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KID CRIME

• As deputies investigated a recent string of Vader car prowls they came upon a pair of brothers yesterday who allegedly admitted to a burglary three weeks earlier in which someone kicked in the door of a vacation home on Sixth Street and made off with a rifle, 30 bottles of expensive wine and numerous other valuables. The boys, ages 13 and 16, were arrested and booked yesterday into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for first-degree burglary, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are looking for a 15-year-old who may also be connected to the break-in, according to the sheriff’s office.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A 36-year-old Vader man was arrested yesterday afternoon for second-degree assault after he allegedly choked his girlfriend at their Vader home. Shane A. Chancellor was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. However, prosecutors are referring the case down to Lewis County District Court with a charge of fourth-degree assault. Detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said he didn’t know the specifics of this case but noted the distinction between misdemeanor and a felony assault when it comes to these types of cases is if a person’s breathing is interfered with.

LOST AND FOUND

• A Chehalis woman who discovered from FedEx they accidentally delivered her package to a residence across town called police yesterday and got her package back. It was an iPhone valued at $419, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The individual who signed for it at the wrong address said they thought it was for an upstairs tenant, but was warned by an officer it was a bad idea to sign for something that was not meant for them, according to police.

• A person called 911 about 11 a.m. yesterday to say they’d captured a friendly ferret which had been running loose near their business on the 200 block of Southwest Ninth Street in Chehalis. An animal control officer retrieved the animal and took it to the shelter, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MAN GOES TO SHERIFF’S OFFICE, GETS BOOKED

• A 25-year-old homeless man who went to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday to register as a sex offender was arrested because he has reportedly been residing in the county for a month, which is beyond the deadline of three business days in which to register after a move, according to the sheriff’s office. Trevor T. Calabrese was previously registered as living in Thurston County, according to the sheriff’ office.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, violation of protection order; responses for alarms, possibly drunk driver, disturbance; complaints of a seemingly homeless person who peed in a corner behind a building, a male in a parking lot digging through the garbage  … and more.

CANDY, AMMO AMONG THE LOOT

• Deputies yesterday morning were called to Vader for an overnight car prowl spree in which at least five locations were hit. A blue BMX bicycle was taken from the back of a truck parked on the 800 block of G Street sometime after 4:30 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the other items stolen from various vehicles were fishing poles, keys, a cordless drill, loose candy, jumper cables, a child’s doll and  a 9 mm magazine filled with ammunition, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspects are three juveniles, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

MORE KIDS STEALING STUFF

• Two boys were spotted stealing a bicycle from the library in Centralia yesterday. An officer responding about 4 p.m. to the 100 block of South Silver Street describes it as gray Yukon mountain bike.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 3 p.m. to Southwest Chehalis Avenue near Main Street when an individual found someone entered their car which have been left unlocked and stole a lunchbox and prescription drugs.

UNHAPPY TRAIN PASSENGER

• Police were called to the railroad station in Centralia yesterday when a conductor kicked a passenger off the Amtrak train, who allegedly became agitated and threatening, even kicking at luggage. Police say Hassan A. Sabaghi, 64, from Seattle, was removed about 11:30 a.m. because he was screaming at other passengers. The train was enroute to Denver, according to police. Sabaghi was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, according to the Centralia Police Department. It’s not clear if the luggage he kicked was his own, or if his bags had remained on the train.

HORSE PURSUIT

• Officers responded just before 1 p.m. yesterday to assist sheriff’s deputies with catching four horses that got loose from the 500 block of South Street in Centralia and were running in traffic, according to the Centralia Police Department. After about a half hour, the animals were corralled at Jefferson-Lincoln Elementary School about a half mile away, according to the sheriff’s office. The owner, a 32-year-old woman, will be issued a citation for “animals at large,” according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

WRECKS

• A 33-year-old Randle man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with a possible broken back and internal injuries after a single-vehicle collision yesterday along the 300 block of Kiona Road in Randle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 7 p.m. reported the 33-year-old passenger was taken to Morton General Hospital where she was treated and has been released. The driver was northbound and traveling too fast when approaching a right turn and ran into some trees, according to the sheriff’s office. The 1996 Buick Regal was totaled.

• A 16-year-old boy from Castle Rock was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with a possible concussion and a wrist injury last night after he lost control of his car and struck a tree along the 400 block of Boistfort Road west of Chehalis. A deputy responding about 10:40 p.m. noted his 1972 Subaru was totaled and his 16-year-old female passenger ended up with just scrapes, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, violation of protection order; responses by fire department for illegal outdoor burning, by police for alarms, disputes, collisions, shoplifting; complaints of reckless drivers, loud music, barking dogs … and more.

Updated at 6:41 p.m.

POSSIBLE ARSON IN ROCHESTER

• A suspicious fire early this morning at a Rochester home is under investigation. Firefighters called about 2:30 a.m. to the Sunny Acres Mobile Home Park on the 6000 block of Southwest 203rd Avenue found a porch had caught fire although a neighbor extinguished it with a garden hose, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Nobody was home at the time but a neighbor arriving home spotted the flames, Chief Robert Scott said. Scott said an investigator was back out at the mobile home this morning. The burned area was on the top of a wood rail, he said. “We’ll follow up with law, we’ve talked with the property owner,” he said. The resident indicated they had no idea who might do such a thing, according to Scott. A fire on Sunday about five miles to the north in which a barn was destroyed is also under investigation. Seven fire departments assisted with that blaze on Case Road at the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area which spread to about two acres before it was contained.

BRUSH CATCHES FIRE NEAR WINLOCK

• Firefighters extinguished a smoldering grass fire about 8:15 p.m. yesterday on undeveloped property along the 2500 block of Highway 603 north of Winlock. Firefighter Patrick Jacobson said it was probably 50 yards away from the road. “There wasn’t anyone around, I don’t know what the cause was,” Jacobson said. It was contained to an area of about 25 by 30 feet, he said.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Someone broke into a residence on the 500 block of North Iron Street in Centralia and left with a Sony game console, according to a report made to police at 2 p.m. yesterday. The case is still under investigation,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police responded  about 5:10 a.m. today to a report of a stolen red 1999 Honda Civic at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road. It has a license plate that reads 389 BEQ,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole a broken down car valued at $200 that was left parked at the 1400 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy contacted Monday by its 19-year-old owner was told it was left there on July 20 when it would not start, according to the sheriff’s office. It is a red 1997 Dodge Stratus with a license plate of 682 WTJ, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

SHED BREAK-IN

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of West Chestnut Street about 7 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of unspecified property from an unlocked shed. It’s not clear yet what is missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Someone threw a rock through the back window of a vehicle parked at Mellen and Yew streets in Centralia, according to  report made to police yesterday morning.

• A deputy will be looking at security footage to find out who spun cookies on the lawn at Onalaska High School and caused $30 damage to a rhododendron plant on Monday night or Tuesday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DISOBEDIENT AND UNRULY

• A 23-year-old woman was jailed yesterday after she refused to give her name or identification to a sheriff’s deputy. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy contacted two people in a vehicle that was parked in a no trespass area off Coal Creek Road outside Chehalis about 2:40 p.m. A male and a female were having a dispute, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The woman was driven to Centralia where a police officer there confirmed who she was, Brown said. Carlina F. Anderson, 23, of Centralia, was arrested and booked for obstructing a public servant, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 31-year-old Chehalis man was arrested overnight after police were called to Southwest Interstate Avenue and told he grabbed a bicycle and threw it down, causing his female companion to fall. Jesse J. Wheeler was booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WRECKS

• A 55-year-old bicyclist was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with injuries to his face after he collided with the back end of a flatbed trailer on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 12 east of Randle yesterday evening. Troopers and aid called about 6:10 p.m. to the scene found a truck and trailer had pulled off to the side of the highway, according to Lewis County Fire District 14. “Apparently for some reason the bicyclist didn’t see it and ran into it, fairly fast by the looks of it,” Fire Chief Jeff Jaques said. Paul N. Small was traveling eastbound when it happened, according to the state patrol. The chief said he was wearing a helmet. The investigating trooper reports Small lives in Randle. Jaques said he believed he is a Packwood resident.

• A 21-year-old Onalaska woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after she rolled her car on the 500 block of Larmon Road near Onalaska yesterday evening. She said a deer appeared in front of her and she lost control of the vehicle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deer tracks were found into the ditch; the driver was not cited, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The 2010 Chevrolet Aveo was described as totaled.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarms, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, non-injury collision, inquiry about legality of discharging a Zombie Shooter inside city limits; complaints of car squirreling around, homeless person bothering customers … and more.

Updated at 1:29 p.m.

POLICE: HUSBAND APPREHENDED AFTER GUN THREAT

• A 42-year-old Ethel man who allegedly went to Centralia where he showed his estranged wife a loaded magazine from a pistol and told her, “This bullet has your name on it” was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday. Deputies responded around 11 a.m. to the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue where the alleged incident occurred and Centralia police subsequently made a traffic stop on David E. Threlkeld and took him into custody for felony harassment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was found with a loaded 40 caliber Glock pistol, according to the sheriff’s office.

POLICE: EX-BOYFRIEND BASHES WINDOW

• A 32-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night for allegedly breaking the rear window of his girlfriend’s vehicle. Thommy A. Clinton was cited for the incident connected with the 600 block of Yew Street in Centralia and then released,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police looking for a man with a warrant from the state Department of Corrections yesterday found him just before noon at a residence on the 1100 block of F Street. Police found suspected methamphetamine and heroin on Scott R. Hotchkiss, 34, of Centralia, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested and booked at the same time also for possession of methamphetamine was Tanner Z. R. Russell, 21, of Centralia, according to police.

THEFT AND FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report last night about a person attempting to use a credit card locally from a wallet accidentally left at a bus stop in Centralia. The report made to police about 8:30 p.m. is connected with a location of the 200 block of South Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN, TEEN ESCAPE INJURY IN DUI WRECK

• A 46-year-old Winlock resident who rolled his vehicle while trying to answer his cell phone yesterday was arrested for driving under the influence as well as reckless endangerment; he had a 13-year-old passenger, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Aid and deputies called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to the Winlock-Vader Road near Ferrier Road found a 2004 Jeep Wrangler in a ditch with minor damage, according to the sheriff’s office. Nobody was taken to the hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Curtis J. Farrier was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was also cited for using his phone while driving, she said.

BB GUN INCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION

• Police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday by a parent about a 15-year-old boy who was shot with a BB gun in the area of the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia. The case is under investigation but the boy ended up with just a red mark on his back, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECKS

• The Washington State Patrol reports a 68-year-old Chehalis man was injured when his motorcycle was hit by a vehicle changing lanes on Interstate 5 north of Kelso on Sunday afternoon. Troopers called about 2:25 p.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 42 report Halsey K. Hines was transported to St. John Medical Center in Longview. The 25-year-old driver of the Hyundai Tucson was reportedly unhurt.

• A 25-year-old Chehalis woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after her Ford Taurus rear ended a Chrysler mini van on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis about 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding to the northbound lanes near the state Route 508 interchange cited Winona F. Gladue for following too closely, according to the state patrol. None of the four occupants in the other vehicle, from Newberg, Ore., were hurt, according to the investigating trooper.

COUPLE LOSES EVERYTHING IN OAKVILLE FIRE

• An unoccupied mobile home and nearby garage went up in smoke yesterday morning near the center of town in Oakville. Firefighters called at 6:45 a.m. to the intersection of Cedar and Newton streets were joined by crews from two other departments in getting the fire extinguished, according to Grays Harbor County Fire District 1. The fire was so hot it melted some fiberglass on another nearby building, according to Capt. Erik Palmerson. Palmerson said nobody was injured but a couple was preparing to move in on the first of the month. “And unfortunately, the (incoming) tenants had all their belongings stored in the garage,” he said. Palmerson said it began in the garage, where there had been some remodeling going on and was possibly related to wiring. Neither the owner or the renters had insurance, he said.

EXTREME SHOPLIFTING

• A subject captured on security video at a convenience store near Vader apparently took only three six-packs of Budweiser beer after backing his truck up to the entrance while it was closed and using an axe to break the glass on the front door and then popping inside and quickly back out. An employee arriving to the Shell station on the 100 block of Mulford Road on Saturday discovered the burglary and called 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Surveillance video from inside the business showed the male, dressed all in black and appearing to have a bandana covering his face, use a long pole to turn an outside camera, according to the sheriff’s office. Nothing at first appeared to be missing, including the safes, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The truck is described as blue with a dark canopy, according to Brown.

• Three women from Longview were arrested for allegedly shoplifting about $1,000 of merchandise from four stores at the Centralia Outlets on Saturday evening. Centralia police responded to reports about 5:40 p.m. and a trooper subsequently stopped a vehicle near the state Route 508 interchange where all the goods were recovered, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Ashley L. Leonard, 30, Adrianne R. Lindgrin, 27, and Rebecca C. Wilcox, 41, according to police. Wilcox was additionally arrested for possession of methamphetamine, according to police.

• Police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday to Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis after a subject left the store with a cart full of laundry soap. Nobody was able to get a plate number as the departing vehicle had no license plate on its back and the front plate was covered, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Someone stole 30 sheets of roofing tin from property on Kjesbu Road sometime between July 20 and Saturday, according to  the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

•  Centralia police took a report about 9:35 a.m. on Saturday about roughly 15 gallons of fuel stolen from a vehicle at the 1000 block of South Gold Street.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday about a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 200 block of Northwest State Avenue in Chehalis. The purse was subsequently located in a nearby apartment but missing an item or two like a bottle of prescription meds, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is being referred to prosecutors for a charging decision, according to police.

• Police were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday about a wallet stolen from a vehicle while its owner ran inside an apartment building for short time at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis.

BAD BAR BEHAVIOR

• A 40-year-old Morton woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after she allegedly struck another patron of a tavern on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and then walked outside and disrobed. Kristine M. Hiatt was booked into the Lewis County Jail following the Saturday night incident, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 10:40 p.m. on Friday to the 1000 block of Southeast Adams Avenue where a man said he observed a male “key” his neighbors Jeep. The caller tried to follow him but lost track of him and an officer subsequently contacted a suspect but no arrest was made, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISPUTES IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 11:30 p.m. yesterday to a report of a domestic assault at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue. No arrests were made but the case is being referred to prosecutors for evaluation of charges, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested on Saturday afternoon in connection with violating a protection order with assault regarding his ex-girlfriend, according to police who responded to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia. Levi S. Ramirez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 29-year-old man was contacted by Centralia police multiple times on Sunday, first for allegedly slashing a tire on a neighbor’s car at the 2800 block of Russell Road for which he was cited and then released; then because he allegedly stole a beer from a business on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue for which he was cited. Officers found him later in the morning when they were called again to the 2800 block of Russell Road for a possible dispute, according to the Centralia Police Department. Donald P. Myers allegedly took several prescription pills there from his ex-girlfriend and was booked for theft into the Lewis County Jail. However, he was released without charges on the last incident, pending further investigation.

FALL FROM SECOND STORY

• Aid was called about 5 o’clock this morning to the 800 block of First Street in Centralia where a subject reportedly fell one story off a balcony. The patient was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Further details were not readily available.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assaults, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, violation of protection order, disputes, stolen bicycle, shoplifting, fender bender, non-injury collisions, motorist who struck a bicyclist who said he wasn’t hurt and wanted to leave, a small dog inside a parked vehicle with his tongue hanging out, a bloated possum laying on a street corner, a male laying under a sleeping bag on the grass off Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue, a male laying on a sidewalk, drunk in public, a female out in the road yelping like a dog; complaints of berry bushes growing onto a sidewalk, dogs running loose trying to pick fights … and barking dogs … and more.

ROLLOVER WRECK

• Firefighters rescued a woman and three dogs this morning after her mini van ran into a ditch and landed on its side, trapping her. Lewis County Fire District 6 said they were called around 9 a.m. to Highway 603 near Shorey Road west of Chehalis. The woman was alert and talking but they had to got through the back of the van to get to her, Firefighter Mike Goodwillie said. The animals didn’t seem to be hurt, he said, although a “little teeny” dog bit one of the firefighters on the hand when he tried to get it out so they could to the patient. “I’m guessing it was just scared, cause it was in a rollover too,” he said. The woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, the firefighter was not, according to Goodwillie.

CAR IN RIVER

• Aid and deputies responded yesterday afternoon after a car went off the road and into the Skookumchuck River near state Route 507 and Connor Road Southeast north of Centralia. Thurston County Fire District 12 Deputy Chief Butch Smith said  it happened just before the corner and when they arrived, the young man was already out of the vehicle which landed on its wheels in a shallow area. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital by Thurston County Fire District 16, Smith said.

VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE

• A young man was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital after his bicycle and a vehicle collided about 4:30 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of West First Street in Centralia. Police say he rode into traffic without stopping and suffered cuts and scrapes.

NIGHTLIFE

• A 27-year-old Randle man who allegedly tried to force his way back into a downtown Centralia tavern after being kicked out last night was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to police. James C. Murphy was contacted about 12:15 a.m. at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 20-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested last night when he was contacted by an officer inside a tavern on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Dalton J. Taylor was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for minor in possession of alcohol by consumption as well as providing false information to a public servant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about a TV satellite DVR stolen from a home on the 600 block of Yew Street yesterday. A suspect has been identified and the case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; report of a bicycle stolen from a porch overnight … and more.

Updated at 12:19 p.m.

SMOLDERING HAY IGNITES GRAND MOUND BARN FIRE

• A fire that tore through a Grand Mound area barn early yesterday burned so hot it ignited a pile of pallets about 30 feet away but the dairy cows in the area were unhurt and seemingly undisturbed. Crews called about 1:30 a.m. after being alerted by a passerby found the 5000-square foot building on the 7000 block of James Road Southwest fully engulfed in flames, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. It was a three-sided metal building used to store feed and other materials, Chief Robert Scott said. Members of four fire departments responded. Bales of hay stacked some 25 feet high seemed to be the source of the blaze, Scott said. “The investigation narrowed it down to spontaneous combustion, which can happen if you have damp hay, he said. “It will build up heat internally and ignite.” Crews were on the scene until about noon, according to Scott, extinguishing the smoldering materials layer by layer. None of the dairy cows kept about 150 away were injured. “Actually they were quite occupied,” he said. “I think it was feeding time. They just kind of looked.”

ELECTRICAL ISSUE DRAWS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO K-MART

• The Chehalis K-Mart store was evacuated yesterday when a circuit breaker malfunctioned and electrical box in the ceiling melted. Firefighters called just after 11 a.m. to the 1200 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue found no flames or smoke but shut off the power and advised an electrician be called in, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Capt. Casey Beck said the store reopened, except for Little Caesars Pizza.

SHORT STROLL PROMPTS FELONY ARREST

• A 29-year-old Olympia woman was jailed for second-degree escape yesterday after she ignored a judge’s warning to stay seated when he discovered she had a felony warrant out of Pierce County. Kayla A Bettesworth was appearing in Lewis County District Court on West Main Street at Pacific Avenue for failing to pay fines, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Judge R.W. Buzzard had remanded her into custody at about 2:30 p.m. but she advised she needed to go to the restroom and left, according to the sheriff’s office. Bettesworth was located outside in the parking lot – allegedly in possession of an illegal butterfly knife – and booked into jail, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

MORE TROUBLE IN COURT

• When a 15-year-old boy at juvenile court on Pacific Avenue in Chehalis was remanded in to custody yesterday, his mother retrieved his backpack to get him his contact lens solution and found a pipe and suspected marijuana, according to police. She turned it over to the youngster’s probation officer who called police, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED THEFT IN DRYAD

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports one of the two individuals sought for taking several closet doors and vinyl windows when they were evicted from a Dryad apartment was located yesterday morning in Dryad and booked into the Lewis County Jail. Danielle M. Watson, 28, was arrested for second-degree theft, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the wanted 28-year-old man has indicated to a deputy he will return the items next week and turn himself in.

SHOPLIFTING FOOD

• Police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday to Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis after a customer reportedly left with a cart full of groceries, without paying for them. The cart was left about two blocks away and an officer will be reviewing security video to attempt to identify the subject, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone broke into a garage and got inside a car on the 400 block of Northeast Adams Street in Chehalis where they stole a stereo system, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

• Police were called about 12:15 p.m. yesterday regarding car a prowl at the 100 block of Northeast Boistfort Street in Chehalis. A stereo was taken out of an unlocked vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia officers responding about 1 o’clock this morning to a person in the middle of a road possibly swinging a sword found a 40-year-old man with a walking stick and acting strangely. It took place on the 1300 block of Central Boulevard. Peter D. Harris, a Centralia resident, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of meth, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECKS

• A 20-year-old Centralia man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle last night after he ran his car off the road west of Centralia and crashed into a tree. Aid and deputies called about 6:15 p.m. to the 900 block of Lincoln Creek Road found the driver with possible internal injuries as well as cuts to his hand, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation found he was traveling westbound and failed to negotiate a corner, crossed the centerline, and traveled down an embankment hitting the tree on the driver’s side trapping him inside, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said at last update, he was in stable condition in the intensive care unit. The Mazda MX6 was totaled, she said.

• The driver was described as a short female missing several teeth and her passenger was a brown Pitbull with a brown eye. After a minor two-vehicle collision along the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia just after 2 o’clock yesterday, both vehicles pulled over but then the tan colored 2003 Buick Century took off, according to the Centralia Police Department. Nobody in the victim vehicle was hurt, but police would like to find the fleeing driver. Sgt. Stacy Denham said it has an Oregon license plate of YLV 027.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for smoldering beauty bark at Twin City Town Center caused by a flicked cigarette butt, disputes and disturbances, suspicious activity … and more.