 41-year-old Winlock man was arrested overnight after he allegedly pulled a can of mace from his pocket and sprayed his 70-year-old father in the face. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, it was just before midnight when Tobiah N. Graham was reportedly being too noisy and he and his dad got into a dispute. Deputies arriving to the 1300 block of Ferrier Road arrested Graham for fourth-degree assault and booked him into the Lewis County Jail according to the sheriff’s office.

AUTO THEFT

• A blue BMW was reported stolen from the 1100 block of South Gold Street in Centralia yesterday morning,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of Jalyn Street about 11:30 p.m. yesterday about the theft of medication.

VANDALISM

• A 30-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief yesterday after allegedly damaging a window at the 200 block of West Reynolds Street in Centralia. Jason R. Ferris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• Police responded to an 8:45 p.m. call yesterday of a hit and run, involving a building at the 1200 block of Belmont Avenue.

• Centralia police were called just before noon yesterday for a collision involving a vehicle and a bicycle at Harrison and View avenues.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting; responses for dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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MISSING STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND ON CENTRALIA TRAIL

• A stolen motorcycle and a stolen ATV were found in tall grass along a trail north of the viaduct and Delaware Avenue in Centralia yesterday evening after the owner of the ATV called 911 to say she saw her ATV near the railroad tracks behind Schaefer Park. Deputies and Centralia police surrounded the area and a detective subsequently saw two people with a similar description of the suspects who had been seen on it, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for possession of stolen vehicles were Ronald A. Yeager, 24, from Bucoda, and Qierstin Ramsay, 19, from Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. They were booked into the Lewis County Jail. Recovered and returned to their owners were a 1988 Yamaha XT350 and the 2005 Honda TRX90 ATV, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BURGLARY AT CENTRALIA BUSINESS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that someone forced their way into a business on the 2000 block of Gallagher Road in Centralia and stole five steel-bladed knives with elk horn handles as well as a cash drawer, a camera and a scanner. The loss to Centralia Fur and Hide is estimated at $975, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stay Brown said it happened between 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

MORE THEFT IN CENTRALIA

• Someone stole tools at a garage sale on the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

• Centralia police were called just before 8 o’clock yesterday to the 700 block of South Pearl Street regarding the theft of lawn maintenance chemicals and decorative lights.

• A four-wheeled ATV was reported stolen from a shed on Monday at the 2400 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia.

• A 34-year-old was arrested for first-degree burglary by Centralia police on Monday night in a case associated with the 1200 block of Mellen Street in Centralia. Ryan A. McCarter, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges and he was released from jail yesterday.

FRAUD IN CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 10 o’clock yesterday morning to the 200 block of West Magnolia Avenue in Centralia regarding identity theft. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue on Monday afternoon about a fraudulent check.

• Centralia police took a report on Monday morning from an individual who said someone else was using their social security number.

JAIL OFFICERS THREATENED

• Wellington M. Waggener, 26, of Centralia, was arrested at the Lewis County Jail yesterday for two counts of harassment as he allegedly told a corrections officer he wanted to see her head explode and that he would kill her  if he saw her outside the jail. The Centralia man was booked into the jail on Friday night in connection with an incident a local motel for which he has been charged with a felony. The inmate allegedly also, early yesterday morning, told a jail sergeant that he wanted to slit his throat and that when he was released, he would do so, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BRUSH CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters were called twice yesterday to small brush fires that broke out at the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road east of Chehalis at the Thousand Trails Campground. The first was just after 1 p.m. and the second was reported about 3:40 p.m. in a different area of the property, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. Firefighter Kyle Eiswald said personnel from the state Department of Natural Resources responded to take over.

• Fire broke out in tall grass along railroad tracks on South King Street in Centralia shortly after a locomotive passed through the area, prompting citizens to try to put it out with buckets on Monday evening. Firefighters called at 5:30 p.m. finished extinguishing the fire that burned a small section of fence as well as an area estimated to be 60 feet long by 30 feet wide, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Responders also put a second fire against the tracks just north of there, the fire department reports.

• Another fire broke out at TransAlta coal mine’s South Field, drawing firefighters from two fire departments and the state Department of Natural Resources. It was about 10 p.m. on Monday when an employee at the mine advised that vegetation was burning an area estimated to be less than three acres, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The crews were assisted by heavy equipment from the mine and the main fire was contained by midnight, according to Riverside. It was about a mile from the wildfire eight days earlier also on property owned by TransAlta, according to Fire Chief Mike Kytta.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, probation violation, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, assault, barking neighbor dog, suspicious circumstances, a male falling asleep in the hallway of a hotel … and more.

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DOMESTIC INCIDENT

• A 54-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly threatening to kill his wife and their dog. A deputy dispatched at 7:50 p.m. to the 100 block of Slalom Way in Packwood contacted the 53-year-old woman by phone, who said to hurry because her husband had kicked the dog and was going to kill her, and then the line went dead, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival, at 8:38 p.m., the woman was uninjured and Mark A. Murdock was detained, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said Murdock resisted, and once placed in the patrol vehicle, kicked the deputy in the chest, thighs and knees. Murdock was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment as well as third-degree assault, Brown said.

SPIT IN FACE

• A 26-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail allegedly spit on a corrections officer’s face as he was being served dinner last night. The officer was delivering the meal through a pass-through door to the cell at the time, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The inmate, Wellington M. Waggener of Centralia, had been booked into the facility on Friday night for rape. He was arrested for third-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office.

PROWLER AT AUTO REPAIR SHOP ARRESTED

• Police were called about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday to an alarm at a business on the 900 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue in Chehalis where a 55-year-old man had allegedly used a ladder to get over a fence. A window was found broken out of a travel trailer in the compound belonging to the Chehalis Collision Center, and Sean K. Callahan was arrested for first-degree burglary, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When Callahan was brought before a judge today, prosecutors said the victim is Callahan’s former employer. Deputy Prosecutor Kevin Nelson told the judge police were this afternoon conducting a search of the former Onalaska resident’s home off state Route 6 and the state had reason to suspect Callahan may be involved in other burglaries. He was charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree malicious mischief, as well as three other offenses not related to this weekend’s incident. Callahan was charged with theft of a firearm associated with an AR-15, with possessing a stolen firearm, and also with third-degree possession of stolen property. Charging documents offer no details regarding the allegations on the last three counts, but police say the AR15 was one of three guns stolen in a burglary at the business in early spring. His bail was set at $50,000.

CASH PILFERED AT BUSINESS

• Centralia police were called just before 2 p.m. on Saturday to the 1000 block of South Gold Street where they were told a male reached into the employee-only area behind the counter of a business and stole money. A worker was able to identify the suspect, who is being sought, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN AT BUSINESS

• Chehalis police responding to a 1:45 a.m. alarm yesterday at the 2500 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue found a window broken out. The officer couldn’t tell if entry had been made or anything had been stolen from PCLI, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MONEY MISSING FROM STORE

• Chehalis police were called by a retailer at Twin City Town Center on Friday regarding money that seemed to missing over a period of time. Once they complete their internal investigation, they will be recontacting police, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone stole more than $900 worth of various tools from the 700 block of Antrim Road sometime between 5 p.m. on Friday and just before 11 a.m. yesterday. Among the missing property is a Craftsman chainsaw with 16-inch bar, a reciprocating saw, a staple gun and a socket set, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Police were called on Saturday to the 500 block of Southwest Fifth Street in Chehalis to take a report of a debit card and cash stolen from an individual’s residence.

MONEY STOLEN FROM MOTEL GUEST

• Centralia police were called to the 700 block of Harrison Avenue about 11:45 a.m. on Saturday regarding the theft of cash from a motel room. A possible person of interest has been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PURSE SNATCHED

• Chehalis police took a report on Friday evening regarding a purse left in the women’s restroom at K-Mart that disappeared.

NO FREE RIDE

• Centralia police arrested a 62-year-old transient yesterday at the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue for allegedly riding an Amtrak train without paying his fare. Vessalin Angelov Panajotov was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Police took a report yesterday afternoon regarding the theft of railroad electronic equipment from a crossing gate at the 700 block of Alder Street in Centralia.

• Centralia police took a report about 6 a.m. today of the theft of a bicycle valued at more than $1,000 from the 700 block of Centralia College Boulevard.

• Someone tried to steal gasoline from several vehicles at the 200 block of East Summa Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday morning.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called at 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia where someone broke into a parked vehicle and stole a laptop computer.

• An individual called police from Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis on Friday to report that golf clubs were stolen from his vehicle. It’s not clear where the vehicle was when they were stolen, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOST AND FOUND DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called about 6:20 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Southwest Seventh Street where a 9-year-old child found somebody’s baggie of heroin, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It was turned over to an officer for destruction, police said.

MYSTERY DISPUTE

• Deputies called just before 8 p.m. on Saturday to the 100 block of Wandering Lane outside Winlock by a 19-year-old woman who said a 41-year-old man tried to take her phone before running away heard a different story once a police dog tracked down the suspect. Chato R. Ayers, a homeless person, said he met the teenager to buy drugs, but decided the heroin she gave him wasn’t worth $80, so he took his money and the heroin and ran, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Ayers was located in the brush near Hawkins Road and Hawkins Road South, but no drugs were found, according to the sheriff’s office. He was arrested and booked for an outstanding drug warrant, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

WRECK WITH UNDERAGE DRIVER

• A 15-year-old unlicensed driver in a BMW struck a parked vehicle at the 200 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis around 4:30 a.m. yesterday. The case is being referred for charges of reckless driving as well as an instruction permit violation, as he was alone in the car, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 31-year-old registered owner of the vehicle who loaned the child the BMW is also in trouble for allowing an unauthorized person to drive, according to police.

WRECK WITH IMPAIRED DRIVER

• A Dodge Intrepid was totaled and its suspected driver arrested for driving under the influence early Saturday morning along Knowles Road in Winlock. Deputies responding about 1:50 a.m. concluded Harry W.E. Lorent had left the scene but returned and had been driving with a suspended license, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He sustained what the sheriff’s office described as minor cuts to his hand and head. Lorent was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

WRECK WITH TRAIN

• A driver who stopped for traffic in front of her while she was on the train tracks at the 200 block of East Locust Street in Centralia was able to back up when she heard and saw a train coming, but not quite fast enough, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened just before 7 p.m. on Saturday. The train struck part of her car, but she was not injured, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting and other misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, misdemeanor assault, barking neighbor dog, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation, collision on city street, intoxicated patron refusing to leave, intoxicated patron wanting to drive self home, man smelling of alcohol asking people for money, a falling down drunk at an intersection … and more.