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COUNTY TRUCK WINDOWS SHOT AT

• Somebody fired a gun at the windshields of two parked dump trucks belonging to Lewis County Public Works, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It was reported on Thursday morning and happened sometime after 4:30 p.m. the Friday before at the county shop on Kiona Road in Randle, according to the sheriff’s office. The damage estimate is $1,200.

THEFT

• Somebody stole an estimated $5,000 of tools and equipment from a construction shed on Garrard Creek Road west of Centralia, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning.  It happened near milepost two sometime after 6 p.m. on Friday and 8:15 a.m. the following day, according to a report made to a deputy on Saturday.

• A 2006 Craftsman riding lawn mower was stolen from the 100 block of Jordan Road in Salkum, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. It was taken sometime between Aug. 24 and 29, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $1,000.

• A deputy took a report yesterday of the theft of “New Zealand” fencing tools from  the 600 block of U.S. Highway 12 near Napavine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A break-in to a storage building on the 100 block of Kjesbu Road near Mayfield Lake netted someone several collectibles such as an autographed Wayne Gretzky trading card, three hockey pucks, an antique Viewmaster with Disney slides, Hot Wheel cars and other items. It happened sometime between Aug. 1 and Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Liquor and several bottles of beer were missing after a residential burglary on the 400 block of Larson Road near Mayfield Lake, according to a report made Saturday morning to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A stolen vehicle was recovered yesterday morning on Southwest Olympic Drive in Chehalis, according to police.

STALKING

• Centralia police arrested a 34-year-old man yesterday for alleged stalking of his estranged girlfriend. According to police, Chad M. Landsiedel repeatedly followed her, sent harassing text messages and made threats to harm her. Landsiedel, a Centralia resident, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after his arrest last night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 26-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of heroin yesterday evening at the 800 block of Ham Hill Road in Centralia. Andrew T. Fields was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 19-year-old Centralia man was arrested last night for possession of methamphetamine after his contact with an officer on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Tanner Z. Russell  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAN TAKEN TO JAIL FOR TARDY TITLE TRANSFER

• A 40-year-old man from Salem, Ore. was arrested and jailed by Centralia police yesterday for failing to transfer the title of his car within 45 days. Federico Nieves Rojas was stopped about 3:25 p.m. yesterday at East Locust and South Gold streets after an officer “ran” his license plate and noted the misdemeanor, according to Officer John Panco. Rojas was booked and then released about five hours later, according to the Lewis County Jail log.

LEWIS COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS

• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for information about a theft in April of a 2006 16-foot trailer taken from the 300 block of state Route 506 near Vader. The trailer is described as tandem axle dump trailer with side racks. It’s value is $10,000. Crime Stoppers pays for information leading to the clearance of crimes and takes tips anonymously at 1-800-748-6422 or online at www.lewsicountycrimestoppers.org

GRASS FIRES IN SALKUM, RANDLE

• Hay falling on the exhaust pipe of a one-ton pickup truck ignited yesterday in Salkum, spreading fire to a freshly cut pasture. About a dozen firefighters from Lewis County Fire District 8 were joined by firefighters with the state Department of Natural Resources at the 800 block of Gore Road around 5 p.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Don Taylor. The truck and an estimated 50 bales of hay – both loaded and sitting in the field – were lost, Taylor said.

• A campfire got out of control near Randle yesterday drawing about seven members of Lewis County Fire District 14 and firefighters with the state Department of Natural Resources. Fire Chief Jeff Jaques said it happened around noontime at recreational property at the River Run Ranch Estates off U.S. Highway 12 east of town. Nobody was hurt and about an acre or more of grass burned, according to Jaques. A travel trailer someone had been dismantling also burned, he said. It happened because the grass around the campfire area had not been adequately cleared beforehand, he said.

DRUGS

• A 51-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when suspected meth was found in her purse during a traffic stop on Friday night. Deanna M. Frye was stopped about 11:35 p.m. on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue and found to be driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT

• A motorcyclist from Kent was hospitalized with a laceration on his nose after his 2005 Yamaha ran into the back of a car at a stop sign at Chilcoat Road near U.S. Highway 12 in Randle yesterday. A trooper called about 12:50 p.m. reported that Christopher T. Darcy, 31, was going too fast when he struck the rear of a Toyota Camry, driven by Louise A. Darcy, 25, also of Kent. Neither vehicle was damaged, according to the Washington State Patrol.

SECOND CHASE NEAR SALZER ROAD FOR SAME SUSPECT

Item below updated 11:55 a.m. on Tuesday Sept. 6, 2011

• A 39-year-old man who eluded deputies last week in the area of Profitt and Salzer roads was apprehended Sunday afternoon after a pursuit that ended on the same dead-end road outside Centralia. Centralia police assisted the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office around 3 p.m. with a chase that began near Salzer Valley Road, went into the city and back out to Salzer Road, according to law enforcement. The vehicle was boxed in and both the driver and passenger fled into the brush, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sara A. Jones, 34, of Centralia was taken into custody, with some minor injuries from bare feet and barbed wire, Cmdr. Steve Aust said. Police dog Kayo was called in and subsequently caught up to Jerry L. Warfield, 39, of Rochester, Aust said. Aust said Warfield refused to give up and was bitten in his lower left leg by the dog. Both were treated at Providence Centralia Hospital and then booked into jail, Aust said. Warfield was wanted on a warrant from the state Department of Corrections, according to the sheriff’s office.

PARAMEDICS, AMBULANCE, DELIVER NEWBORN TO HOSPITAL

• Centralia firefighters called at 7:35 p.m. yesterday to a house on West Maple Street for a woman in labor delivered a baby girl there at 7:40 p.m. “We had absolutely no time to prepare or anything, we literally walked in and ‘caught it’,” Firefighter-paramedic Jennifer Ternan said this morning. It was pretty straightforward and uncomplicated for her and Firefighter-paramedic Steve Lamb, according to Ternan. The mom’s due date was yesterday, although she wasn’t planning an at-home birth. An AMR ambulance took the mother, baby and paramedics to the labor and delivery unit of Providence Centralia Hospital where “mom and baby are doing extremely well,” Ternan said.

DOG OWNER ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING CAR THAT RAN OVER HIS PET

• A 19-year-old upset when his dog was struck by a car in Centralia yesterday was arrested for misdemeanor assault after he reportedly kicked a dent into the side of the vehicle and broke out the driver’s side window. It happened around 2:50 p.m. on the 1000 block of Mellen Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police reported that the two occupants of the car were “showered” with glass. Aaron J. Alexander was cited and then released, according to police.

STOLEN COMPUTERS FOUND IN PORT ORCHARD

• Centralia police detectives arrested a suspect in Port Orchard yesterday they say broke into a business on the 1000 block of Johnson Road and stole computers. Finger prints at the scene led them to Marc J. Strickland, 42, of Port Orchard, where they recovered the property, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 8:25 a.m. yesterday to Southeast Adams Avenue where a window had been broken out of a vehicle sometime in the night.

VEHICLE VERSUS BIKE

• A 53-year-old Chehalis man was hospitalized after his bicycle was struck from behind by a vehicle on Airport Road in Chehalis last night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Aid and a deputy were called just after 9:30 p.m. and the bicyclist was found laying on the road next to the vehicle. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with scrapes as well as pain in his shoulder, knee and foot, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Neither the 25-year-old driver nor the bicyclist had working headlights, and both will be cited, according to detective Sgt. Dusty Breen.

CAR VERSUS DEER

• Firefighters called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday to a single-vehicle collision on Salzer Valley Road found a car in a ditch on its side and a dead deer but no driver. The driver was later located but aid wasn’t needed, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

DEPUTY VERSUS FLEEING DRIVER

• Law enforcement officers searched without success for a driver who bailed out of his vehicle after a pursuit yesterday morning in the area of Profitt and Salzer Roads, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jerry L. Warfield, 39, has a warrant from the state Department of Corrections, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said this morning.

DRUGS

• A 53-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine early yesterday. Russell E. Charnell was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on West Main Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

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Correction: One news items has been updated to reflect correctly which man was driving and which man was riding a bicycle when they collided Wednesday night on Airport Road. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office incorrectly reported to the news media the roles of the participants.

THEFT

• A computer, a radio and pain medication were reported taken in a burglary at a residence on the 2400 block of North Pearl Street, according to Centralia police. The break-in was reported about 1:50 p.m. yesterday.

• A 28-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for theft and trafficking in stolen property for allegedly stealing an unassembled metal shed from his father’s shed and selling it a recycler, according to Centralia police. The discovery of the missing item from the 400 block of Hemlock Street was reported to police yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at $300, Officer John Panco said. Wesley W. Mitchem was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A car sitting in a driveway on the 700 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia yesterday and checked by a police officer there on another matter turned out to be stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department. It was an El Camino previously reported to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office as stolen, according to police. The resident told the officer someone had left it there, Officer John Panco said.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning deputies have learned the names of local youngsters suspected in a break-in to a Mossyrock area concession stand, that was hit twice in the same week. Sometime on Aug. 14 or 15, someone went inside the stand on the 200 block of Ajlune Road and stole candy and Monster energy drinks, according to the sheriff’s office. A window was replaced and then on Aug 19, it happened again, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. This time money and firewood were missing, as well as snacks, according to Brown. The investigation continues, Brown said.

BRUSH IGNITES ALONG INTERSTATE 5

• Firefighters from three departments extinguished several brush fires that broke out on the northbound shoulder of Interstate 5 south of Winlock yesterday afternoon. One of the fires had grown to about 60 feet long, according to Lewis County Fire District 2. Chief Grant Wiltbank said he believed they were probably caused accidentally, likely by something such as a vehicle dragging a chain and throwing sparks.

STAND OFF IN TOLEDO ENDS WITH ARREST

• Deputies called to a dispute in Toledo on Friday evening finally entered a home and arrested  21-year-old man who had allegedly threatened to shoot deputies if they didn’t leave, saying he had a rifle and knew how to use it, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Law was called about 5:15 p.m. to the 400 block of Collins Road by a man who said his son was drunk and out of control, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Darrell R. Jackson refused to come out of the house, also saying he would die protecting his house, Brown said. Jackson was arrested without further incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, domestic violence, according to Brown. A large picture window was broken during the incident, she said.

THREAT GETS MAN JAILED

• A 24-year-old man was arrested for harassment on Sunday after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her daughter. Seth T. Lloyd, who lives at various times in both Centralia and Chehalis according to police, was booked into the Lewis County Jail. The woman was an acquaintance who had let Lloyd stay at her home in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

LOGGING EQUIPMENT CUT UP, SOLD FOR SCRAP

• A 41-year-old man from Oakville was arrested for first-degree theft after he allegedly took a cutting torch into the woods near Garrard Creek Road and took apart a piece of logging equipment, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The item, called a “log bunker” is valued at about $8,000, and the scrap value of its metal estimated at $500, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The theft occurred between July 18 and 19, and on Friday, deputies arrested Mark Schweitzer, according to Brown. He reportedly sold the material belonging to Weyerhaeuser to a scrap yard in Thurston County. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

ROLEX WATCHES TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• Police were called about 10:25 p.m. yesterday about a burglary on the 2300 block of Schueber Ridge Court in Centralia. Missing from sometime during the previous three days were two Rolex watches and a gold cross, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWLS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging people to lock their car doors when they park, especially at the Rails to Trails parking area off Highway 603 as they’ve had numerous reports of thefts there. Sometime between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, a Centralia man found someone had gotten inside his vehicle and taken his wallet and other items; it was not locked, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

• Somebody stole two tires, with their rims, and several items from inside a car – among them a CD player and approximately 1,100 CDs and DVDs – at the 500 block of the Toledo-Vader Road, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. It happened sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Medication was stolen in a car prowl on the 600 block of Temple Avenue in Morton, according to a report made to police on Wednesday.

• A car stereo and gasoline were taken from a vehicle stored at the 800 block of Adams Avenue in Morton, according to a report made to police on Wednesday.

• Police called to the 600 block of Adams Avenue in Morton were told someone took a purse from the front seat of a vehicle there, the Morton Police Department reported today. It was reported last Monday.

VANDALISM

• A 28-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 3:40 a.m. on Sunday after he allegedly broke a window out of a vacant house on the 900 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia while intoxicated. Aaron S. VanTuyl was cited for third-degree malicious and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called Saturday afternoon to the 300 block of Southwest Ninth Street in Chehalis where someone had slashed all four tires on a vehicle and scratched the word “hore” in the paint.

GUN, MARIJUANA LEAD TO JAIL

• A 19-year-old Centralia man was arrested for “dangerous weapon” after a pistol was discovered on his person early Sunday morning in Centralia, according to police. Tanner Z. R. Russell was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for possession of marijuana and burglary tools after contact with an officer about 2 a.m. at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE VERSUS BUILDING IN CENTRALIA

• Police were called about 4:40 p.m. yesterday to McDonalds on the 1200 block of Lum Road in Centralia after a driver ran into the side of the building. The driver thought the vehicle was in reverse but it was not, according to police. There were only minor injuries and minimal damage, according to authorities.

WRECK

• A woman said her floor mat lodged against the accelerator as she was traveling down a hill on the 100 block of Nikula Road in Winlock on Saturday night causing her to run into a power pole and a guard rail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 10:30 p.m. reported the 44-year-old driver was uninjured, according to the sheriff’s office

BIKE VERSUS TRUCK IN CENTRALIA

• A 71-year-old Centralia man was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with leg injuries and “road rash” after the bicycle he was riding yesterday collided with a delivery truck at the intersection of East Reynolds Avenue and North Pearl Street around 1:35 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. The truck driver was not cited, police reported.

THEFT

• Police were called to a car prowl on the 300 block of Iron Street in Centralia yesterday. Someone rummaged through the vehicle and took some deposit slips, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 1100 block of H Street in Centralia, according to police A stereo was taken.

HAY TRUCK FIRE IN NAPAVINE

• About 14 bales of hay and the wood decking on a trailer were destroyed in a vehicle fire in Napavine yesterday evening. Lewis County Fire District 5 called about 5:35 p.m. to the fire at Highway 603 and Meadow Lane were joined by members of Fire Districts 15 and 6, according to Fire Lt. Laura Hanson. Heavy equipment had to be used to break up the smoldering hay and both lanes were blocked for a period of time, according to Hanson. No injuries were reported.

Bales of hay are removed from a truck and broken apart after a fire. / Courtesy photo by Maleah Heldreth