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BREAK-IN

• Chehalis police are investigating a burglary after being called about 10 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 500 block of West Main Street. Someone had removed a small safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash and credit cards, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 8:10 a.m. yesterday for a burglary to a church at the 500 block of South Washington Avenue where electronics and multiple other items had been removed.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue after a business discovered a counterfeit $100 bill had been used during a transaction.

• Chehalis police were asked about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to investigate a case of suspected identity theft.

BREAK-DOWN

• A 50-year-old woman contacted by Centralia police about 6:40 p.m. yesterday because she was walking down the middle of Harrison Avenue was apparently hallucinating and was a danger to herself so she was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for an evaluation, according to the Centralia Police Department. A case will be forwarded to prosecutors for possession of methamphetamine, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 167 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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VIOLENCE

• A 34-year-old Olympia woman was arrested for two counts of third-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree assault after Chehalis police responded for a report of a disorderly person at the 500 block of Southeast Adams Avenue at about 4 p.m. on Sunday. An arriving officer noted broken flower pots, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Sarah L. Zacharias  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Police were called just before 6 p.m. on Saturday when individuals reported that they were threatened by two males they confronted who were digging through the dumpster at the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia. The incident is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SAFE CRACKING

• Chehalis police were called about 1:45 p.m. on Sunday to a business on the 600 block of Northwest State Avenue where someone had kicked in a door, gone inside, tipped over a safe, removed its door and emptied it out. The victim had bought the safe at a sale and never opened it, but believed it had contained something, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An officer was called to the 700 block of Northwest State Avenue about 9:15 a.m. on Saturday after a victim business discovered a safe believed to have been left closed was found unlocked and empty, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BREAK-IN ONALASKA

• A deputy responded to the 100 block of Gish Road in Onalaska about 9 a.m. on Friday for a burglary in which someone had forced their way through the door of a residence and stolen about $5,000 worth of valuables including a Samsung television, Nike shoes and vintage collectibles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

POLICE DOG SNIFFS OUT PAIR UP TREE

• Centralia police dog Pax located two suspects approximately 100 feet up in a tree when called to assist the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office who were investigating the attempted theft of a trailer at the 300 block of Teitzel Road in Centralia around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday morning. The theft investigation is being handled by the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• An individual reported the theft of his wallet and the attempted use of his credit card at a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were contacted about 2:30 p.m. on Friday by an individual who reported they attempted to purchase a puppy online and after paying the agreed upon amount, were recontacted by the out-of-state seller who asked for more money. The original transfer of money was made at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis, according to police.

• Chehalis police called about 11 a.m. on Friday to the 600 block of West Main Street because a customer had tried to pay for beer with a counterfeit $100 bill spoke to the customer who said he’d found it on the ground. An officer collected the bill, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Officers contacted about 10 a.m. on Friday are referring a case to prosecutors for charges of second-degree extortion related to a 22-year-old Centralia man who allegedly threatened to have his ex arrested if she did not return to him, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after 9 p.m. on Friday regarding baseball equipment stolen from the 700 block of Harrison Avenue.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called at 7 a.m. today to the 200 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue for an overnight vehicle prowl in which someone someone rummaged around and stole a social security card.

DRUGS

• Jesus D. Montano, 40 of Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and multiple outstanding warrants after being contacted by police for not leaving a local hotel he was not a registered guest at on the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 9 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Officers called about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday for a dispute at the  600 block of Harrison Avenue arrested Bobbie J. Bangs, 42, of Olympia, for possession of methamphetamine and arrested Ryan D. Ward, 38, of Olympia, for an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

VANDALISM

• A vehicle was egged overnight causing damage to the vehicle’s paint at the 800 block of G Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11 a.m. on Friday.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 36-year-old Adna resident was arrested after being stopped by a deputy because she was having trouble keeping her car between the lines on the 100 block of Bunker Creek Road about 1 p.m. on Sunday. Zenia M. Rios allegedly smelled of intoxicants and performed poorly on a field sobriety test, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Rios had her teenage daughter in the vehicle with her so Rios was booked into the Lewis County Jail for both reckless endangerment and driving under the influence, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, consuming liquor in public, third-degree malicious mischief, minor in possession and/or consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation, dog alone in parked vehicle … and more among the hundred of calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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BURGLARY CINEBAR

• Law enforcement officers seized a red Honda suspected to have been left behind after a stranger was seen leaving an 80-year-old Cinebar woman’s residence with items belonging to her in his hands last night. Deputies called to the 100 block of Panisco Road found the suspect car in a neighbor’s driveway and called for a police dog to attempt a track, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A list of missing household items is being compiled and the car will be searched, according to the sheriff’s office.

UNPAID BILL

• Officers called to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia about 12:15 p.m. yesterday investigated two individuals allegedly leaving the motel without paying their bill after staying there for months. Cases of defrauding an innkeeper are being referred to prosecutors for the 28-year-old Centralia man and 24-year-old Chehalis woman, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone pried a window of a recreational vehicle parked at the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Street, got inside and rummaged around, according to a report made to Chehalis police just after 9 a.m. yesterday. Missing is a black 30-foot long power cord, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• The fraudulent use of a debit card was reported about 10:30 a.m. yesterday at the 100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. An investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard just after 9 a.m. yesterday to investigate an apparent fraudulent prescription which had been dropped off.

HIDE AND SEEK

• Police attempting to arrest  24-year-old Centralia man for outstanding warrants about noon yesterday ended up arresting him also for trespassing because he allegedly ran from officers and hid in a fully fenced yard at the 600 block of South Rock Street in Centralia. Nathaniel A. Cheney 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, protection order violation, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault … and more among 161 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports today a deputy was called to a burglary at the 1000 block of South Military Road in Winlock where fishing gear and other items were stolen from a garage between 1 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Monday.

• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road about 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday regarding multiple “folding” bicycles that had been stolen during the night.

• A deputy was called to the 300 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia for a burglary to a storage unit in which a Toshiba flat screen television, high-value shoes, clothing, two vintage lamps and other property were stolen sometime since February. A lock was damaged and the loss is estimated at $4,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported on Tuesday that someone stole 50 sheets of four-foot by eight-foot plywood and a bag of screws from inside a doorless barn at the 400 block of Highland Valley Road outside of Morton between 6 p.m. on June 18 and 6 a.m. on Saturday.

• Centralia police were called to the 2000 block of North Pearl Street about 10:25 p.m. on Monday where an individual reported that sometime since May 10 an unknown person entered a residence and stole two firearms.

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Northwest State Avenue about 1:15 p.m. on Monday to investigate a burglary.

• Chehalis police were called to the 200 block of Northwest Quincy Place about 4:30 p.m. on Monday regarding a burglary.

NOT THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday by an individual who reported a radiator he had been working on disappeared from an alley at the 100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue. It turns out a scrapper had been given permission to pick up some items from the alley and accidentally took the radiator also, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• A window was broken out of a vehicle sometime during the night at the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

• Centralia police were called to the 1400 Harrison Avenue about noon on Monday where a vehicle had been vandalized during the night.

OTHER

• Chehalis police were called to the 1400 block of Northeast North End Avenue about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday to investigate possible trespassing.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 73-year-old Chehalis driver was issued an infraction for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk after officers were called about 5 p.m. on Tuesday to South Market Boulevard and 11th Street for where a person on foot got hit by a vehicle. Further details were not available from the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday and told a motorist in the area of the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street near the park was acting like a police officer waiting to catch someone, with a police hat in the window and a light bar across the window of an “ex-police car.” A spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department said no report was available to describe if an officer contacted the suspicious man.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, resisting arrest, third-degree theft, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, vehicle collision … and more among 308 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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DRIVER THINKS WILD DOGS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS INJURY

• A 36-year-old motorist knocked on a door along the 300 block of Big Hanaford Road about 3:50 a.m. yesterday to say he struck a deer and when he got out to check, he was attacked by a pack of wild coyotes. Sloan D. Schoffstall had a bite mark, or an abrasion, on his right hand but also displayed obvious signs he’d been consuming alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested for driving under the influence and when he was searched, a pair of brass knuckles were found in his back pocket, according to the sheriff’s office. He was found to be driving with a suspended license, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Deputies concluded it was possible he was attacked by a neighborhood dog or something else, but not a pack of coyotes, Kimsey said. Schoffstall was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Kimsey said.

DRIVE-BY SIGN SHOOTING

• Four young men from Cowlitz County were detained following reports they were driving around shooting county road signs in the area of Howe and Spencer roads near Toledo early yesterday morning. A deputy responding just before 1 a.m. located the suspect Chevrolet Silverado at the 4900 block of Jackson Highway, found four occupants in the vehicle and after interviews, arrested three of them for reckless endangerment and then released them, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested were William Hogg, 19, from Longview; Austin Gillum, 21, of Castle Rock; and the driver, Shane Hummel, 22, also of Castle Rock, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. A 20-year-old Castle Rock resident was the only one who apparently did not fire one of the two guns found, Kimsey said.

ASSAULT

• A 37-year-old Centralia man was arrested for second-degree assault for allegedly choking the mother of his children and denied her leaving a residence at the 1300 block of Logan Street in Centralia early Saturday morning. Officers called about 12:10 a.m. booked Jesse C. Sheldon into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A juvenile who allegedly punched a female who was sleeping in a vehicle at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday was arrested for first-degree burglary, minor in possession and/or consumption, a probation violation and obstructing. The boy was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE BRASS KNUCKLES

• A 25-year-old Centralia man arrested about 12:40 p.m. on Sunday at the 400 block of North Ash Street in Centralia for a warrant was also arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon because a set of brass knuckles were allegedly found on his person when he was searched. Isaac J. Cisneros  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE BREAK-INS

• Chehalis police were called just after noon on Sunday to the 600 block of Northwest State Avenue where someone had broken a back door.

• Chehalis police were called to the 10 block of Southeast Washington Avenue just before 10 a.m. on Saturday on a report of a possible burglary, and a possible suspect of a family member.

DRUGS

• A 43-year-old man picked up on an outstanding warrant at his home in a trailer park on the 400 block of state Route 506 in Vader at about 5:50 p.m. on Friday was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine as a glass pipe in his pocket had a white residue that field tested positive for the drug, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jeramy A. Fine  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Juan M. Lopez-Abrego, 19, of Centralia, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after being contacted by police for a trespassing complaint at the 1100 bock of Harrison Avenue at about 3:15 p.m. on Friday, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• A vehicle prowl was reported just after 4 p.m. on Sunday behind a business at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis.

• Centralia police were called about 7:30 p.m. on Friday about vehicle tires slashed at the 2000 block of North Tower Avenue.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were called at 9 a.m. on Saturday to take a report of a rape associated with the 300 block of Southwest Third Street.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, probation violation, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, violation of anti-harassment order, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, bar fight, harassment, civil issue, trespassing, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among many calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today

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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• A deputy pulled over a stolen vehicle about 8:10 p.m. yesterday on southbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis and arrested the 60-year-old Toledo woman behind the wheel. A search of the vehicle turned up suspected methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Norma R. Taylor was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of a controlled substance, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Various tools were stolen from a residence being remodeled at the 1000 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 11:45 a.m. yesterday.

• A deputy was called to the 1200 block of North Fork Road outside Chehalis about 10:30 a.m. yesterday where a garage door had been kicked in. It’s not yet clear what if anything was missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were called to the 1800 block of North Tower Avenue about 7:35 a.m. yesterday to take a report of the theft of potted plants from a front porch. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VIOLENCE

• A juvenile was arrested for allegedly assaulting multiple staff members at the Centralia Providence Hospital following an approximately 9:45 p.m. call to police yesterday. The suspect was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for third-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A physical dispute over property involving multiple individuals was reported about 2:15 p.m. yesterday at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. It is believed that the victim(s) and suspect(s) knew each other but full information was not provided to officers, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OUTDOOR DRINKING

• Multiple individuals were issued notices of infraction for drinking and consuming alcohol in public at B and First Street in Centralia about 2:20 p.m. yesterday. Police indicate they were all “transients”.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, reckless driving, protection order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 171 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.