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BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Someone broke into a home during the daylight hours yesterday on the 4000 block of Cooks Hill Road outside Centralia and stole a jewelry box and its contents. A deputy responding to the just-discovered break-in about 6:23 p.m. found someone had made forced entry into the residence, according to the sheriff’s office.

ONGOING INVESTIGATION

• Lewis County deputies arrested a man yesterday in connection with a large, ongoing investigation related to images of child pornography. Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber said this morning he didn’t have details.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 40-year-old woman who reportedly told a sheriff’s detective she was her sister to avoid being detained for a warrant when she was stopped on Wednesday near Winlock was arrested for second-degree identity theft and brought before a judge yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court. Prosecutors allege that LeDawn M. Jones-Morisch, who has a Napavine address, admitted it was the third time she’d misrepresented to deputies who she was since the end of July. Jones-Morisch had a warrant from the state Department of Corrections, according to charging documents. She was charged with three counts of the class C felony. Judge James Lawler set her bail at $10,000.

BRUSH FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 7 a.m. to a brush fire at a logging site in Onalaska in the area of Middle Fork Road and Centralia-Alpha Road which grew to about 200 feet by 200 feet. Responding deputies were looking for a homeless person who may have started it, as a campfire was found, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber said it was contained at about 8:15 a.m. Seiber said they didn’t know if it was accidental or intentional.

VEHICLE VERSUS HOUSE

• A teenage girl was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after she drove her small pickup truck into a Centralia home this morning. Firefighters called just after 8 o’clock were told she was headed north on Pheasant Road and for whatever reason couldn’t stop at the stop sign on Borst Avenue and continued through the yard and into the structure. The siding buckled but it didn’t break through the wall, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The residents were at home but not injured in any way, Firefighter-Paramedic Jennifer Ternan said.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, collision on city street, graffiti on a pump house, carved wooden bear missing from porch … and more.

CHILD VERSUS VEHICLE

• Police and aid were called just before 8 o’clock this morning to a collision between a vehicle and child at the 600 block of Northwest Prindle Street in Chehalis. Responders said the 10-year-old girl ran into the street without looking and right into the side of a moving sport utility vehicle. The girl’s injuries were so minor – bump on head and scraped leg – she didn’t need to go to the hospital, Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Derrick Paul said. She missed her bus, so was given a ride to school in their fire engine, according to Paul. No fault was found on the driver’s part, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOST CHILD

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon when a 10-year-old girl didn’t arrive home after school. Sgt. Stacy Denham said the mother had already called the school, suspecting her daughter got on the wrong bus. When he arrived and phoned the school bus garage, they were just finding her on another bus, Denham said. “That is pretty common, especially right when school starts,” Denham said.

FOUND CHILD

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning when an individual on Oxford Avenue found a toddler in a diaper walking down a sidewalk. Officers attempted to locate the parents by knocking on doors, since the little boy couldn’t talk to say where he came from, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police called Child Protective Service who took the little one into protective custody, he said, but after about an hour found where he belonged. “My understanding is the child was a couple blocks from his house,” Denham said. “Mom was at work, dad was asleep and the child snuck out.” Denham said he didn’t know if the little one was returned to his family, as CPS in such cases conducts its own investigation.

BURGLARY IN WINLOCK

• A deputy was called yesterday to the 400 block of Hart Road near Winlock after a property owner returned after being gone several days and discovered someone forced their way into a shop building and stole about $6,000 worth of items including auto parts, a generator and a lawn mower, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FRAUD IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 10:20 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 2100 block of North National Avenue regarding possibly a forged check or checks in an amount of more than $500. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A business on North Market Boulevard in Chehalis called police yesterday after being notified by their bank that someone attempted to conduct a transaction via Western Union using their account, in an amount of about $800, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is under investigation, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 48-year-old homeless person from Ashford was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday in Centralia after contact with an officer about 1:30 p.m. at the 200 block of Northup Street. Police were called about suspicious person in the area pushing a cart and found that Jonathan M. Davis had a warrant out of Fife, according to the Centralia Police Department. Suspected meth was found and Davis was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

HIT AND RUN

• Centralia police are looking for the male driver of a gold Mustang that caused considerable damage when he backed into a gas pump last night at the 2300 block of North Pearl Street. The car fled the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department. There was no fire, but it left a big dent in the pump, according to police. The car should have damage on its rear driver’s side, according to police.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, fender bender, hit and run to a city light power box with minor damage, kids on skateboards … and more.

ARROW PIERCES HUNTER’S LEG

• A hunter injured by his own arrow in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest was flown to the Chehalis-Centralia Airport last night to meet up with an ambulance. Chehalis firefighters and AMR responded about 8 p.m. to meet the patient who had been hurt around 11 o’clock yesterday morning about 14 miles northeast of Mount St. Helens, according to responders. He was with his grown daughter and a friend in a very rough and rugged area near Pinto Rock, east of where Forest Service Road 99 connects with Forest Service Road 25, Chief Ben Peeler of North Country EMS out of Yacolt said. “There was a slip or fall and the arrow came out of his quiver and went through his lower leg and stuck,” Peeler said. His friend hiked out about three hours in order to call 911 and their Volcano Rescue Team was activated, Peeler said. A helicopter from King County was able to hoist the patient out, he said. Peeler said he didn’t know what hospital he ended up getting transported to. Because the daughter couldn’t go in the helicopter, the team spent the night with her and they hiked out this morning, according to the chief.

BURGLARY WINLOCK

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report that someone appeared to have gotten inside an office of a business on the 800 block of Hale Road East near Winlock and took a $2,000 handheld computer. It happened sometime between Sunday and yesterday, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said.

THEFT CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue yesterday morning regarding the theft of decorative trees from in front of a business.

PROWL VICTIM CITED

• The 26-year-old Chehalis man who reported his pistol stolen from his unlocked vehicle parked on the street on the 700 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue on Monday morning was issued a citation yesterday for a concealed weapon violation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 35-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer at the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard. Joshua S. Jacobs was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes,  misdemeanor theft and more.

Updated at 4:07 p.m.

VICTIM GETS STOLEN ATV BACK

• A 50-year-old man from LaCenter was arrested on Sunday when he met up with a potential buyer of his ATV at Wal-Mart in Chehalis. A man from Bonney Lake had contacted police after his stolen ATV turned up for sale on Craigslist and arranged to meet the seller, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and booked into the Lewis County Jail was Troy H. Norton, 50, from LaCenter, according to police.

BUSINESS BURGLARIZED IN GLENOMA

• Sometime between about 10 p.m. on Sunday and 5 o’clock yesterday morning someone broke into a grocery store in Glenoma and made off with an estimated $21,000 in cash, checks and receipts as well as a security camera. The owner of the business on the 9000 block of U.S. Highway 12 discovered a broken window in the back when he arrived, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

GARAGE AND SHOP BREAK-INS

• Someone stole two Honda generators from an unsecured shop on the 800 block of Cannon Road in Packwood during the daylight hours on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called about 12:40 p.m. on Saturday following the discovery someone went inside a garage on Southwest Cascade Avenue near Main Street and stole speakers.

TRAILER BREAK-IN

• Morton police say they are still investigating the burglary of a recreational residence in Mossyrock last week in which a 500-watt generator, a propane barbecue and other camping items were stolen. The incident at the camp trailer on the 100 block of Coleman Road was reported about 2:10 p.m. last Monday, according to the Morton Police Department.

PROWLING AROUND IN CHURCH

• Chehalis police were called about 5:30 .m. on  Sunday to a church on the 100 block of Northwest Prindle Avenue where someone had broken in and “did a little vandalism while inside” such as pouring out coffee and syrup and possibly attempting to steal a DVD player, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PROWLING AROUND IN BUSINESS

• Chehalis police were called to the 600 block of Northwest State Street about 11:45 a.m. on Saturday when evidence was found that someone had gotten inside a business, although nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• A vehicle was reported stolen about 8:30 a.m. on Sunday from the 400 block of Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis. The Volkswagen turned up abandoned a few hours later abandoned in Thurston County, still in working condition, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GRAVESTONE GONE

• Morton police are investigating the possible theft of a headstone from the Morton Cemetery, reported last week and believed to have occurred sometime since 2012. A former resident made the report on Wednesday and police do not yet know if if it was removed from the family plot by a caretaker or actually stolen, according to the Morton Police Department.

DRUGS

• Two people were arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop about 3 a.m. on Sunday along Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Felicia M. Gillis-Collado, 24, from Olympia and Richard A. Bolduc, 48, from Elma, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 21-year-old Centralia man contacted about a warrant about 9:30 p.m. on Friday at the 1000 block of Salzer Valley Road in Centralia was subsequently arrested for possession of heroin when a clear plastic baggie found containing a dark tar-like substance field-tested positive for the drug, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Samuel N. Burleson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

KIDS AND MATCHES

• Firefighters were called to a dumpster fire yesterday at an apartment complex on the 100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia. It was mostly extinguished by the time the crew arrived but they finished dousing it with water, according to Riverside Fire Authority. A police officer responding to the scene about 11 a.m. reports they suspect an 8-year-old was involved, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A pair of teenage boys contacted around 11:30 a.m. on Friday following the discovery of some spot grass fires near railroad tracks along Southwest Third Avenue in Chehalis found themselves in  trouble. One of them had allegedly been lighting matches and tossing them and the other had suspected marijuana in his pocket, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The cases were referred to juvenile prosecutors, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday to the Twin City Town Center on the 1500 block of Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis where someone had broken a window and broken into a parked vehicle.

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 a.m. on Sunday to the 100 block of Southwest William Avenue in Chehalis where someone had just shattered a window on a vehicle.

• Someone stole a handgun from the 700 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 8:45 a.m. yesterday. An officer was told the Springfield semi-automatic 40 caliber pistol had been left under the seat of the unlocked vehicle, parked on the street, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Later yesterday and into last night, Chehalis police took reports of other car prowls most of them involving unlocked vehicles, on the 500 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue and the 1400 block of Southwest William Avenue.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of Downing Road about 12:30 p.m. yesterday for a report someone had taken a hammer to a vehicle’s windshield.

WRECKS

• Deputies arrested a 46-year-old Centralia man for driving under the influence after he crashed his Harley Davidson motorcycle about 9 o’clock last night on the 2700 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Russell A. Bushnell was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• One person was injured in a four-vehicle-involved rear end collision when a man from Germany driving a camper van failed to slow down for slowing traffic on Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday afternoon. It happened about 3:50 p.m. in the northbound lanes near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange, according to the Washington State Patrol. Christopher S. Hillion, 53, of Toledo, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and his Chevrolet Cavalier was totaled, according to the state patrol. His car was hit from behind and shoved into an Audi, which then struck a black Honda Passport, the investigating trooper reported. All the vehicles had to be towed away, except for the Honda which had left the scene, according to the state patrol. Patrick Apitz, from Berlin, was cited for following too closely.

DRIVER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF

• A motorist in his late 30s ended up in the hospital after he tried to unholster his handgun while traveling down U.S. Highway 12 east of Randle on Friday morning and shot himself in the knee. He was traveling alone and able to call 911 on his cell phone and fortunately didn’t suffer a life-threatening injury, according to Lewis County Fire District 14. Fire Chief Jeff Jaques said when he arrived to the approximately 9 a.m. call in the area near River Ranch Road, a deputy and trooper were already there, bandaging up the wound. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Criminal Deputy Gene Seiber said it appeared the trigger of the 44 caliber pistol may have snagged on his seat belt. The patient was transported to Morton General Hospital, according to Jaques.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, stealing a shopping cart, shoplifting; responses for alarms, disputes, loud neighbor music, misdemeanor thefts, suspicious circumstances, possible suicide threat, collision on city street, sport utility vehicle doing doughnuts in a parking lot, kids on scooters on the street … and more.

HALF DOZEN CITED FOR FIGHT

• Six people were arrested when officers responded about 6:25 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Ash Street in Centralia. Arrested for fighting in public and then released were Centralia residents Lori A. Romero, 32, Miguel V. Martinez, 18, Cornelia T. Delarosa, 21, Sabrina L. Towne, 21, Ricky L. Blay, 19, as well as a girl whose name was not not released because she is a juvenile, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 8:10 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue where three pool cues were stolen from a business after the owners left them briefly unattended. The loss is estimated at $1,000, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BRUSH FIRE

• Firefighters called yesterday afternoon to a brush fire on near the Burger Claim on Old Highway 99 in Grand Mound extinguished it before it got bigger than about 20 feet by 20 feet. It appeared someone had burning a garbage pile and it got away from them, according to Wes Thurston Regional Fire Authority.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving under the influence; response for collision in parking lot … and more.

DEPUTY INJURED DURING DOMESTIC DISPUTE CALL

• A 21-year-old woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly attacking a deputy in Rochester, leaving him with a broken hand and scratches on his face. Law enforcement had been called about 4:30 p.m. regarding a disturbance between a husband and wife at their home on the 3900 block of 183rd Avenue Southwest, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. They were told she picked up a shovel and threatened her husband with it, according to Lt. Cliff Ziesemer. An arriving deputy made contact with Nicole J. Duff who was sitting on the porch, the shovel nearby, according to the sheriff’s office. When the deputy attempted to detain her, she began kicking, biting, punching and scratching at him, according to Ziesemer. Duff was Tased and taken into custody with the help of her husband, Ziesemer said. Duff had just been released from jail in Lewis County for punching an officer, Ziesemer said. She was booked into the Thurston County Jail for second-degree assault.

TWO CAMPERS FALL INTO FIRE

• Firefighters and paramedics were called early yesterday to an area off the 1900 block of Spencer Road near Salkum where they were told a man and a woman fell into a fire pit. Both were burned, the woman more seriously with injuries on her abdomen and over more than 20 percent of her body, according to Lewis County Fire District 8. It happened about 1:30 a.m. at Cowlitz Timber Trails, an association of lot owners along the river, Chief Duran McDaniel said. Others at the scene brought the couple to the gate and they were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, McDaniel said. “I don’t know her status, but I’m sure she got shipped out to another facility,” McDaniel said today.

KNIFE THREAT

• A 43-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for second-degree assault after allegedly pulling out a knife and threatening an individual after an argument at Maple Street and Tower Avenue in Centralia. Officers responding about 2 p.m. booked Steven L. Baker into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police took a report shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday from a parking lot at the 100 block of West High Street of a green 1998 Honda Civic stolen from its owner by a relative. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FOUR-VEHICLE COLLISION

• A 42-year-old Olympia woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she slammed into the rear of a car stopped for heavy traffic on northbound Interstate 5 south of Chehalis yesterday, sending three of its occupants to the hospital and totaling their Hyundai Sonata, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 11:45 a.m. to the scene near milepost 72 found the Sonata was shoved into a another vehicle, which was pushed into the vehicle in front of it. Transported to Providence Centralia Hospital were Heather L. Bittle, 35, of Olympia, and two 16-year-old boys, according to the state patrol. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Suzanne M. Mansker, of Olympia, the investigating trooper reports.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, trespass, driving with suspended license; responses for domestic dispute, collision on city street … and more.

Four-vehicle chain reaction collision on northbound Interstate 5 south of Chehalis. / Courtesy photo by Stevie Roberts

DRUGS

• A 39-year-old man was arrested for delivery of methamphetamine and other offenses following a search of his bedroom on the 100 block of Northeast Division Street in Chehalis by Centralia’s special Anti-Crime Team, in which they reportedly found a stolen air conditioning machine, a spoon with heroin residue and a plastic baggie with meth residue. Galen J. Jorden was booked into the Lewis County Jail on Thursday and charged in Lewis County Superior Court yesterday. Charging papers allege that sometime during the month of August Jorden sold an unspecified amount of meth to an un-named person working under the supervision of a Centralia police detective. The detective was told the air conditioner, worth as much as $4,500, was stolen from a Shell station on Ellsburg Road and Jorden had had it for some time, the documents state. He was charged with second-degree possession of stolen property, delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin. Bail was set at $25,000 and his arraignment set for this coming Thursday.

• A 22-year-old woman with a business as a painter and no previous criminal history was charged with allegedly twice selling heroin and once selling meth in recent weeks to an un-named person or persons working under the supervision of a Chehalis police detective. Stephanie Nelson was allowed to be released yesterday on a $10,000 unsecured bond after appearing before a judge in Lewis County Superior Court. According to charging documents, the first transaction occurred with 1,000 feet of a school zone in Chehalis. Nelson and 27-year-old Brett A. Economou were both arrested on Thursday in Chehalis by a detective who stopped their vehicle, according to court documents. Economou was charged with delivery of meth as well, as he allegedly was a passenger in Nelson’s vehicle during one transaction and was the one who the confidential informant handed the money to and he handed drugs back to the informant. Charging documents in his case allege when he was booked into jail, some amount of a substance that field tested positive for heroin was found in his under-clothing, so he was also charged with possession. The judge was told he was anticipating starting work next week at a lumber mill in Chehalis. Economou was allowed to be released from jail on the same conditions as Nelson. Their arraignments are scheduled for this coming Thursday.

MISSING MOTORCYCLE

• Centralia police responded about 7:20 p.m. yesterday to a report from the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road regarding the theft of a black and white Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle. Police have a suspect in mind and the investigation is ongoing,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

ALLEGED SEX CRIME

• A 76-year-old lifelong Centralia resident was arrested in connection with recent allegations that about three years ago he inappropriately touched the 6-year-old granddaughter of a neighbor while they were in the backseat of a vehicle on their way to look at Christmas lights at Fort Borst Park. George R. Smith was charged yesterday with two counts of first-degree child molestation in Lewis County Superior Court. Charging documents indicate the child’s mother contacted police in April, the girl was interviewed in June and Centralia police detectives on Tuesday recorded a phone conversation in which the mother called Smith. The girl told a detective Smith put his hand under her shorts, more than once, according to the documents. A judge yesterday allowed Smith to be released pending trial on a $25,000 unsecured bond. His arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 11.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor theft, possible Internet scam … and more.