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ARSON IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police are helping to investigate a small fire that was apparently intentionally set inside an empty warehouse last night. Firefighters were called at 7:30 p.m. to the building on the 1000 block of F Street. The incident is being investigated as an arson, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LICENSE PLATE LEFT AT COLLISION SCENE

• A 51-year-old Centralia woman was arrested around noon yesterday for driving under the influence after she allegedly slammed into the front end of a parked vehicle and drove away with its bumper attached to her Suburban. Her license plate fell off and was left at the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said it happened near South Washington Avenue and Alder Street and the impact shoved the struck vehicle into a second vehicle. Janie S. Weibling was subsequently located on the 1000 block of West Pear Street and arrested for DUI as well as hit and run, Panco said. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

POLICE DRAW WEAPONS BASED ON BAD COMPUTER INFO

• Centralia police stopped a suspected stolen vehicle about 1:30 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Mellen Street and ordered its occupants out at gun point. It turned out the truck belonged to the 28-year-old man who was driving it, but he had a warrant so he was taken to jail, according to police. Officer John Panco said sometimes when officers “run” a license plate, they get back information that is a “near” hit, and in this case the details also suggested a possible warrant. That was the reason for making what he called a felony stop; that is ordering the occupants out instead of approaching a car. Panco didn’t know what prompted the officer to initially check the plate on the vehicle. He noted a male passenger present had nothing to do with the arrest.

BICYCLE STOP REVEALS DRUGS

• A 30-year-old man riding a bicycle with no headlight through a Centralia neighborhood was stopped last night and subsequently booked into jail. An officer contacting Jason C. Davis about 10:25 p.m. at West Magnolia and North Rock streets discovered there was a warrant for Davis’s arrest and  during a search, turned up suspected heroin and methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DOG AND POULTRY DISPUTE LEADS TO FIGHT

• Deputies were called to the 1000 block of D Street in Vader about 9:15 p.m. yesterday after a 43-year-old man got punched in the mouth and head butted when he brought his neighbor’s dog over to him and told him to keep it on his own property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the animal had gotten loose and attacked another neighbor’s chickens. Ryan K. Bonds, 30, allegedly struck the 43-year-old, who hit him back. Bonds was arrested for misdemeanor assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. He is also to be cited for “prohibited activities of animals,” according to Brown.

STOLEN VEHICLE

• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 a.m. today regarding the theft of a moped from Southwest McFadden Avenue.

MISSING MEDS AND MONEY

• A deputy took a report yesterday from the 300 block of Brown Road East outside of Chehalis regarding missing cash and prescription medications. Stolen from the 45-year-old woman’s bedroom during a birthday party on Saturday was $2,700 and 75 Vicodin pills,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are pursuing leads on two “persons of interest,” according to the sheriff’s office.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday to the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue regarding a building which was re-tagged with graffiti after previous tagging was painted over. Also yesterday, officers took reports of graffiti in Centralia on the side of the Sixth Street viaduct and on the back of a shed on the 1100 block of North Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarm, minor collision, violations of protection orders, disorderly person, request to check on a seemingly disoriented pedestrian, request to wake up subjects sleeping outside in front of a business … and more.

TWO ARRESTED IN WINLOCK AFTER RAMBLING 911 CALL

• A 911 caller who said people were watching him, people were coming at him with weapons and made mention of seeing a bomb drew law enforcement officers to a home on the 500 block of Southwest First Street in Winlock overnight. When police and deputies arrived about 2:40 a.m., the subject had locked himself in a bedroom, according to the Winlock Police Department. Police Chief Terry Williams said he wasn’t sure what the man wanted, because he wasn’t making a lot of sense. The subject, Michael S. Dziubak, 32, of Pacific Beach, was subsequently taken into custody and booked into the Lewis County Jail for a warrant, according to Williams. Because law enforcement observed a plastic baggie with suspected methamphetamine inside it and a pipe in the bedroom, another resident, Monty E. Hall, 58, was arrested and booked for a violation of the uniform controlled substances act. Hall was to be released without charges pending further investigation.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police are investigating after a  48-year-old Rochester man discovered a bank card from his lost wallet was used to make a $212 purchase at the Safeway grocery store on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard. The victim said he believed his wallet disappeared last Wednesday at another Chehalis business and when he contacted his bank, he learned it had been used within the hour of going missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• Chehalis police responded to the Lewis County Treasurer’s Office on Northwest North Street about 10:40 a.m. yesterday about a man paying a bill with what turned out to be a counterfeit $20 bill. He said he’d received it from another local business, according to police. The bill was taken into evidence, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT OF WIRING

• A 26-year-old Morton resident was arrested for burglary yesterday in connection with a Monday call about suspicious circumstances at the 700 block of Davis Lake Road near Morton. An arriving deputy contacted two men coming from the backyard of a vacant residence who said they had been walking and were resting, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. One of them however dropped a backpack and ran, according to the sheriff’ office. Inside the pack were wire cutting tools and wiring which matched with wiring missing from an outbuilding, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Michael D. Kent, 26, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday, according to Brown. The case involving the other man – believed to be a 29-year-old Morton resident – will be referred to possible charges of burglary, obstruction and possession of stolen property, according to Brown.

DRUGS

• A deputy was called to White Pass High School yesterday afternoon after the acting principal found marijuana in the locker of a 14-year-old student. The teen reportedly said he stole it from his grandfather a month earlier, hid it in his bedroom and then moved it to his locker, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The case will be referred to juvenile prosecutors for a possible charge of misdemeanor possession of marijuana, according to the sheriff’s office.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called afternoon yesterday to the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court about two slashed tires on a car.

FIRE UNDER HOUSE

• Firefighters were called to a north Centralia home about 10:10 p.m. yesterday after the smell of smoke awakened the occupants. They found a small electrical fire beneath the modular home, according to Riverside Fire Authority. A main connection had shorted out and dropped onto the plastic vapor barrier, Capt. Tim Adolphsen said. It burned through a plastic water line which extinguished the flames, Adolphsen said. The damage was very minor, he said.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, violation of protection orders, misdemeanor assault; responses for misdemeanor theft, alarm … and more.

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ANOTHER CENTRALIA MAN SNOOZES THROUGH BREAK-IN

• For the second night in a row, someone broke into a Centralia home during the night while its occupant was sleeping. Police were called about 7:45 a.m. yesterday to the 3500 block of Rodcin Avenue when a 72-year-old man discovered his television and laptop computer were gone, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said the man apparently slept right through it when someone came through a door he’d left unlocked.  The case is under investigation. The night before, deputies responded to the 3000 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia and arrested a nephew of two men who live there. Those residents didn’t wake up until a deputy came inside their home, according to the sheriff’s office.

GUN THEFT

• Two firearms were stolen in a burglary at the 100 block of Salkum Road in Salkum yesterday between noon and 6 p.m. Someone broke a garage window to get inside and took the 90-year-old owner’s Smith and Wesson 38 caliber revolver (model 19) and his Colt 22 caliber semi-automatic handgun with its magazine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CASH THEFT

• Centralia police took a report about 8 a.m. yesterday at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia that someone stole $500 out of a female’s wallet and stole her cell phone.

CANINE FIGHT

• A 36-year-old Winlock area man was cited yesterday after his two dogs attacked someone else’s dog in its kennel area in its yard. Chief CIvil Deputy Stacy Brown said the canines ran off from their home on the 100 block of Shiloh Road and traveled to the 100 block of Kakela Road early in the morning where they went onto the fenced property. The victim animal suffered multiple bite wounds, according to Brown.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police took a report about 9:50 a.m. yesterday of a vehicle prowl on Northeast Adams Avenue.

• An officer was called yesterday to Northeast Jefferson Avenue in Chehalis regarding a vehicle prowl the day before.

CAR GRAFFITI

• Police took reports from the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia yesterday regarding several cars that were tagged with spray paint overnight.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 27-year-old man for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening. Charles G. Cheney,  Centralia, resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Kiela D. Current, a 22-year-old Centralia resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail following an arrest around noon yesterday for possession of methamphetamine in connection with the 300 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

KIDS CROSSING

• Officer John Panco reminds motorists that although summer session has begun for some schools, that won’t happen in Centralia until June 14.  Panco urges drivers to pay attention to kids on sidewalks and walking down streets. It’s unlawful not to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, and also unlawful not to stop when someone is standing at the edge of the crosswalk waiting to cross a street, according to Panco.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, parking lot fender bender, requests to pick up found hypodermic needles, stolen bicycle and other misdemeanor theft … and more.

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CORRECTION: This news item has been updated to reflect that schools in Centralia begin the summer session on June 14. An incorrect date was published initially based on information disseminated by the Centralia Police Department.

Updated at 7:44 p.m.

CENTRALIA MEN SLUMBER THROUGH HOME BURGLARY

• Deputies called about 3:30 a.m. yesterday to a report of suspicious circumstances at the 3000 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia arrested a 32-year-old man who allegedly burglarized his relatives’ home and garage while they were sleeping. A neighbor saw a flashlight shining in the brush outside the house and when deputies arrived, they found suspected stolen property next to a vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. When deputies went inside to check the residence, they woke up two men in their 60s who were unaware of any break-in, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said. Joshua D. Graham was located coming from the back of the garage and said his uncles were out of town and he had permission to be there, Breen said. Among the items taken were an air conditioner, a battery charger and tools, Breen said. Graham was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary, according to the sheriff’s office.

BUSINESS BREAK-IN

• Deputies responding to an alarm at a business on the 100 block of U.S. Highway 12 south of Chehalis about 2 a.m. today found damage to a wall inside but nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A K-9 search was conducted but no suspect located, according to the sheriff’s office.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A deputy was called about 4 a.m. yesterday regarding a a vehicle prowl in which a revolver was taken at the 200 block of Mineral Road South, in Mineral. It occurred sometime since 4 p.m. the day before, according to the sheriff’ office. The vehicle had ben left unsecured, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said.

• Centralia police were called to 1000 block of South Tower Avenue just after 2 p.m. yesterday where an individual said someone got inside their car and stole a Kindle and a wallet.

• Chehalis police were called about 7:45 a.m. yesterday to a residence on Pennsylvania Avenue when an individual said he spotted a female in his carport rummaging through hi vehicle. She took off in a car and a check of the license plate the victim observed revealed it was stolen out of Bellevue, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Police suspect another vehicle prowl nearby on Northwest Duffy Street is related, Wilson said.

• Police took a report about 11:30 a.m. yesterday of two vehicle prowls on Northeast Glen Road in Chehalis in which sports equipment and other items were stolen.

THEFT AND DRUGS

• Police called about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday regarding a suspected shoplift from Wal-Mart located two individuals hiding behind a dumpster and recovered about $300 worth of razors. Randy E. Leonard, 22, of Longview, was arrested for third-degree theft and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police found a “tiny” amount of suspected methamphetamine as well as an implement for “hot-knifing heroin” on his pregnant female companion, according to police. Her case will be referred for possible charges pending lab tests on the material, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. She was not arrested or booked at the time because of the potential liability and expense of keeping a pregnant woman in jail, WIlson said.

NO BOMB

• Police were called to the Goodwill store on Harrison Avenue in Centralia late yesterday afternoon after someone discovered what appeared to a bomb threat scrawled on a wall. Officer walked through the building and found nothing suspicious and the business decided to close early as a precaution, according to the Centralia Police Department.

NO FIGHT

• Police called about 1:40 a.m. on Sunday to a report several subjects were fighting in the are of the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue found no victims, no suspects, no injuries and nobody willing to talk about what they might have been involved in, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WRECK

• A rear-end collision on U.S. Highway 12 near Interstate 5 yesterday that knocked a Honda Accord onto its top sent one person to the hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. A trooper called about 12:45 p.m. to the scene south of Chehalis found both vehicles were totaled and cited the 75-year-old driver of a Dodge Ram pickup for following too closely and inattention, according to the state patrol. Lyle Zeller, 75, of Ethel, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital where he was treated and has been released, according to authorities. The 22-year-old driver of the Honda, Jerry Birdwell, of Chechal, was reportedly uninjured.

• Two women who were injured early Saturday morning in a rollover wreck northwest of Olympia remain hospitalized, one of them facing potential charges for driving under the influence and vehicular assault. Troopers called about 3:30 a.m. to U.S. Highway 101 near state Route 8 found a 1994 Honda Accord on its top. The driver, Amanda Mojica, 19, of Centralia, is in good condition today at  Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. Her passenger, Aracelie Hernandez, 20, of Aberdeen, was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle this morning.

• A Freightliner truck blew a tire and ran off the freeway into the brush this afternoon on southbound Interstate 5 south of Napavine. The Washington State Patrol reports the vehicle was totaled in the approximately 1 p.m. incident near milepost 66. The driver, a 42-year-old man from Vancouver, was however uninjured, according to the state patrol.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with  suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarms, minor collisions, disorderly subjects, suspicious activity, shoplifting, and other misdemeanor theft; complaints about graffiti, barking dogs, noisy neighbors … and more.

WATER RESCUE TEAM RETRIEVES DOG, WOMAN FROM RIVER BANK

• Chehalis firefighters were out at the crack of dawn at the Newaukum River to rescue a dog who couldn’t swim. Capt. Pat Gilligan said they were called about 4 a.m. to Stan Hedwall Park by police for a situation he believed began as a missing person around 10 o’clock last night. It turned out the woman spent the night on the opposite side of the river because although her Labrador didn’t mind crossing the river with her, her other dog wouldn’t get in the water, according to firefighters. Capt. Rob Gebhart and Firefighter Jay Birley paddled their kayaks about 400 yards upstream to retrieve them. They put the woman and the non-swimming canine into a kayak and pulled them across the river, Gebhart said. He said he didn’t know why she was out there or why her friends left, but noted she had built a fire and needed no medical attention.

THEFT

• Centralia police responding about 6 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue note local banks are reporting a male attempting to pass fraudulent checks from a local construction company, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to steal alcohol from a store on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia last night. Police responded about 8:25 p.m. cited Patsy A. Bartlett for third-degree theft and then released her, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECKS

• Centralia police called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue after a vehicle struck several poles outside a business arrested a motorist for hit and run, for driving under the influence and for not having a valid driver’s license. Carla J. Raby was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A Centralia woman and her passenger were injured after a rollover wreck early this morning northwest of Olympia. Troopers called about 3:30 a.m. to U.S. Highway 101 near state Route 8 found a 1994 Honda Accord on its top. Amanda Mojica, 19, of Centralia, was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital and Aracelie Hernandez, 20, of Aberdeen, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to the Washington State Patrol. Trooper Guy Gill indicated the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening but the driver is suspected of having been under the influence and is arrested for vehicular assault. They were both wearing seat belts; the car was totaled, according to the state patrol.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, violation of a protection order; other responses for misdemeanor theft, minor vandalism … and more.

Amanda Mojica’s Honda Accord lays upside down off U.S. Highway 101. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol

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BAD NEIGHBOR

•  Chehalis police were called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of North Market Boulevard after a woman said a man walked into her apartment wearing just his boxer shorts. “She screamed, he left,” Officer Linda Bailey said. Responding officers found 32-year-old Ronald J. Jennings outside his apartment; he had locked himself out, Bailey said. Jennings was arrested and booked into jail for first-degree criminal trespass as well as for indecent exposure – because his private parts were showing, according to Bailey.

BAR FIGHT

• Police are looking for 31-year-old Kyle E. Wagar after he allegedly  assaulted two people in a truck outside a bar on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue last night. Officers called just after midnight were told the attack was unprovoked and that the Chehalis resident was seen running from the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BUSINESS THEFT

• A deputy was called to a business on the 800 block of Lincoln Creek Road outside Centralia yesterday after its owner discovered some of his business checks had been stolen. Four of the nine missing checks have been forged and cashed, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is $615, according to the sheriff’s office.

FIREARM THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 11 a.m. yesterday regarding a rifle stolen from a home on the 200 block of North Gold Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GARAGE THEFT

• Police were called to the 800 block of South Gold Street yesterday afternoon regarding unspecified items taken from someone’s garage.

CAR PROWL

• A vehicle’s window was sprung from its tracks and an amplifier and two 10-inch subwoofers were stolen at the 100 block of Southwest Fifth Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 5:30 a.m. today. The theft occurred sometime after 10 p.m. yesterday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS AT SCHOOL

• An officer responded to W.F. West High School in Chehalis yesterday afternoon regarding a 15-year-old student with suspected marijuana. The case will be referred to prosecutors for possible charging, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

GUN SCARE NEAR SCHOOL

• Police rushed to the area yesterday just after 1 o’clock when someone said they saw two males walking toward R.E. Bennett Elementary School carrying what appeared to be assault rifles. A spokesperson for the Chehalis Police Department said the subjects were located but nobody was arrested. Officer Linda Bailey said she didn’t yet have a report so she couldn’t share further details. Update: Officers contacted the individuals who indeed were carrying their rifles as they walked to their apartment, but it was about a quarter mile north of the school, according to police. People got “freaked out” but there was nothing illegal going on, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

POSSIBLE PEEPER

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday from a mother who said her daughter saw someone looking in her window the night before at the 300 block of Southeast Park Hill Drive in Chehalis. Extra patrols were requested for the area.

INDUSTRIAL PARK FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 10:15 p.m. yesterday to a foundry in the Chehalis Industrial Park off Sears Road for a small equipment fire. Nobody was hurt, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

VEHICLE FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 11 a.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of South Schueber Road northwest of Chehalis when a log loader caught fire. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

ACCIDENT

• Two people were transported to the hospital after a motorcycle accident on Koontz Road yesterday near Napavine. One patient was to be airlifted, according to Lewis County Fire District 15 Assistant Chief Kevin Anderson, but he didn’t have further details because he was only assisting Lewis County Fire District 5 with the call.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, misdemeanor assault; responses for minor collisions, dispute, stolen bicycle, to pick up a counterfeit $20 bill from a business; complaints of barking dogs, vicious dog  … and more.

Updated at 12:34 p.m.

DRUG BUST

• Chehalis police found a “significant” amount of heroin, more than 200 grams of methamphetamine and several thousand dollars cash when they searched two cars they impounded yesterday morning in Centralia. Two people were arrested for conspiracy to deliver drugs after detectives contacted the occupants of two vehicles they said met up at Plum and Ash streets. Detectives made contact with them, took them into custody and their cars were seized, Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Ashley C. Varga, 23, of Chehalis, and Anthony W. Miller, 41, of Centralia, according to Wilson.

MYSTERY ASSAULT

• Police and aid called about 1:45 a.m. today to The Hub tavern in Centralia regarding an assault found a 22-year-old patron lying on his back in the beer garden. When he regained consciousness, he told officers nobody assaulted him, according to the Centralia Police Department. However, a female was overheard saying, “That’s what you get for ‘punking’ my brother,” police said. The victim would not cooperate with police in pursuing the matter, police said.

AUTO THEFT

• A Chehalis police officer was flagged down about 5:40 a.m. today after a car was discovered missing from its driveway on the 1200 block of Northwest Cedar Way. Stolen is a white 1998 Nissan Altima, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

NOT A BREAK-IN

• Chehalis police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday regarding a burglary at a home on Northwest Prindle Street in which the caller was moving out from. Police were told a window had been broken out. The report turned out to be unfounded, police said.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence; responses for minor accidents, alarm, dispute, report of possible inappropriate touching, female seen “passed out” near train tracks; complaint about lewd pictures sent on Facebook, neighbor’s rabbits in a garden  … and more.