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DRUGS

• A 19-year-old Tumwater man was arrested for alleged drug dealing after he called police yesterday to report he’d been ripped off, according to Centralia Police Department. Kamron C. Cook, 19, contacted police about 1:35 p.m. yesterday in connection with a theft connected with the 3000 block of Borst Avenue according to police. Cook told police he met with an individual to sell a portion of his medical marijuana, saying he only needs half of what he gets and he sells the other half to make money. Police say Cook showed officers the marijuana he retained for himself as well as his scale and packaging materials and then was surprised to learn it is illegal to sell marijuana. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession with intent to deliver, according to the Centralia Police Department. Details about exactly what was stolen were not readily available.

• The Washington State Patrol reported yesterday a pair of cousins from Winlock and Chehalis were arrested after a traffic stop in which suitcases containing approximately six pounds of marijuana were found in the trunk of their car. It happened about 10:15 a.m. last Thursday on Interstate 5 near LaBree Road, according to the state patrol. A drug detection dog found the drugs in the 1994 Ford Mustang, the state patrol reported. Gregory S. Carlile, 28, of Chehalis and Jonathan M. Carlile, 39, of Winlock, were booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver according to the state patrol.

• Centralia police reported yesterday they arrested a 27-year-old Centralia woman for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant the night before at Johnson Road and Harrison Avenue. Samantha J. Tanori, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Robert P. Penfield, 56, of Centralia, was arrested Saturday evening for an outstanding warrant after police got information he was at a motel on Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis. He was also in possession of a back tar-like substance and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• A 59-year-old Elbe resident called the sheriff’s office on Monday after he discovered a pair of strangers had been living on his property outside Morton, cutting up an old truck and selling scrap from the property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. Among the items missing or damaged were six radiators, a transmission, a tire repair machine, a six-cylinder engine and wrought iron fencing, according to the sheriff’s office. William G. Hodges, 48, of Gold Bar was arrested and booked for burglary and theft for the goings-on at the 5700 block of state Route 508, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Hodges’ 33-year-old friend, also from Gold Bar, had left, but will be referred for charges on similar offenses, Brown said.

• A 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol and a .22 caliber Springfield rifle were among the items stolen in a burglary on the 600 block of Chilvers Road outside Chehalis, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s office last Friday. Also taken sometime since Monday were silver coin and binoculars, the sheriff’s office said.

• Some $5,000 of unspecified logging equipment was reported stolen sometime over the weekend of December 3  from a logging site near the 800 block of Deep Creek Road outside Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday.

• Chehalis police said yesterday an officer took a report on Friday of a Stihl chainsaw stolen from the 400 block of Northwest Park Street.

• Centralia police took two reports of stereos stolen in car prowls on Sunday; one on the 200 block of West Hanson Street and later on the 2800 block of Russell Road.

• A 19-year-old Centralia man allegedly fought with security after he tried to shoplift from a business on the 500 block of South Tower in Centralia yesterday evening and was arrested, according to the Centralia Police Department. Joseph K. Aldrich was booked into the Lewis County Jail for robbery, police reported.

WRECKS FROM DEER AND OTHER THINGS

• A 29-year-old Centralia driver swerved to miss a deer on the 1300 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia and broke a power pole and totaled their 2003 Dodge Dakota, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 2:45 a.m. on Monday. Injuries were not life-threatening to the driver, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 22-year-old Castle Rock man as cited for driving under the influence after he totaled his 1996 Toyota Corolla when rolling it on the 300 block of Meier Road about 12:35 a.m. yesterday, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries described as cuts, the sheriff’s office said.

• A 59-year-old Longview man said he swerved to miss a deer  and hit a tree on the 400 block of Russell Road in Winlock on Sunday morning, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for driving under the influence.

• A 55-year-old Lewis County employee said he swerved to miss a deer on Friday afternoon when the dump truck he was driving along Highway 603 in Winlock damaged about 30 feet of barbed wire fence and the truck, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CENTRALIA HOUSE CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters were greeted by heavy flames and a large column of smoke when called to a house fire just before 8 o’clock this morning at the 400 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia. The occupants had evacuated and crews were able to make a pretty quick knockdown on the outside before the entering the home, Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Casey McCarthy said. It apparently had been burning for a little while, McCarthy said. He described the damage as extensive on the backside exterior of the single-story wood-frame house. The cause is under investigation, McCarthy said. No injuries were reported. Update 10 a.m. Sunday December 11, 2010: Centralia police report the fire appears to have been caused by a generator being operated on the back porch.

NAPAVINE-AREA MOBILE HOME FIRE

• A mobile home fire west of Napavine yesterday displaced a family but no injuries were reported. Lewis County Fire District 5 was called about 11:30 a.m. to Peaceful Lane where a woman had returned home and noticed smoke, according to Fire Lt. Laura Hanson. The fire was confined to a bedroom but there was also smoke damage, Hanson said. The family won’t be able to stay there, she said.

DRUGS

• A former longtime worker at Maple Lane juvenile detention facility for boys in in Grand Mound was arrested in Centralia last night with suspected methamphetamine in his coat pocket. Gary A. Lohr, 65, said it wasn’t his coat, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened around 8 p.m. on the 400 block of North Buckner Street, according to police. An officer observed Lohr driving a vehicle with expired license tabs and Lohr reportedly parked, got into a different vehicle and left, according to Centralia police. He was stopped and arrested for driving with a suspended license, and then for possession of methamphetamine, police reported. Lohr was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 36-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver early Thursday morning at the 500 block of Jackson Street in Centralia. Albert L. Brown was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Police were called yesterday morning about $400 getting stolen from a locker at a gym on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia.

• Police were called about a burglary at the 1000 block of Marsh Avenue in Centralia on Wednesday morning.

• Centralia police took a report on Thursday of a vehicle prowl at the 300 block of West Chestnut Street. It had occurred overnight and a CD player was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday that someone spray painted a fence on the 100 block of East Roanoke Street.

• Gang-style graffiti was reported found on the back of a garage on the 300 block of South Diamond Street in Centralia on Thursday morning, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called Thursday morning to Southwest McFadden Avenue about graffiti on a garage.

• Police were called Wednesday morning to Washington Elementary School on the 800 block of Field Avenue in Centralia about graffiti that showed up on the walls of the school, according to the Centralia Police Department. It didn’t appear to be gang-related, police said.

WRECK

• A 19-year-old Chehalis driver escaped serious injury when she apparently hit some ice, ran into a ditch and rolled her car on the 400 block of Highway 603 near Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. It happened late Thursday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said. Her 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier was described as totaled.

ICY ROAD CRASHES

• A 35-year-old Morton man was uninjured when he totaled his pickup truck after swerving to miss a deer early Tuesday morning on the 300 block of Burnt Ridge Road in Onalaska, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 6:30 a.m. reported the vehicle slid on black ice into a ditch and utility pole, rolling onto its side.

• A 26-year-old driver reportedly escaped injury on Tuesday morning when she lost control of her car on the 2300 block of Wildwood Road, sliding into a culvert which flipped her Honda Civic onto its side. A deputy called about 7:30 a.m. reported the Raymond woman’s vehicle was totaled. She said she hit some black ice, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested overnight for second-degree possession of stolen property and possession of an unspecified controlled substance. Conrad J. Perry was booked into the Lewis County Jail in connection with a 1:30 a.m. contact with police related to the 500 block of Hillkress Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. At the same time, Robert T. Lusk, 33, of Chehalis, was arrested for trespass and booked into jail, according to police.

• Centralia police were called to the 1200 block of Alder Street yesterday morning where a safe was discovered missing from an office. Further details were not readily available.

• Police took a report of a car prowl yesterday morning at the 200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Among the missing items was a Craftsman “roadside kit”, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• A 22-year-old Chehalis man whose car window had recently been smashed out and repaired called police after almost catching someone breaking his car window again early yesterday morning, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim’s 2003 Acura was parked outside his home on the 100 block of Southwest Fifth Street when he heard it and saw someone running away, according to police. Police say it appears to be some type of ongoing dispute.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called to the 800 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning about a vehicle prowl. Someone pried open a window and stole an iPod and CDs, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Updated at 12:40 p.m.

BASEBALL BATS VERSUS CAR

• Centralia police were called about 4:30 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Ash Street where four men allegedly were using baseball bats to break most if not all the windows out of a car, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police were told the subjects were “gangsters”, and that an earlier confrontation led to the vandalism, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. The owner of the Kia is a 22-year-old Chehalis woman, Reichert said. They reportedly “stomped” dents into the side of the car and smashed an apartment window as well. Officers following up on information then arrested four men for first-degree malicious mischief and booked them into the Lewis County Jail. They are: Ruben A. Palomares, 26, of Tenino; Angel F. Velasquez, 29, Andrez Velasquez, 19, and Jose A. Velasquez, 18, all of Centralia. Reichert said it was not clear what the earlier issue was about.

BAR ASSAULT

• A 39-year-old man was arrested for second-degree assault after an incident at a Chehalis drinking establishment over the weekend in which another patron ended up with an injury to the back of his head. Officers were called about 12:10 a.m. on Sunday to Paradise on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue and found the victim, a 25-year-old Chehalis man bleeding from the head, according to police. Aid was summoned but the victim was taken to the hospital by friends, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. A suspect was subsequently detained by police in downtown Winlock, Kaut said. John I. Burkett, 39, of Winlock, was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

THEFT

• Centralia police on Sunday said they arrested a 20-year-old Centralia man overnight in connection with the knifepoint robbery of a woman in her driveway the 1000 block of Alder Street from late October. Robert Y. Bezhenar, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police took a report early Sunday morning of a residential burglary at the 1100 block of L Street in Centralia. There are no suspects, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A coin machine and change was stolen from a laundry facility at the Frost Road Trailer Park in Winlock sometime between 8 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $175.

• Police were called to 1100 block of F Street in Centralia on Friday morning about the theft of money and medication from a home.

• A stolen vehicle from the Seattle area was recovered on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia on Friday evening, according to police. It was found unoccupied and parked, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to Southwest Fifth Street in Chehalis where an individual said they heard the sound of a vehicle window being broken out and then saw someone running away about 3 to 4 a.m. on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It appeared to be an attempted vehicle prowl, police said.

DRUGS

• A 56-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine early Saturday morning following a traffic stop on the 100 block of Sawall Avenue in Centralia. A deputy found Aaron W. Martin was driving with a suspended license and a search of him turned up suspected methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Police arrested a 26-year-old Centralia resident just before midnight on Friday at the 1600 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Alejandro Garcia was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 10:15 p.m. Friday at  South Tower Avenue and East Locust Street in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Leonardo Carriera Larios was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• A 16-year-old Winlock girl reportedly escaped injury when she totaled her car late yesterday afternoon when trying to avoid an object in the roadway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy reported the 1998 Toyota Corrola rolled down an embankment on the 1300 block of King Road and landed on its wheels, the sheriff’s office said.

LARGE GARAGE BURNS IN SILVER CREEK

• Firefighters this morning were still putting out hot spots following a fire in Silver Creek that erupted last night. Lewis County Fire Districts 8 and 3 responded about 10:50 p.m. to a burning large garage on the 2800 block of U.S. Highway 12, District 8 Assistant Chief Don Taylor said. When they arrived, flames were reaching 25 to 30 feet into the sky and the building was in the first stages of collapse, he said. Nobody was hurt. Taylor said the owners lost a Harley motorcycle and tools; he believed the owner ran some type of a business out of the building, he said. The cause is under investigation.

ONALASKA RESIDENT RECOVERS STOLEN MOWER

• A 71-year-old Onalaska man got his stolen riding lawnmower back yesterday after he tracked down someone selling it the Internet on Craigslist. The victim had reported the theft earlier this month and began checking the online classified advertising website regularly hoping it might turn up, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.  The man and sheriff’s detectives conducted a ruse in which a detective posed as the victim’s grandson who needed to replace his grandfather’s mower and met the seller in Olympia yesterday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. Detectives then arrested Jonathan M. McClain, 23, of Olympia, for first-degree trafficking in stolen property, Brown said. McClain was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

“OUT-OF-CONTROL” MAN ARRESTED IN CENTRALIA

• Police say a 30-year-old Centralia man tried to start  a fight with several people and then broke the window out of a van at the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia around noontime yesterday. Ronald J. Jennings was arrested for disorderly conduct as well as third-degree malicious mischief and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SLAPPING CHILD

• A 29-year-old Bucoda man was arrested for misdemeanor assault after he was observed slapping a 4-year-old boy inside a vehicle in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Chehalis yesterday. Officers called about 12:45 p.m. arrested Aaron B. Chilson and then released him, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The child was turned over to his mother, according to the police department.

WRECK

• A 17-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle on South Schueber Road in Chehalis yesterday afternoon, spinning it into a ditch where it struck a tree and rolled onto its top, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 17-year-old’s 1999 Ford Ranger was totaled and the teen was cited for driving with no insurance, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. It happened about 2:20 p.m., Brown said. The extent of his injuries was unavailable.

CHIMNEY FIRE

• Firefighters called to a house on the 100 block of East High Street in Centralia yesterday evening found fire in the wall space behind a wood stove chimney and had to remove portions of the structure to make sure it was completely extinguished. The resident had just returned home and was alerted by a smoke detector, Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Erik Olson said. Olson estimated the damage at perhaps more than $20,000. The cause appeared to be faulty installation from long ago, Olson said.

THEFT

• Police took a report 10 p.m. last night of a green 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe stolen from the 300 block of Courtland Street in Centralia. The vehicle has a license plate reading 031 YAU, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers are asking anyone who sees the SUV to please call 911.

• Three laptop computers, a wedding ring and other jewelry was reported stolen in a burglary yesterday on the 300 block of Tucker Road in Toledo. A deputy called last night was told someone came inside the unlocked home between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $5,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 1000 block of West First Street about someone using someone else’s credit card and charging approximately $850, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to a manufactured home business on the 1200 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue about the theft of wiring from beneath a manufactured home.

HIT AND RUN

• A 44-year-old Salkum driver was arrested for driving under the influence after he allegedly ran into a vehicle at the 600 block of J Street in Centralia, got out of his vehicle and walked or ran into some bushes, according to the Centralia Police Department. Harry B. Heger was contacted a few blocks away after the 6:20 p.m. incident with another man who was helping him walk, according to police. Heger was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

DRUGS

• The Centralia Street Crimes Unit yesterday evening arrested a 22-year-old woman for two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in connection with an address on the 1200 block of Lum Road. Starlynn R. Davis, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not readily available.