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ONLOOKER CAPTURES MAN RUNNING FROM POLICE

• Police were called about 6:20 p.m. yesterday about an individual stealing a jacket from a store on the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia. An arriving officer saw a suspect flee on foot and then a citizen near Burger King on Harrison Avenue tackled the man, and held him for the officer, according to the Centralia Police Department. Thirty-four-year-old Lupe Ramos said he and his son were in the play area at the fast food establishment when he looked out the window and saw a guy running, carrying an orange jacket, and then saw a patrol car cut off the runner at the driveway. “He doubled back, I just saw an opportunity,” he said. Ramos, who said he stands 6-feet 5-inches tall and is as big as a doorway, said he ducked outside, took two steps, and jumped into him. “It was mostly his momentum,” he said. “We were on top of him, the officer turned him over, and then the officer high-fived me, and said, ‘that was awesome dude, thanks’,” Ramos said. The suspect, Anthony R. Madison, 26 of Aberdeen, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft, according to police. Ramos, who lives in Rochester and works at W.F. West High School, said he played football when he was a teenager. “It’s been years since I’ve done that,” he said. “But it all comes back to you.”

BURNED OUT OF HOME

• Centralia police were contacted last night by a homeless man in his 30s who said someone burned his tent. Officers found a burn pile near the 1400 block of West Main Street with what appeared to be a tent pole, according to the Centralia Police Department. Its owner had been away away at the time, police said.

GARAGE BURGLED

• Centralia police were called about 6 o’clock yesterday evening regarding a welder stolen from a a garage on the 600 block of South Diamond Street.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

•  A 45-year-old Toledo man who allegedly assaulted his wife on Monday night turned himself in yesterday morning. Ronald J. Mitchell went to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office.

TEEN ARRESTED WITH STOLEN HONDA

• An 18-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of methamphetamine yesterday morning on the 500 block of Coal Creek Road outside Chehalis. A deputy was responding about 7:15 a.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle and found two vehicles parked off the road with a man and a woman standing nearby, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. When the deputy checked, it was discovered the green 1999 Honda Civic had been reported stolen from Chehalis a few hours earlier, according to the sheriff’s office. Uriah W.C. Osborne was booked into the Lewis County Jail, detective Sgt. Steve Aust said.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, harassment, trespassing, resisting arrest, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, protection order violation, collision on city street … and more.

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MISSING HONDA RECOVERED, ONE IN CUSTODY

• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 a.m. today regarding a Honda Civic stolen from Southwest William Avenue. At about 7:30 a.m., police got word the sheriff’s office found the vehicle on Coal Creek Road, and someone was taken into custody, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BUSINESS BURGLARY

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 a.m. today to a break-in at a business on the 500 block of West Main Street. Money and other items were stolen from the glass replacement shop, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 7 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Northup Street where an alarm sounded when an unknown person broke a window at a business. No arrest was made, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DOG TRACK

• A Chehalis police dog tracked down a 48-year-old man overnight who allegedly violated a protection order at the 500 block of East Main Street in Centralia. Officers called about 1 a.m. were told he left the scene but the K-9 located him a short distance away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Darren L. Fullerton, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

ALCOHOL THEFT

• A 32-year-old Ashford man released from jail yesterday – from a shoplifting incident the night before in Centralia – was arrested yesterday evening in connection with another  shoplifting incident in Centralia. Officers called about 7:30 p.m. to the Chevron station at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue were told Bryan R. Morford took a beer without paying, according to the Centralia Police Department. Because he struggled as the officer was trying to handcuff him, Morford was arrested for obstructing a public servant as well as third-degree theft, according to police. He was booked again into the Lewis County Jail.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• Police are looking for a 45-year-old Toledo man who allegedly assaulted his wife overnight, grabbing her, hitting her in the face and choking her with both hands until she thought she was going to black out. Deputies called about 2:10 a.m. to the 500 block of Toledo-Vader Road learned he left, and may have headed to the Longview or Kelso area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

• A 57-year-old Onalaska man turned himself in yesterday after allegations he crawled into bed with a teenage friend of his daughter’s the night before, an incident that sparked a physical dispute between he and his daughter’s friends. Deputies were called about 3 a.m. on Sunday to an address in Onalaska where they learned the 19-year-old girl said she rolled over in bed to discover her friend’s dad beside her, that he began touching her sexually and wouldn’t stop, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said she got away from him and left, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said the daughter confronted her father with at least one other of her friends and some pushing and punching ensued that means the dad is also facing possible charges of fourth-degree assault. Deputies contacted 57-year-old Jeffrey W. Paxton yesterday morning, arrested him for third-degree rape and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to Brown.

BEE WRANGLERS TO THE RESCUE

•  Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday regarding a big swarm of bees at the 2100 block of North National Avenue, congregating on the larger than life mascot at the entrance to the Yard Birds Mall. Bee wranglers found the honey bees clustered along the beak of the small bird which peeks out from under the wing of the large bird, scooped them up last night and relocated them to Rochester, according to Rob Jenkins, of Bee Wrangler Honey and Bee Rescue.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drugs, misdemeanor theft, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, noisy neighbor music … and more.

Baby Yard Bird with a beard of bees. / Courtesy photo by Rob Jenkins

Updated at 4:13 p.m.

FIGHT OVER KNIFE

• Chehalis police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where someone saw a dispute with a knife involving two young people. When they arrived they found a 19-year-old with a bleeding hand who said a 16-year-old girl with a knife said she was going to stab his tires and they struggled over the knife, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She had left, police said, but was subsequently located and arrested for fourth-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center. She told police it wasn’t a knife, it was her fingernails, a department spokesperson said.

WHAT THE HECK?

• A new arrival at the Lewis County Jail said she had no idea a glass pipe was even there when it fell from near her breast during a strip search on Saturday morning. Joanna M. Withrow, 29, had been booked into the Chehalis facility the night before for reasons the sheriff’s office did not specify, but after the smoking device field tested positive for meth, the Winlock woman was further arrested for possession of a narcotic by a prisoner, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Someone burglarized a home on the 900 block of B Street in Centralia, kicking in the front door and ransacking the place, according to a report made to police at 4:20 p.m. on Saturday.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• An individual called Chehalis police about 5 p.m. on Friday after discovering his garage door open and its door frame broken. Missing from the 700 block of Southwest McFadden Avenue was an air compressor, but it was found, damaged, laying in some brush on the next block, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A deputy took a report of stolen furniture from the 2100 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis in which someone stole two chaise lounges and a love seat from a furniture business. The loss is $379, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The items were removed from trucks where they stored sometime after 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAKING CENTRALIA

• A 32-year-old Ashford resident was arrested for allegedly throwing a rock through the window of a car parked on the 1400 block of South Gold Street in Centralia as well as for shoplifting at South Tower Avenue last night. When officers responded about 9:45 p.m. they found Bryan R. Morford was intoxicated and had a similar rock in his pocket to the one found inside the vehicle earlier, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• A stolen red Honda was found on Friday afternoon at the 1300 block of Central Boulevard in Centralia. it was returned to its owner and police have no suspects, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took yet another report from a local individual who got a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS and demanding money. Police say it is a scam, and they encourage recipients of such calls to call the federal agency to try to confirm.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police got  call about 9:10 a.m. on Saturday from a male at the 800 block of Woodland Avenue who said someone slashed the tires on a rental truck he had just leased.

• Centralia police collected reports of gang-style graffiti discovered on Saturday, on the sides of the viaduct near Kresky Avenue, on a building at Woodland and Alder streets and on another building at the 300 block of East Summa Street.

CAR FIRE

• Chehalis police say it was a wiring issue that caused a car fire, in a vehicle which was occupied by a 5-year-old girl and parked on a city street. Firefighters and police  called around 4 p.m. last Thursday to 400 block of North Prindle Street learned a passerby got the child out as the 2001 Ford Expedition filled with smoke, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The fire was extinguished but the flames melted the dashboard and broke the windshield, according to police. Thirty-two-year-old Chehalis resident Anthony C. Eckerson told police he’d gone into his workplace to get the little one something to eat and brought it out to her, and then had gone back inside to get her something to drink, police department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Eckerson was issued a criminal citation for leaving a minor child unattended in a vehicle, Bailey said.

COLLISION

• Centralia police responded to the 1300 block of Rose Street following an approximately 10 a.m. call yesterday regarding a hit and run. A 79-year-old Centralia man, Dennis L. Duncan,  was subsequently arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence as well as hit and run, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a single-vehicle, non-injury wreck in which a 16-year-old driver who was traveling too fast struck a guard rail and then came to rest on the railroad tracks outside of Chehalis is estimated to have cost BNSF $10,000. It happened about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Rogers Road just east of Shorey Road in a Saturn station wagon, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is from stopping rail traffic and conducting an inspection of the tracks, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The teen was issued citations for speeds too fast, no insurance and a learning permit violation, Brown said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, shoplifting, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, trespassing, disorderly person, runaway juvenile, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, street racing on Kresky Avenue, drive-by eggings … and more.

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ASSAULT

• Centralia police were called at 9 p.m. yesterday regarding a 9-year-old child who was reportedly assaulted by a 23-year-old man at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue. The suspect was no longer at he scene and the case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is labeled fourth-degree assault. Further details were not readily available.

• Chehalis police got multiple calls from witnesses at about 8:20 p.m. yesterday who saw a black Honda Civic pull over at state Route 6 near Riverside Drive  and watched two males get out and assault two other males sitting on a guard rail. When an officer arrived to the area, everyone was gone, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY

• A deputy was called yesterday to the 2600 block of Bennett Road outside Centralia where during the night someone broke into a shed and stole numerous items including a 1987 Suzuki DS80, a Stihl 44 chainsaw, Craftsman tools, two motorcycle helmets and three-quarters of a tank of gas, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• An individual from Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis reported to police yesterday they learned their four-wheeled ATV had been stolen from their yard after getting notified by a tow company it was impounded. It was found in Thurston County and it was not clear when it was taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MISSING MEDS

• Centralia police took a report yesterday about medication stolen from a residence on the 1200 block of Alder Street. Officers have a suspect, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• An individual from Hemlock Street in Centralia contacted police yesterday after finding out someone else filed taxes using her social security number, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 1:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the Lewis County Mall on Northeast Hampe Way.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report of gang-style graffiti discovered on a building at the 800 block of North Tower Avenue yesterday that was spray painted there overnight.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, shoplifting, driving with suspended license, theft for failing to return items to rental center; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets … and more.

Updated at 7:20 p.m.

ANOTHER CENTRALIA BUSINESS BREAK-IN

• Police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday to a burglary at a hair salon on the 1000 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia. Someone broke a window to get inside and left with scissors and hair gel, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened sometime after 6 p.m. the night before, according to police.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES

• A deputy responded about 9 a.m. yesterday to a home on the 200 block of Chehalis Valley Drive outside Chehalis where someone had kicked open a door and stolen more than $5,000 worth of valuables. Among the missing property were two big screen televisions, two small safes, diamond earrings, cash and legal documents, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime before 7:30 a.m. and after 9:30 p.m. the night before, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Someone burglarized a home on the 1800 block of state Route 505 outside Toledo yesterday between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., making off with various items including a 65-inch Sansui television, a small safe and subwoofers, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. There was some evidence left at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were called at 5:30 p.m. yesterday to an apartment on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in which a laptop computer was taken in a burglary.

CASH MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Hillkress Street regarding the theft of an unspecified amount of money.

ANOTHER HONDA CAR STOLEN

• Chehalis police were called just after 5 a.m. today about a red 1993 Honda Prelude missing from where it was parked last night in front of a residence on the 400 block of Northeast Washington Avenue. The stolen car has tinted windows, after market black wheels, after market stainless exhaust and “low profile” tires, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Someone broke out the driver’s side window of a vehicle parked on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia and took an LED flashlight, according to a report made to police about 5 o’clock this morning.

• Centralia police at 9:10 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl on the 200 block of East Cherry Street.  A case of soda pop had been removed from the open trunk, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HEROIN OVERDOSE

• Chehalis firefighters were called about 7:45 p.m. yesterday for an unresponsive man due to a heroin overdose at a home on Southwest McFadden Avenue. He was revived and transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Capt. Rob Gebhart. “It’s a pretty common occurrence these days,” Gebhart said. “We’re probably going to a couple of them a month, at least; it seems to go in spurts.” Gebhart said typically his crew starts rescue breathing or CPR if the patient needs it and arriving medics administer Narcan, a drug that binds with the opiate receptors and can almost instantly take the depressive heroin effect away and wake them up.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets, stolen goods turning up at a pawn shop, a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS and trying to obtain personal information … and more.

CENTRALIA STRUCK WITH MULTIPLE BURGLARIES

• Police were called about 6:10 a.m. today to a burglary at a business on the 1600 block of Kresky Avenue in Centralia. Someone smashed the glass door, got inside and left with a laptop computer and money, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Just before 10:30 a.m. yesterday, police were called to the Alder Street Baptist Church in Centralia where someone had broken through a door. The only thing that appeared to be missing from the building on the 1000 block of Alder Street was a drill, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the Shell station on the 1000 block of Ellsbury Street just before 9 a.m. yesterday following a burglary. Several cartons of cigarettes and chewing tobacco were among the items missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BEAR HUG ASSAULT

• A 30-year-old homeless woman getting booked into the jail for a protection order violation yesterday was further arrested for third-degree assault after she allegedly walked into the arresting officer and grabbed him in a bear hug, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident involving Kendra J. Chancy occurred around 10:45 a.m., according to police.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A shopper at Home Depot finished his business inside the Chehalis store and found his truck and trailer missing from its parking spot yesterday evening. Police called at 6:30 p.m. to Northwest Louisiana Avenue soon learned the victim’s family member discovered the vehicle abandoned on Northwest Florida Street, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Some tools were missing, according to police.

• Someone stole a 28-foot travel trailer from where it was parked at Kiona and Savio roads in Randle. A deputy dispatched yesterday to talk with its owner learned the Prowler trailer was last seen a week earlier, and was for sale. The loss is estimated at $500, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

STOLEN JEWELRY

• Police took a report yesterday from a downtown Centralia business on the 200 block of North Tower Avenue of a diamond ring missing from a display case.

CAR PROWL

• Someone stole money and GPS unit from a vehicle parked at the 400 block of South Oak Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:30 a.m. yesterday.

• Centralia police were called just before noon yesterday about a vehicle prowl on the 700 block of South Gold Street. Tools and medications were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 30-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of heroin and a a warrant last night after contact with an officer at the 400 block of West Plum Street in Centralia. Courtney S. Smith was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving with suspended license; responses for dispute, runaway teen, misdemeanor assault, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, a gas line cut on a vehicle, someone walking out of a store with a cart full of unpaid for groceries … and more.

TEEN BOOKED FOR TAKING FOOD CARD BY FORCE FROM GRANDMA

• A 17-year-old Centralia boy was arrested after throwing a temper tantrum and allegedly assaulting his grandmother in trying to get an EBT card yesterday. Police were called about 1:20 p.m. to the home on the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue where they were told he threw a coffee table breaking it after his grandma told him he couldn’t have the card, and shoved her to the ground to get her purse, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said the teen took the large wooden table leg and swung it at her, and then slammed it to the floor next to head. He used the leg to hit the TV screen on his way out the door, taking a chunk out of it, Panco said. “The grandma did not know much more than he just wanted the food card,” Panco said. Officers found the 17-year-old near Burger King and booked him into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for second-degree robbery and second-degree assault, according to police.

GREEN HILL ASSAULT

• Chehalis police yesterday took a report from an individual from Green Hill School about an inmate-student swinging a dust mop handle at a staff member several days earlier. The 38-year-old man was able to block the blows with a mattress, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It involved a different staff member but the same suspect as the incident in which an employee got urine thrown on him, according to a police department spokesperson.

BACKYARD BREAK-IN

• Someone went into a backyard on the 2000 block of Lynn Road in Centralia and left with a pressure washer, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

BUSINESS BURGLARY

• Police were called about 8:10 a.m. yesterday about  break-in to a business on the 100 block of West Walnut Street in Centralia.

THEFT OF WIRING

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday about the theft of wire from the 1500 block of South Gold Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF FLAG

• An American flag was stolen from its pole at the cemetery on the 1800 block of Van Wormer Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday by a rural Chehalis resident after the discovery of the possible theft of items from her motorhome while it was being repaired at the 900 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue in Chehalis.

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Taken was a purse, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• A 23-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence following a head-on collision last night at Reynolds Avenue and Johnson Road in Centralia. Officers responding after the approximately 8:50 p.m. call report that two individuals sustained minor injuries. Katie L. Wright was also booked for driving with a suspended license and reckless driving, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, violation of no contact order, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, fake $20 bill passed at a convenience store, request for assistance with unruly teenagers … and more.