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VW TARGETED BY FIREWORKS

• Firefighters were called about 12:15 a.m. today to a report of a car on fire which was parked near the intersection of South Tower Avenue and East Main Street in Centralia. The damage to the 1971 Volkswagen station wagon was limited, because patrons at the Hub Tavern had sprayed it with a fire extinguisher, however police were called as it turned out someone had dropped a lit firework through the open sunroof, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It was found sitting on the seat, Fire Capt. Tim Adolphsen said. The Centralia Police Department said this morning they have no suspects. The car belongs to a 36-year-old Centralia man, according to police.

UNRULY ASSAULT SUSPECT

• Chehalis police called about 11 p.m. yesterday about a man chasing a woman around the Wal-Mart parking lot on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue subsequently located a 30-year-old individual from Melba, Idaho and cited him for fourth-degree domestic assault. Chehalis detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said Allan M. Carroll was intoxicated and belligerent and threatened to “do bad things” to the arresting officer when he got out of jail so he was booked for intimidating a public servant.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• A deputy called to the 2900 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis about 1:30 p.m. yesterday found two residences which had been broken into. Someone rummaged through several rooms at one home and next door, stole an Xbox and an iPad, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were called about 8:20 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue where the back door of a business had been forced open. Nobody got inside, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer took a report of medication stolen from a residence at the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia yesterday.

DRUGS

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from a 34-year-old Mossyrock man that his vehicle was stolen but concluded it really wasn’t and as he was taken into custody for making a false police report, suspected methamphetamine was found. The contact with an officer took place about 11:20 a.m. at the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Christopher M. Jacobson.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A wallet was stolen from a vehicle at the 700 block of G Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 9:25 a.m. yesterday.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assaults, violation of a protection order, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, suspicious circumstances, various other misdemeanor thefts, non-injury collisions, possible suicidal subject; complaint about a dirty pickup truck left parked in front of a business for three days … and more.

UNITS AT STORAGE BUSINESS PILFERED

• Some clever thief broke into at least two storage units at a business near Centralia but replaced the cut padlocks with new ones so as not arouse the suspicion of employees, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding yesterday morning to the 3200 block of Ives Road learned that a washer and dryer were removed from one unit, according to the sheriff’s office. Another victim is still compiling a list of missing items. It occurred inside the fenced compound of Prairie Storage sometime since noon on Friday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

ATTEMPTED FUEL THEFT

• An officer was called yesterday morning to a car lot on the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia after the discovery someone had tried to siphon gas from numerous vehicles. The gas caps were removed, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 3:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of West Main Street regarding fraudulent charges made on a stolen credit card.

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning to Quality Rentals on the 1400 block of South Gold Street where someone had stolen tools and a mattress out of a company truck.

PROTEST DRAWS POLICE IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to the property outside Green Hill School for boys yesterday when a group of demonstrators gathered. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said at one point there were as many as 25 individuals, with a sign saying free all prisoners and a loud speaker, some banging pots and pans and some tossing fireworks. Wilson said it apparently coincided with an event at the jail in King County. Officers monitored the situation and avoided arresting anyone, since that’s what the participants seemed to hope for, Wilson said.

REALLY?

• A 17-year-old boy who said he saw a deer on the side of the road and pulled his emergency brake lost control of his car and wrecked it last night along the 500 block of Lincoln Creek Road outside Centralia. His 2004 Hyundai Elantra sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy arriving about 8:30 p.m. cited the Rochester motorist for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office. Nobody was taken to the hospital.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting; responses for alarms, misdemeanor theft, parking lot hit and run, family disputes, seemingly inappropriate activity by a pair of juveniles at park, small dogs alone inside a hot vehicle; complaint about smelly garbage piling up at a neighbor’s and a rat coming over … and more.

Updated at 7:01 p.m.

OUT OF CONTROL MAN IN UNDERWEAR ARRESTED

• A 32-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he reportedly was running around in circles in his neighborhood wearing only his underwear, yelling incoherently and intermittently jumping in the air and flopping onto the ground. It happened about 1:10 p.m. on Friday in the area of Southwest Cascade Avenue and Lewis Street in Chehalis. The subject allegedly fought with deputies after he was Tased as they tried to detain him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Responding deputies, police and aid were allegedly spit upon before Rikardo H. St. Catherine was taken to the hospital to be checked out for clearance so he could be booked into the jail, according to police. He was booked for third-degree assault, according to the sheriff’s office.

CHILD UNDRESSING SELF DRAWS OFFICER

• Chehalis police were called on Friday night to Southwest William Avenue and Third Street regarding an 8-year-old boy who had reportedly dropped his pants in front of  6-year-old girl. No crime was committed but the officer had a conversation with the child about appropriate behavior, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ASSAULT OF CHILD

• Centralia police responded just before 6 p.m. yesterday to the 2300 block of North Pearl Street in connection with an alleged misdemeanor assault upon a child. A suspect has been identified and the case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.

OFFICER PUNCHED, MAN TASED

• A 58-year-old Toledo man was arrested for assault over the weekend after he allegedly “sucker punched” a police officer in the mouth who had given him a ride home from a bar, where officers had been called because of the man’s angry manner. It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. Gregory A. King was calmed down and accepted a ride home from Toledo Police Department Officer Samuel Patrick but then became increasingly rude, according to charging documents. After he was let out of the backseat of the patrol car, King allegedly got within several inches of the officer, thrusting his hands toward his face, when the officer put his hand on King’s chest, charging documents state. After Patrick was struck, he deployed his Taser into King until he could be detained with the help from others officers who came to help, according to charging documents. King was charged today with third-degree assault and ordered held on $20,000 bail.

BREAK-INS

• Someone stole a 357 Magnum revolver, a 22 long rifle and a pistol from a home on the 100 block of Morris Road in Randle. A deputy called to the home on Saturday was told by the 53-year-old woman who lives there it occurred sometime since Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office. Also taken was a brown leather holster, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• A deputy was called on Sunday morning after a 74-year-old Mossyrock-area resident discovered someone had come into his home and drank his liquor and stole his Colt revolver sometime since mid-February while he had been away. There was no sign of forced entry but also missing from the residence on the 100 block of Salmon Creek Road was an Italian leather holster, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Someone broke through a skylight at a home on the 2100 block of Seminary Hill Road and stole various items including $2,000 cash from a bedroom drawer and numerous video tapes, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the residence yesterday was told the victim returned home after being away for a month and discovered the burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. Several rooms were ransacked, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• A 52-year-old man who lives of the 2800 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia reported he arrived home about 2 a.m. on Sunday to discover someone had broken a window and come inside his residence. It occurred sometime since Wednesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It wasn’t immediately obvious if anything was missing, according to the sheriff’s office.

PURSES STOLEN

• Police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to a store on the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia regarding the theft of a number of purse. Officers were given the license plate numbers of the fleeing vehicle and will be reviewing security video of the suspects, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl just discovered on the 400 block of Northeast Adams Avenue. Along the way, the responding officer picked up a tool box observed sitting on the side of the road, which turned out to be what was stolen, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report just before 6 p.m. yesterday that someone entered a garage at the 200 block of North King Street and rummaged through a vehicle.

• Police took a report yesterday of a vehicle prowl at the 1100 block of Brotherson Road in Centralia. A key found broken off in the ignition suggests someone was going to steal the vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

NOT GOING TO THE LOST AND FOUND

• Chehalis police were called about 11:25 a.m. on Saturday to Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard where a manager turned over a bag of marijuana that someone must have lost at the store. The item was taken for destruction, not to be put in the lost and found, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ANIMAL RESCUE

• An officer was called about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday to a report a fawn was trapped inside the fenced area of a storage business on the 1900 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue. It’s mother was reportedly on the outside of the fence.

SEX CRIME

• A 30-year-old Chehalis man was arrested on Saturday at his home for an alleged past incident of inappropriate sexual contact with a 4-year-old child he is related to. Michael E. Miller was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The case is still under investigation, according to police. Bail was set at $100,000 today, based on a court-approved “hold” but no charges have been filed. Prosecutors have 72 hours to either file charges or release Miller, according to Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer.

ACCIDENTS

• An 18-year-old motorcyclist was airlifted after an accident yesterday at the Burnt Ridge Motocross Park near Cinebar. Lewis County Fire District 8 was called about 2:15 p.m. to the 400 block of Johnson Road to assist an on-duty EMT after the crash, according to Chief Duran McDaniel. “There was quite a bit of damage to his helmet, so based on that we airlifted him from the football field in Onalaska,” McDaniel said. McDaniel said yesterday’s event involved riders as young as 14 and into their late 20s. The patient is from the Vancouver area, so he was flown to Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, according to McDaniel.

• An 18-year-old Centralia man and his passenger reportedly escaped injury after a rollover accident on the 600 block of Curtis Hill Road west of Chehalis. A deputy responding to the scene about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday was told the driver had just gotten his license four days earlier and was traveling down the hill in neutral to conserve fuel but got going too fast and lost control of his car. The 2004 Saturn was described as totaled, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called about 2:25 p.m. on Friday after a motorist said the bar in front of the railroad tracks at Northwest State Avenue came down and struck her car. She said the warning lights didn’t flash until after the bar dropped down, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Lewis County Fire District 8 was called to the 500 block of Brim Road southwest of Salkum for a quad accident about 11:45 p.m. on Friday. A male and a female patient were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital for evaluation, according to Chief Duran McDaniel.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, misdemeanor domestic assault, violations of no contact orders; responses for alarms, shoplifting, disputes, collisions, someone observing someone in a vehicle smoking marijuana in a parking lot, snarling pups running loose; complaints about loud music at the neighbors, fireworks … and more.

TWO HELD FOLLOWING POULTRY ATTACK

• Centralia police impounded a pair of dogs yesterday after they allegedly killed five chickens. Officers who responded about 9 a.m. to the 2400 block of Seward Avenue contacted the owners of the dogs, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called on Friday morning to the 200 block of West Oakview Avenue regarding the theft of jewelry.

• Police were called about 12:20 p.m. on Friday to the 900 block of South Schueber Road about stolen cash.

• A 35-year-old Lacey resident was arrested for felony shoplifting and possession of methamphetamine on Friday evening at the 100 block of High Street in Centralia, according to police. Kareem A. Williams 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, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, trespassing; responses for misdemeanor theft, collisions; complaints about someone throwing an egg at a car … and more.

Updated at 12:03 p.m.

DOMESTIC  SITUATION

• A 20-year-old Centralia man was jailed overnight for allegedly holding his girlfriend inside an apartment against her will during a dispute. Officers responding about 12:20 a.m. today to the 200 block of West Cherry Street arrested Christian T. Drakos for unlawful imprisonment, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.

BICYCLIST FLEES POLICE

• A 25-year-old Centralia man who allegedly fled after an officer attempted to stop him on his bicycle was arrested about 9 p.m. yesterday in the area of West Van Buren Street in Centralia. Police report Spencer R. Barney was wanted for a warrant and that he was arrested for obstructing and resisting arrest, however the Lewis County Jail roster shows he was booked for attempting to elude.

PROWLING IN A DRIVEWAY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that someone cut the fuel line to a pickup truck parked in  its driveway on the 3000 block of Jackson Highway and stole about five gallons of gasoline. It happened sometime between midnight on June 29 and Monday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. The repair is estimated at $114, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.

OTHER THEFT

• Chehalis police took a report of identity theft in connection with a location on Bishop Road. Further details were not readily available.

MISSING CASH

• Chehalis police were called by a customer from Wal-Mart on Wednesday night who said he lost $900 while at the store at about 9:30 p.m. Further details were not readily available.

FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTION

• Firefighters were called just before 7 p.m. yesterday to a fire in tall grass in the area of Meier Road near U.S. Highway 12. Lewis County Fire District 5 Firefighter Brad Bozarth said he wasn’t sure what started it, but there were both fireworks and ATVs in the area. He estimated the size at 80 feet by 80 feet.

• At about 8:30 p.m. yesterday, crews responded to a grass fire in a ditch in area of Tennessee and Nelson roads in Winlock. It grew to about 30-feet by 10-feet before it was extinguished, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. Firefighter Patrick Jacobson said he wasn’t sure what caused it.

• The Rochester-Littlerock area fire department responded to a handful of fire calls related to fireworks overnight but all were extinguished before crews arrived, according to Lt. Eric Smith. Napavine area firefighters reported a teeny grass fire and Centralia reported one in beauty bark.

WRECKS

• One man was taken to the hospital after his motorcycle and a car collided on state Route 507 at the east end of Tenino this morning. It happened about 8:15 a.m. and the patient sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to Thurston County Fire District 12 Acting Lt. Jed Neumeier.

• Mellen Street in Centralia was closed for about an hour yesterday after a vehicle accident that had many of the makings for a tragedy much larger than it turned out to be. A motorist collided with a utility pole which broke and landed on his pickup truck leaving live power lines laying on the ground, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The estimated 3,000 pound transformer from atop the pole fell into the bed of the truck, Capt. Scott Snyder said. “If it would have been one foot the other way, we’d have had a whole different outcome,” Snyder said. Fire crews attempted to back everyone away from the truck until they could confirm whether the power lines were energized. The lines gave no indications they were hot, but it turned out they indeed were, according to Snyder. “There were some bystanders trying to help him out as well, and they could have been brought into the mix of patients,” Snyder said. It happened about 1:30 p.m. on the 1200 block. Snyder said he wasn’t certain what caused the wreck, it may have been a medical issue, but the driver was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with a possible head injury. “This guy was really lucky,” Snyder said. “I told the guy he should go buy a lottery ticket.”

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assaults, teenager with alcohol; responses for burglar alarms, misdemeanor theft, possible overdose, suspicious circumstances, collision on Harrison Avenue in Centralia; complaints about bottle rockets landing in yard, noise from suspected illegal fireworks … and more.

VANDALISM

• Police arrested an 18-year-old Centralia man last night after he was allegedly seen spray painting graffiti at several locations in Centralia. Garrett M. Giradin was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

APPEAL: CONVICTION FOR MINOR WOUND GETS MINOR DO-OVER

• An appeals court has said a Centralia man should have been convicted of second-degree assault not first-degree in a case in which he was found to have stabbed his wife in the back of her neck, missing all her vital parts and leaving a small but deep puncture wound. Twenty-seven-year-old Yovany Hernandez Gomez was arrested and charged in May 2011 and the following September found guilty in jury trial in Lewis County Superior Court. It happened at the woman’s brother’s house on North Pearl Street where she had gone after a fight with her husband, police said at the time. According to court documents, he said it was accidental as he tried to hug her, but her testimony indicated it occurred as she was trying to get away from him and fell down briefly losing consciousness. A doctor described the one-centimeter wide but three-and-half-inch deep wound as one that could have killed her if the knife had penetrated at a slightly different angle, and said it would leave a “pretty minimal” permanent scar. Hernandez-Gomez’s appeals attorneys argued the state failed to prove the severity of the injuries met the standard of “the most serious injuries short of death” needed for first-degree assault. The decision from the Washington State Court of Appeals Division II– stating it viewed the evidence in the most favorable light to the state – focused on the injury itself being relatively minor, creating only soreness and sensitivity as it healed. The court looked at the difference between great bodily harm and substantial bodily harm. The court said the evidence showed the disfigurement may be permanent, but was not disfigurement of a “significant” or “serious” nature. The decision filed on Tuesday reversed Hernandez-Gomez’s conviction for first-degree assault and remanded to the trial court to enter a judgement and sentence for second-degree assault.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for minor collisions on Harrison Avenue in Centralia, small cooking fire, small grass fire, small fire under a house from a cigarette butt, lots of aid calls  … and more.

Updated at 4:24 p.m.

NEIGHBORHOOD FIGHT

• Police called about 9:20 p.m. yesterday to a dispute between neighbors at the 600 block of J Street in Centralia ended up arresting a 55-year-old man for harassment. James M. Wofford was upset about noise keeping him up and other issues, according to police. There was a scuffle, and Wofford allegedly threatened to kill the neighbor and burn down his house, according to Sgt. Stacy Denham. “Both claimed the other threatened the other one,” Denham said. Wofford was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was to be released from the jail without charges.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after 9 a.m. yesterday to the 2700 block of Colonial Drive regarding the theft of approximately $300 from a resident’s lock box.

TRESPASSING

• Centralia police responded about 3 p.m. yesterday to a vacant residence on the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue where evidence was found someone had been inside. They left a pop bottle behind, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for other disputes, other misdemeanor theft, possible drug overdose, minor injury or non-injury collisions; complaints about barking dogs, wandering dogs … and more.