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Updated at 3:13 p.m.

BAR FIGHT NIGHT IN CENTRALIA

• Two men were checked by medics and one of them taken to the hospital after a fight last night at the Hub Tavern on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Police said an unknown bar patron assaulted the pair around midnight. Police responded regarding two women getting in a fight in front of a drinking establishment in the same area, according to the Centralia Police Department. The investigations are ongoing, according to police.

MISSING MONEY

• Police were summoned yesterday to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia to investigate the theft of a large amount of cash. They have a suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF GARDEN IMPLEMENT

• A machete was reported stolen from the 1400 block of Crescent Avenue in Centralia on Friday. It wasn’t the same one wielded by a pedestrian the day before along North Pearl Street, according to police.

GRAVEL TOSSER AT LARGE

• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday when an individual said they were struck in the face by a rock thrown by someone in a passing Jeep at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The victim was not injured, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Someone broke a window at Centralia City Hall, according to a report taken by police on Friday morning.

WRECKS

• A 45-year-old man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after an ATV accident off the 1700 block of Bunker Creek Road west of Centralia yesterday afternoon. Firefighters called for an airlift because of possible internal injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

• A Chehalis woman was one of two people airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle last night after their motorcycle was hit by a car on U.S. Highway 101 in Quilcene north of Hood Canal. Troopers called just before 8 p.m. concluded the southbound Harley Davidson was struck in the side when a Geo Prism parked on the shoulder pulled into traffic to make an improper U-turn, according to the Washington State Patrol. Hospitalized was Shalina R. McDonald, 33, and the motorcycle’s driver Christopher S. Lofer, 41, of Yelm, according to the state patrol.

NEW FACES PATROLLING LOCAL HIGHWAYS

• Five new troopers have joined the state patrol detachments in Lewis County following their graduation from the Washington State Patrol Academy. They were among 27 individuals sworn in earlier this month after completing 1,000 hours of training, according to Sgt. Freddy Williams. The top shooter in the class, Ezra N. Andersen, from Vancouver, was assigned to work out of Chehalis. Torson A. Iverson, from Elma, who finished with the highest grade point average was assigned to Chehalis as well, according to Williams. Also now working out of Chehalis are Jacob R. Brewer, from Spokane; and Ryan W. Hagreen, from Carnation, according to the state patrol. Assigned to the Morton office is James C. Johnson, from Puyallup. Patrick J. Williams, from Rochester, graduated with the same group and was assigned to work out of Bellingham, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license (including one of which involved a motorized bicycle); responses for non-injury collision, aid response for someone bitten by a bird, although the victim said it actually was a dog … and more.

FYI FROM FIREWORKS SAFETY FOLKS

• The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office is reminding the public that fireworks must be purchased from licensed retail fireworks stands for the upcoming Fourth of July and may not legally purchased over the Internet. In Washington, fireworks sales begin at noon on Friday and continue for one week, with the legal discharge period ending at 11 p.m. each night, except on Independence Day when they are allowed until midnight. Some cities in neighboring counties however have banned them altogether; including Olympia, Lacey and Woodland. Further time restrictions apply inside the city limits of Tumwater, several towns in Grays Harbor County, and they are banned or restricted in many towns in Yakima and Pierce counties. Further details about dos and don’ts for a safe and legal celebration can be found at the website of the state fire marshal.

Updated at 3:16 p.m.

WINLOCK MAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER ACCIDENT WITH FIRE

• A Winlock resident in his 20s was airlifted to a Portland hospital yesterday for injuries he sustained when he apparently was attempting to ignite a burn pile using gasoline. “It flashed on him and he received burns severe enough he needed to go to a specialty burn unit,” Lewis County Fire District Assistant Chief Kevin Anderson said. It happened about 3:30 p.m. at the 1500 block of King Road. The patient was taken to the elementary school to be picked up by a helicopter and taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, according to Anderson. Firefighters advise it’s never safe to use gasoline to fuel a fire, Anderson said.

CENTRALIA AREA WOMAN RUN OVER BY SMALL PICKUP TRUCK

• A woman in her late 70s was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after she was run over by her own small pickup truck west of Centralia yesterday. Firefighters called about 3:30 p.m. to the end of Lincoln Creek Road found the patient conscious and alert but because of her age and the way the incident occurred, sent her to the regional trauma center, according to Riverside Fire Authority. “She was able to get up on her own and call 911, it had rolled across her chest,” Firefighter-Paramedic Jesse Berry said.

ALCOHOL OVERDOSE

• A 16-year-old Toledo boy was hospitalized early this morning with apparent acute alcohol poisoning and his neighbor is in trouble for allegedly providing the beer he got drunk on. Deputies were called about 3:45 a.m. to the 5400 block of Jackson Highway, where the teen was so intoxicated and out-of-control his father had to hold him down, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The boy passed out and aid was called, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. An investigation found the 16-year-old had been at a neighbor’s bonfire, until his parents were called to come and get him because he was incoherent and combative, according to Brown. The case involving the 20-year-old neighbor will be referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of providing a premises for minor in possession, Brown said. The case involving the boy will be referred for a charge of minor in possession, she said.

FIGHT

• Centralia police were called overnight to the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue about a  person being assaulted by two males. The suspects fled before officers arrived, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Brian Warren said the male victim was taken to the hospital and the investigation is ongoing so he didn’t yet have more details.

POSSIBLE BURGLARY

• A woman who lives on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis called police yesterday evening to say she suspected someone had been slipping inside her apartment while she was away and stealing food. The residence previously wasn’t secured as well as it could be, but that has been remedied, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GAS DRIVE OFF

• Chehalis police were called to a gas station on West Main Street about 4:40 a.m. today to a report a motorist fueled up and left without paying. The loss is more than $100, according to the Chehalis Police Department

DRUGS

• A 27-year-old resident of Pacific Beach was arrested about 1 a.m. today for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine after he was contacted by an officer at Southwest 18th Street and Kelly Avenue in Chehalis. Police found a baggie of suspected meth and a pipe in the pockets of Matthew L. Emery, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

THEFT

• Morton police reported they were called on Sunday to the 100 block of Collar Avenue where someone had stolen lawn ornaments – solar lights and a solar flower.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police took a report about 8:20 p.m. yesterday of a window broken out of a vehicle at the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue.

• A 37-year-old Centralia area man called the sheriff’s office yesterday to report he noticed on Saturday that his handgun had disappeared from where he put it under the seat of his pickup truck. The gun is a Kel-Tec 32 semiautomatic with a seven-round magazine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Two holsters were missing as well, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He suspected the theft could have occurred sometime since June 8 at the 600 block of Dobson Court in Chehalis, his sister’s apartment where he has spent a lot of time and at least one time left a window cracked open, according to the sheriff’s office.

NOT ANIMAL ABUSE

• A call last week about suspected animal abuse at the 600 block of Westlake Avenue in Morton wasn’t what it seemed, according to police. An officer was told someone was hitting a dog on the evening of June 10, according to the Morton Police Department. The owner was hitting the dog, because it had a smaller dog in its mouth and the owner was trying to get the adult dog to drop it, according to police. The little dog was okay, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults; responses for alarms, misdemeanor theft, a person behind a building talking to himself and acting strange, a registered sex offender making an inquiry as to what his restrictions might be for going to parks and public swimming pools … and more.

Updated at 7:11 p.m.

ANOTHER CENTRALIA RESIDENT SLEEPS THROUGH HOME BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was called about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to a home north of Centralia where a 53-year-old woman said someone broke in while she was sleeping and stole two handguns, a diamond ring, medication and other items. The guns missing from the 100 block of Wakefield Drive are a 22 caliber Ruger and 22 caliber Taurus, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $11,000. Details about exactly when and how the burglary occurred without the victim waking up were not readily available.

CHEHALIS’S NEW POLICE DOG AT WORK

• Chehalis police were called about 3:15 a.m. today when someone tried to steal a motorcycle out of a yard on the 400 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue. Police arrested one man who was found hiding nearby and second man who accidentally ran up onto responding officers, according to Chehalis Police Department. The new police dog tracked down possible evidence including a phone and methamphetamine, according to police. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, burglary and theft was Tony Chafin, 27, of Chehalis, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Also booked was Ernest A. Calderon, 42, of Chehalis, for possession of meth, burglary and theft, according to Wilson.  Chafin was charged this afternoon with possession of methamphetamine, theft of a motor vehicle and residential burglary. Calderon is likely to face his charges tomorrow.

ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN

• Police were called abut 6:15 a.m. today when employees arriving at Picasso Brothers on the 1000 block of South Gold Street discovered someone had cut phone and power lines unsuccessfully attempting to defeat a security system. Pry marks were found on the drive through window of the business, according to the Centralia Police Department. Nothing appears to have been stolen, police said.

THEFT IN RANDLE

• Someone stole a pressure washer, a chainsaw, a battery, a push mower and a trolling motor from a garage at the 600 block of Peters Road in Randle,  according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday. It happened sometime between Thursday and Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is listed at $700, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

RESIDENTIAL THEFT IN CHEHALIS

• Somebody broke out a window and burglarized a home on Southwest Ninth Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 6:25 a.m. on Saturday. Taken were televisions, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BREAK-IN IN PACKWOOD

• A deputy was called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday regarding a break-in to a home for sale on the 100 block of Alpine Drive in Packwood. The owner, a 68-year-old Arizona woman, said there was nothing worth taking, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

TOOLS TAKEN

• Centralia police took a report about 8 p.m. on Saturday about tools stolen from a carport on the 500 block of Madison Street.

• A chainsaw was reported stolen on Friday from the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

MISSING FOOTWEAR

• Chehalis police took a report about 12:20 a.m. on Sunday from a male who said someone stole his shoes while he was napping on the grass at the Chehalis library.

CAR LOST AND FOUND

• A 1991 Honda Civic reported stolen around noon on Friday from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Chehalis was discovered about 1:40 a.m. today parked in the nearby Twin City Town Center, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GROUP DETAINED AFTER NUMEROUS RETAIL THEFTS

• Four young people from the Portland area were arrested on Saturday night at the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis after allegedly shoplifting items from three stores in Chehalis as well as five businesses in Centralia. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for organized retail theft were two 18-year-old, Roshayla J. Campbell and Charleshia Dobson; two juveniles were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 9 p.m. yesterday regarding a car prowl on Caveness Drive in Centralia. Stolen was a cell phone while its owner was taking a walk, according to the Centralia Police Department.

NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE

• A neighbor was hit in the chin by a beer bottle someone tossed from a large party on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis at about 2 a.m. on Saturday. When police arrived, people had scattered and nobody was arrested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNWANTED 911 CALLS

• After approximately eight phone calls to 911 by a Packwood man who was making no sense and told to stop calling, a deputy went to the 400 block of Cannon Road at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday and arrested 64-year-old Albert A. Nolette, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Nolette was booked in to the Lewis County Jail for telephone harassment, according to the sheriff’s office.

DOMESTIC DISPUTES

• Police were called about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 1000 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia after a 27-year-old Centralia man allegedly knocked over a lamp and three pictures inside his girlfriend’s home. He took off before police arrived but was found hiding not far away. Chehalis police said their new dog “made contact” with the suspect, who was then taken to the hospital to be checked out for a dog bite. Derrick L. Whitcomb was then booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 20-year-old Centralia woman was arrested about 11:30 p.m. on Friday after police were called to the 500 block of Hunt Street in Centralia to a complaint she assaulted her boyfriend and threw his iPhone in to the toilet during an argument. Melissa S. Boe was booked into the Lewis County Jail for misdemeanor assault and malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department,

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took reports about 5:40 p.m. on Saturday regarding someone who sprayed paint on multiple vehicles as they walked past them on the 900 block of South Tower Avenue.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School over the weekend after staff discovered a plastic baggie of suspected marijuana in an inmate’s trash bin. The substance was taken into evidence and the 17-year-old faces potential charges of possessing drugs, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 23-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine about 5 a.m. on Saturday in Centralia. Officers contacted Jennie B. Young at the 500 block of South Rock Street and then booked her into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Nineteen-year-old Xochilt O. Martinez Sanchez, of Centralia, was arrested for possession of marijuana about 3 a.m. on Saturday after contact with police at East Sixth and B streets in Centralia. He was cited and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department,

WRECKS

• A 25-year-old Chehalis area woman who said she left an Onalaska area party following a fight with her fiancee was arrested for allegedly stealing a nearby pickup truck she found with it keys in it and then wrecking the truck early Sunday morning. A deputy called about 7:30 a.m. to the 2300 block of state Route 508. Shanna M. Bice, reportedly told a deputy she left on foot, got cold and needed to get back to Chehalis to check on her child. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Bice said she knocked on a door and getting no answer, took the 2000 Ford F350, but the windows quickly fogged out and she ended up rolling the pickup. Bice was taken to the hospital and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree theft, according to the sheriff’s office. She was charged this afternoon instead with theft of a motor vehicle and released from jail pending trial on a $5,000 unsecured bond, co-signed by her fiancee.

• A 79-year-old Longview resident ended up with just a minor cut to his hand when his truck collided with a  tree on the 400 block of Toledo-Vader Road west of Toledo on Saturday. A deputy called at 1:30 p.m. to the scene was told the man looked over his left shoulder and then his truck veered to the left into the ditch and ran into the tree, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1998 Chevrolet S10 was totaled, according to the sheriff’s office. The driver was cited for “wheels off the roadway,” Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• A 70-year-old Vader man escaped injury in a rollover wreck on Saturday on the 1300 block of Winlock-Vader Road south of Winlock. A deputy called about 11 a.m. was told by the driver his rear tire blew out, he overcorrected and then hit the ditch, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His 1992 Ford R-10 pickup was described as totaled. He was cited for defective equipment, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, violation of a protection order, driving with a suspended license; more responses for misdemeanor assaults, misdemeanor thefts, parking lot fender bender, family disturbances, runaway children, alarms, suspected animal neglect, suicide threat, asking for information about how to deal with someone posting things on Facebook about a family member; complaints about barking neighbor dogs, loud parties … and more.