Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 8:54 p.m.

NOT GOOD

• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he reportedly ran over a woman who was trying to stop him from driving drunk early yesterday morning in Chehalis. Officers called just before 3 a.m. to the scene on Northwest State Avenue found Tyler J. Edwards was intoxicated and when he put his truck in reverse, it lurched and struck the inside right leg of the 19-year-old woman, according to the Chehalis Police Department. And then he backed over her ankle, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Edwards was booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicular assault and faces possible other charges, according to Wilson.

RIFLE TROUBLE

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested for first-degree assault for trying to win an argument with his girlfriend by allegedly getting a rifle from a closet, loading it and pointing it at her last night in Centralia. Officers responding about 11 p.m. to the 1400 block of Lewis Street booked Enrique Ramirez-Perez into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to charge him.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 p.m. yesterday when a resident returned home to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane to discover a burglary. A number of items were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 8 o’clock yesterday morning regarding someone breaking through the back door of a vacant rental home on Southwest Seventh Street near Market Boulevard and stealing tools.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 6:20 a.m. yesterday for a break-in to a business on the 700 block of North Tower Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Someone stole a reddish-orange 1989 Chevrolet pickup from the 3100 block of Ives Road outside Centralia yesterday sometime between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The approximately $5,000 truck was unlocked and missing its driver’s side mirror, according to the sheriff’s office. It has a license plate of B03935W, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.

PROWLING COUNTY BUILDING

• A 42-year-old woman who allegedly tried to break into her former boss’s office in Chehalis was arrested early Sunday morning, but not until after fleeing a police officer into some brush and then getting captured by a police dog. It was about 1:45 a.m. when an officer on patrol along the 2000 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue noticed a vehicle at a county building with its parking lights on and hatch open, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He spotted a person in dark clothing and told them to stop or he would send out his dog, detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said. Victoria A. Cheney was detained by the dog and taken to the hospital to be treated and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempted burglary, according to police. The vehicle belonged to her former boss and the window in the building that was shattered was to his office, WIlson said. It wasn’t immediately clear what she may have been doing, he said.

CAR PROWL

• A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle at the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called about 10:45 a.m. on Friday to a car prowl on Northwest Quincy Street in Chehalis in which a backpack was stolen.

TENINO HOUSE CATCHES FIRE

• A vacant bank-owned house in Tenino went up in flames early yesterday morning, drawing six fire departments at about 1:40 a.m. Thurston County Fire District 12’s Tina Vanderhoof said this morning she didn’t have information about the cause although the fire started outside. Nobody was injured, but the single-family home at the east end of Tenino City Park sustained major damage, she said. “They were able to put it out rather quickly, but stayed on the scene several hours mopping up and cleaning up,” she said.

VEHICLE VERSUS BUILDING

• An 89-year-old driver who ran into the side of Smith and Son Grocery in Mossyrock doesn’t know why she hit the building on Friday afternoon, but was uninjured, according to police. Morton Police Department Chief Dan Mortensen described the damage as significant, possibly knocking a wall off its foundation. It happened about 2:30 p.m. on the 200 block of East State Street and no citation was issued, but the collision remains under investigation, according to Mortensen.

TOO MANY DUIS

• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested allegedly for her fourth DUI on Saturday after the owner of a Subaru saw her van run into his parked vehicle about 2:30 p.m. at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue and then drive away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said police subsequently contacted Carrielynn Dodge on the 100 block of King Street and concluded she was under the influence of alcohol. Dodge was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony DUI, as she has three previous DUI convictions, Panco said. Prosecutors are declining to file felony DUI.

HOT DOGS

• Police in Chehalis were called numerous times over the weekend for dogs left inside parked vehicles in the heat. There were no instances of serious issues but the violation is heavily enforced, Chehalis Animal Control Officer Angie Elder said. Elder said if they see them suffering they will go into the car and remove them, attempting first with a slim jim tool. The criminal citation for animal cruelty is $500, she said.

STP ROLLS THROUGH

• A lot of aid calls in Centralia on Saturday, some for heat-related situations including bicyclists with the STP event, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Just before 10 a.m., police and firefighters responded to the 200 block of Downing Road after a car pulling into a convenience store struck a male bike rider, causing minor injuries, according to responders. He was taken to the hospital to be checked out, Fire Capt. Casey McCarthy said.

FIRE DEPARTMENT LEVY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• Riverside Fire Authority Chief Mike Kytta says there are two more public meetings to discuss the proposed new levy. A maintenance and operation levy will be on the coming ballot. Kytta will be available to answer questions at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night at the Stillwater Estates Club House at 2800 Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. The final gathering will be held the following Wednesday at the same time at the fire department headquarters, at 1818 Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to Kytta.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants,  misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, vehicles getting “egged” in Chehalis; complaints of neighbors lighting off fireworks … and more.

Traffic was slowed up yesterday afternoon on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol

BIG WRECK

• Two children were taken to the hospital to be checked out after a multiple vehicle collision on northbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday. The Washington State Patrol reports four cars were involved and the injuries were minor. The left lane was blocked just north of the 13th Street interchange beginning about 12:30 p.m. with one vehicle partially on the center median.

BAD WRECK

• A 31-year-old Vader woman was airlifted after a wreck last night along state Route 506 when her car ran through a wire fence, rolling and came to land on its top in a field. Troopers responding just after 9 p.m. to the scene about three miles east of Vader found Elizabeth Bridgman was injured and her Oldsmobile Aurora was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. She was reportedly driving too fast and was not wearing a seatbelt. The eastbound lane was blocked for about an hour and a half, according to the state Department of Transportation. Bridgman was flown to PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center, according to the investigating trooper.

SCREWDRIVER TO THE BACKSIDE

• Firefighters were called just before midnight to the 3100 block of Ives Road in Centralia for a stabbing victim. The 28-year-old man who was upright outside of an apartment complex had what appeared to be four mostly superficial wounds from a screwdriver in the middle of his back, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Medics bandaged him and he declined to be taken to the hospital, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan said.

BURN BAN EXPANDS

• As a heat wave rolls into Western Washington, the state Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that all outdoor burning on DNR-protected forestlands is prohibited, with two exceptions: Recreational fires in approved fire pits within designated state, county, municipal or other campgrounds, and gas or propane stoves/barbecue grills are allowed. DNR-approved prescribed fires for ecological purposes may be permitted if expressly approved by the commissioner of public lands. Because of the potential wildfire danger, the ban will run through Sept. 30, according to the state agency. Always illegal on DNR-protected forestlands are fireworks and incendiary devices, such as exploding targets, sky lanterns, or tracer ammunition. Charcoal briquettes are not allowed. The hot, dry conditions prompted a ban on outdoor burning in unincorporated Lewis County that began at 12:01 a.m. today.

INMATE VICTIMIZED BY BURGLARS

• Five people were arrested yesterday after they were caught allegedly stealing scrap metal off the Centralia property of a 71-year-old resident currently locked up in the Lewis County Jail. Deputies responded about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of West Reynolds Avenue, after people were seen at Vic Bonagofski’s place by someone who suspected nobody should be there, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. All were arrested for second-degree burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. One of them, Teresa D. Bartley, 43, from Winlock, was additionally arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said. Another, Peter D. Harris, 41, of Pe Ell, was additionally arrested for possession of methamphetamine, Breen said. Steven E. Merrill, 48, Chehalis, was taken to Thurston County because he was wanted on a warrant; and the rest were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Breen, to include Joseph L. Hines, 37, Winlock; and Michael W. Kelly, 54, of Centralia. Bonagofski is serving time for driving with a suspended license, according to the information from the jail.

BOTTLE ROCKET BLAMED FOR BRUSH FIRE

• Firefighters from Winlock were joined by members of four other departments when a bottle rocket ignited tall grass in a field yesterday on the 100 block of Marttala Road North. Crews called about 4:45 p.m. found a resident trying to put it out with a garden hose, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. “It wasn’t threatening any structures and we were able to contain it pretty fast,” Firefighter Patrick Jacobson said. The area burned amounted to roughly 10,000 square-feet, he said. Personnel were on the scene for about an hour, including some from the state Department of Natural Resources, Jacobson said. A teenager who lived there had been using fireworks, he said.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• An attorney for the man who bought the Curtis Store after the big flood of 2007 told a judge yesterday his client would be pleading guilty in connection with a deal made with prosecutors regarding his charge of a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. Benjamin E. Hearn, 35, was arrested in January for events that allegedly began in 2012 involving a 14-year-old friend of his daughter. He was charged with third-degree rape of a child, a class C felony, but details of the agreement were not discussed in court. Centralia defense attorney David Arcuri said he expects Hearn will be taken into custody the day he pleads guilty – to serve a year and a day in prison – and asked the judge to hold off a little bit on the sentencing date. “He wants to finish up some work and make some money before he goes in,” Arcuri said. Lewis County Superior Court Judge Nelson Hunt allowed the hearing to be scheduled on Aug. 6. Hearn remains free on bail.

PLANNED HOUSE FIRE SOUTH OF CHEHALIS

• Firefighters will be gathering early tomorrow morning to burn down a house on the the 1600 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis. The practice burn will begin at 7 a.m. and is expected to be concluded by 11 a.m., according to Lewis County Fire District 6. Members of the department will provide traffic control. Anyone with questions may contact Chief Tim Kinder at 748-6019.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor assault, parking lot hit and run, people sleeping in a park … and more.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 3:15 p.m. yesterday to a residential burglary on the 900 block of North Pearl Street. A window was broken out and “miscellaneous” items were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 11:35 p.m. yesterday regarding several items taken over the weekend from a store on the 1200 block of Lum Road. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 27-year-old Winlock man was arrested yesterday for misdemeanor theft for allegedly stealing $61.86 worth of soda during the past year from a business on the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Andrew W. Freeman was then released, pending court, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 7 p.m. yesterday after an iPhone was stolen from a vehicle in the parking lot at Safeway. Its owner said she left the windows rolled down while she went inside because she had dogs in the car, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The phone turned up with a 16-year-old Chehalis resident who said he found it, but he was arrested for second-degree theft, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

LOST AND FOUND

• Police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to Southwest Fourth Street near McFadden Avenue where a citizen had discovered a small plastic bag containing a white substance. The item will be destroyed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when contacted by law enforcement officers near the Chehalis Police Department on Park Street and Washington Avenue yesterday afternoon. In his pocket was found a crystal substance that field-tested positive for meth, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Andrew T. Field was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• An 18-year-old resident was apparently caught smoking marijuana in public yesterday, in  Washington Park in Centralia and was arrested. Andrew P. Gastfield was then released following  the morning time contact with an officer, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrest for violation of protection order; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, small dog left inside a parked car at K-Mart, complaint of loud music … and more.

Updated at 5:10 p.m.

NASTY NEIGHBOR

• An intoxicated 54-year-old Morton man was arrested last night for for reportedly threatening his neighbor, saying he was going to tear out his mailbox and calling him the N word, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.  A deputy called about 9:45 p.m. to the 700 block of Davis Lake Road learned the two had known each other for quite a long time and it’s not clear why Steven C. Richart was upset, according to the sheriff’s office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for misdemeanor harassment.

BURGLARY WINLOCK

• Someone broke through a back door at a home on the 2300 block of Highway 603 near Winlock yesterday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and stole about $3,000 worth of valuables including several cameras, jewelry and cash, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT ONALASKA

• A deputy took a report yesterday from the 400 block of Shanklin Road in Onalaska of roughly $4,500 worth of belongings being stolen from where they were being stored inside an enclosed car hauler. It happened sometime since June 5, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the items missing are a laptop computer, a Hoyt compound bow and its accessories, a weed eater, binoculars and stereo components, according to the sheriff’s office.

AUTO THEFT

• A 1996 Ford F350 crew cab was reported stolen yesterday morning from the 100 block of Gershick Road in Silver Creek and turned up later in the day wrecked, about four miles up a logging road outside Mossyrock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is $4,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

• An employee’s 1995 Mercury Tracer discovered missing from Wal-Mart’s parking lot about 11:30 p.m. Monday was found yesterday at an apartment complex  on Southwest Chehalis Avenue, according to police. Arrested for vehicle theft was Diana S. Stephens, 60, of Chehalis, according to police. The car was returned to the victim, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GREEN HILL SCHOOL

• A 19-year-old student-inmate at Green Hill School in Chehalis is facing a possible charge of custodial assault after allegedly striking a staff member on the arm and in the back of the head yesterday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 34-year-old Winlock woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop about 9 p.m. on Monday near North National Avenue and Median Street in Chehalis. An officer found a small plastic bag of suspected methamphetamine and Sarah A. Caton was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FIRE

• Lewis County Fire District 6 was called about 4:15 p.m. yesterday to a tractor and hay baler on fire on the 2100 block of South Schueber Road outside Chehalis. It was extinguished.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 36-year-old Centralia area man was sentenced today to a term of a little more than 16 years and as long as life after pleading guilty to the sexual abuse of a young relative. He turned himself in in January after the girl told her mother of incidents that took place when she was 12 years old, during the year that ended in September of 2012. Before his sentence was handed down in Lewis County Superior Court, Rodney J. Teitzel Jr. turned to the mother in the courtroom and said he’d failed at the most important thing he ever had to do right. The now-teenager was not present as she has moved away, but a note from her was read aloud, in which she said she didn’t know if or when she might ever forgive him. “Because of you, she is a shadow of her former self,” Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Joely O’Rourke said, reading a statement from the mother. Charging documents stated the girl told a detective of times Teitzel put his fingers inside her, under the guise of checking between her legs because the area was red. He is convicted of three counts of second-degree rape of a child. Judge James Lawler said the agreed upon recommendation from the two lawyers was clearly appropriate. Lawler ordered that if or when Teitzel is released from prison, he would be under the supervision of the state Department of Corrections for the rest of his life.

WRECK

• A 66-year-old Winlock man did not see a stop sign and collided with another vehicle at the 4300 block of Jackson Highway about 11:30 a.m. yesterday. He was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, hit and run, kids in a parking lot drinking beer; complaints of  fireworks … and more.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Deputies responded about 6 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of River Road outside Chehalis where a pair of individuals camping along the river with people unknown to them said belongings were stolen out of their vehicle. Missing were a wallet, a coin purse, a pill box and a medical bag with unspecified supplies, some of which were found in the vehicle belonging to Mark S. Chesler, 33, of Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He denied he took them, but was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicle prowl and theft, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• Police were called about 2:40 p.m. yesterday to a report of stolen prescription medications at the 900 block of F Street in Centralia.

• A 22-year-old Centralia man brought to the Lewis County Jail early yesterday by a Thurston County deputy on a warrant found himself in further trouble when during an intake process, a baggie containing a white substance fell out of his pocket. A deputy responding just after 6 a.m. contacted Cole E. Taylor and found the material field tested positive for methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• A deputy took a report yesterday evening that someone entered a shop building on the 1200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road and broke the windshield and rear window from an El Camino.

CITATIONS FOR PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES OF ANIMALS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a 53-year-old woman was bit by a Pit Bull when she tried to break up a dog fight early Saturday morning at Ike Kinswa Park.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that last Thursday when a 57-year-old Onalaska man was checking his mail, he was bit by a dog that advanced on him, forcing him into a ditch. He was wounded above his knee cap. The pet was a Dalamation-Labrador-Pit Bull mix, according to the sheriff’s office.

WRECK

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported today that a 62-year-old Chehalis woman driving a Buick  Sedan turned in front of a motorcyclist on Sunday near Chehalis, causing the victim to lay down his bike. It happened at the 400 block of Bunker Creek Road and the 71-year-old Aberdeen man suffered abrasions to his left arm and leg, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failure to register as a sex offender; responses for alarms, dispute, broken windows … and more.

Updated at 7:20 p.m.

TWO CHILDREN RESCUED FROM RIVER

• Two little boys who could not swim and ended up in water over the heads yesterday afternoon in the Skookumchuck River were pulled to safety by a pair of individuals at Rotary Riverside Park in Centralia. Firefighters called to the area about 3:10 p.m. found the children, ages 6 and 7, sitting up and talking but very scared, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Capt Erik Olson said estimates of the length of time they were submerged ranged from 20 seconds to two minutes and if not for the good samaritans, they most likely would have drowned. There were a lot of people enjoying the swimming area and a male and female noticed the little ones struggling and then go under the water, he said. The river is moving quickly enough to drag away an adult, even this time of year, he said. The boys were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital to be checked out, according to Olson.

SHERIFF: MAN THREATENS TO CUT GIRLFRIEND OPEN

• A 43-year-old Ethel man angry about getting woken up by his live-in girlfriend allegedly kicked their dog and chased her with a pocketknife, telling her he was going to slice her up and put the dog inside of her. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports Jerry D. Armstrong told the 27-year-old woman he would kill her if he caught her on Thursday evening at their home on the 2200 block of U.S. Highway 12 but she called 911 from a location in Onalaska. She said she had arrived home from shopping and had rattled the locked door, according to the sheriff’s office. When deputies contacted the 43-year-old man at his home, he was highly intoxicated, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment but was expected to be seen in Lewis County District Court today where they handle misdemeanors.

SHERIFF: GLENOMA MAN RAMS CAR

• A 62-year-old Glenoma man was arrested at his home on Saturday after a brief standoff during which he reportedly presented himself wearing a large knife on his hip, pulled it from its sheath and threw it into the bed of his truck. Deputies arrived at the residence of Lyle R. West about 3:30 p.m. and tried to call him out using a PA system, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Criminal Deputy Stacy Brown said they went there because around 2 p.m., West had rammed a vehicle in a driveway on the 1000 block of Peters Road in Randle when asked what he was doing there, and knocked a 34-year-old man backward with his fender as he turned to leave. Brown said deputies heard West was trying to get a firearm to confront police and that earlier in the day he had been traveling in excess 100 mph on a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 12 passing cars on the shoulder. Deputies were able to take West into custody and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office. On the way there, in a patrol car, he allegedly repeatedly threatened to kill a deputy, Brown said. He was also booked for felony harassment and hit and run, according to the sheriff’s office.

DISPUTE

• Three Centralia residents were arrested when police responded about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 100 block of South Ash Street. Robert P. Alexander, 35, was booked for fourth-degree assault, Aaron J. Alexander, 22, of Centralia, was cited for the same as well as third-degree malicious mischief and then released; and Kayla J. Cambren, 25, of Centralia, was arrested and booked for violation of a no contact order, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of West Cherry Street regarding the theft of a lawn mower, a table and other items from a vacant house.

THEFT MOSSYROCK

• A 1992 Kawasaki motorcycle went missing from a covered storage area beside a house on the 200 block of Mossyrock Road West in Mossyrock, Morton police reported today. The $1,700 bike  was reported stolen a week ago, and vanished sometime in the previous two weeks, according to police.

CAMPGROUND BATHROOM PILFERING

• A 58-year-old Vancouver woman woman reported her bag of prescription drugs were taken while she was cleaning up in a busy campground bathroom on Friday, at the 200 block of Ajlune Road outside Mossyrock. The loss is estimated at $80, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 55-year-old Centralia man reported to the sheriff’s office that while he showered at a campground restroom on the 100 block of Beach Road near, someone went through the pockets of his pants he set outside the shower door and took his wallet, containing a driver’s license, bank card, social security card and medical cards, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.

GNOME-BE-GONE

• Morton police today reported a hand-carved wooden gnome went missing from a fenced yard on the 500 block of Division Street sometime before last Monday. The approximate value is listed at $250, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police took a report of a vehicle prowl in which someone stole a firearm while the victim was inside shopping at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue just before 9 a.m. on Saturday.

• Police were called about 11:35 a.m. on Friday to the 400 block of North Ash Street in Centralia regarding an overnight vehicle prowl.

DRUGS

• Centralia police say a 40-year-old Centralia man resisted arrest for a warrant on Friday afternoon at the 300 block of South Silver Street and had to be Tased. Richard D. Thoreson reportedly tried to dispose of a bag of methamphetamine but it was found by officers, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Jason R. Dunham, 30, of Chehalis, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding warrant after a deputy responded to a report of a no-contact order violation on Friday night at the 1600 block of J Street in Centralia. A deputy found a glass pipe with white residue which field-tested positive for met, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Dunham booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

LOST AND FOUND

• Morton police reported today that officers were called to a residence in the 100 block of Mossyrock Road West at about 5:40 p.m. on Thursday to help locate a missing child.  After searching the area, the child was located sleeping in a tent in the back yard, according to the Morton Police Department.

FIRE DEPARTMENT LEVY QUESTIONS?

• The board of commissioners for the fire department which protects Centralia and its surrounding area will hold one of its regular meetings on Wednesday night at the Lincoln Creek Grange so that afterward they can hold a public meeting to discuss the upcoming new levy. The gathering for usual business begins at 5 p.m. and then after adjournment, at 6:30 p.m., the topic will turn to Riverside Fire Authority’s maintenance and operations levy. It’s the first of three public meetings in which the department hopes to impart information and answer questions about its budget and why it is proposing a new tax.

SEMI RUNS INTO CAR

• A 44-year-old Mossyrock man was hospitalized after a semi truck plowed into the back of his Ford Thunderbird when he stopped to make a left turn off U.S. Highway 12 this morning. Troopers called about 10:40 a.m. to the scene eight miles east of Morton report the car was totaled and Johnny O. Jacobson was transported to Morton General Hospital. The 2006 Mack tractor- trailer combination sustained some damage but was able to be driven from the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol. Its driver, Jacob V. Hoffman, 25, from Silver Lake, is to be cited for second-degree negligent driving because of inattention, according to the state patrol. He was not injured, the investigating trooper indicated.

SEMI RUNS INTO SEMI

• A 2001 Peterbilt semi was described as totaled after it rear-ended a 2002 International tow truck about 1:30 a.m. today on Interstate 5 roughly four miles north of Toledo. Troopers responding report both big rigs were traveling northbound in the right lane near milepost 65. Bryson T. WIlson, 33, from Portland, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. His International was removed by Carl’s Towing. Daniel J. Cundiff, 50, from Sacramento, was reportedly uninjured. The collision remains under investigation, according to the state patrol.

MOTORCYCLIST RUNS INTO RIDING PARTNER

• A pair of Centralia resident traveling side by side on Harley Davidsons up Interstate 5 south of Chehalis yesterday afternoon collided when the one on the left side went to exit at northbound 72 and struck the one on the right. Troopers called about 3:30 p.m. blamed 47-year-old Matthew A. Hardin for inattention. He was reportedly unhurt but Christiana E. Hardin by taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. His was a 2006 Harley Davidson XL1020 and her was a 2003 XL883, according to the state patrol. He will be cited for improper lane travel, according to the investigating trooper.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, possession of marijuana by a minor; responses for alarms, dispute, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, violation of a restraining order, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street; complaints of noisy fireworks, thirsty dog, howling dog, overheated dogs in vehicles … and more.