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ASSAULTS

• A 32-year-old Onalaska man was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly tried to strangle the father of his girlfriend during a disagreement over him moving out of the home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Obadiah D. Ratkie, 32, was arrested for second-degree assault following the call just before 1 a.m. to an apartment on the 300 block of Second Street West in Onalaska. The 48-year-old victim declined aid, Chief Stacy Brown said. Ratkie was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A trio of young people were arrested for hitting and punching a 35-year-old man at the bowling alley on the 1500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia on Saturday evening and within less than 30 minutes, one of the suspects, a female, was accused of getting into  physical altercation at the Fairway Shopping Center with a 39-year-old woman, according to Centralia police. Officers called about 6 p.m. were told by the first victim his ex-girlfriend showed up with some other people and assaulted him, police said. Delores M. Lima-Perez, 21, of Chehalis, was arrested for misdemeanor assault from the first situation and then for the same offense which involved hitting and scratching in the second incident, according to police. Centralia Police Officer Paul McCormick said it wasn’t clear what the disputes were about but said, “It seems like kind of a triangle.” Also arrested for fourth-degree assault were her sister, Inez M. Lima-Perez, 21, of Chehalis; Jovanny Montenegro Perez, 20, for Chehalis; and Omar Perez Ramirez, 19, Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT AND BURGLARY

• Somebody crawled through a small kitchen window at an apartment on the 1500 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis and made off with pain pills, according to a report made to Chehalis police on Saturday morning. Missing were an estimated 15 to 20 Oxycontin pills, according to police.

• Centralia police took a report of the theft of medication (unspecified) from the 500 block of South Ash Street on Friday morning.

• Centralia police took a report about a burglary to a business on the 100 block of North Tower Avenue on Friday morning.

• An estimated $4,440 of items were stolen from a shop building in Randle, according to a report taken on Saturday afternoon. Among the items taken sometime in the previous two weeks from the building on the 300 block of Old Barn Road were tools, a generator and a Suzuki motorcycle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy took a report of a break-in to a shed at the 200 block of Jorgenson Road in Onalaska on Friday morning. Missing was a device used to tune a car stereo into an iPod, valued at $85, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police took a report Saturday at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue that a vehicle had been stolen sometime the night before, but it was found abandoned about a mile away before the day ended.

• Chehalis police were called Saturday evening to a vehicle prowl at K-Mart on Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

• A deputy was called about 11 a.m. on Saturday to the 900 block of Hillberger Road outside Chehalis where two juveniles were seen running from a vehicle that had been prowled. It appeared a large rock had been used to break a window and two purses inside were missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were called about three vehicles being broken into on Saturday morning on the 1500 block of Belmont Avenue. Nothing appeared to be missing, but it seemed someone had tried to actually steal a Honda passenger car, according to Centralia police.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called Sunday morning to the 900 block of Southeast Washington Avenue where somebody had thrown dog poop on a vehicle.

DRUGS

• Deputies found numerous baggies of suspected methamphetamine, various unprescribed pills and drug paraphernalia when they searched a trailer and a woman on the 3800 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies had accompanied a Department of Corrections officer there who was making contact with a 42-year-old woman, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The case was referred for possible charges of possession of drugs, Brown said.

UNDERAGE DRINKING AT DANCE

• Two underage males were detained for being intoxicated at a dance on Saturday night at W.F. West High School in Chehalis. The school principal called police because he suspected the 17-year-old Chehalis by and 20-year-old Napavine had been drinking, according to Chehalis police.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME IN VACANT TAVERN

• A deputy was called last night to the old Roadside Tavern on U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma where someone had taken up shelter. The building is scheduled to be demolished but a 63-year-old man had built himself a fire in the fireplace, telling the deputy he was cold and wet. Frank M. Utzler, from Randle, said he had permission from the previous owner to be there, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The property has however been sold and Utzler was arrested for second-degree trespass, the sheriff’s office reported.

MONEY TAKEN IN CENTRALIA BURGLARY

• Centralia police took a report about 5 o’clock this morning of a burglary to a business on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue. Money was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to William Avenue where a vehicle prowl had occurred overnight.

WRECKS

• Firefighters were called about 8:20 p.m. to a collision between a semi truck and a car on northbound Interstate 5 near the Labree Road interchange in Chehalis. The driver of the car was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

• Firefighters called to a two-vehicle T-bone accident about 7:30 p.m. last night at Kresky and Summa streets in Centralia transported one female driver to the hospital.

CAR CRIMES

• A deputy called yesterday evening to check out an abandoned vehicle found on a dirt road off Beck Road near Centralia-Alpha Road  discovered it had been stolen out of Centralia. The ignition had been removed from the red 1987 Honda, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car, with an estimated $2,000 damage, was turned over to its owner.

• An officer was called to the Lewis County Mall yesterday afternoon after a the owner of a 1990 Mustang convertible discovered somebody had been messing with her car. The steering column was torn up, according to Chehalis police.

• A 15-year-old Chehalis boy was arrested yesterday after somebody spotted a “kid” inside a woman’s car in Chehalis. The stereo had been torn out but was still there, according to police. An officer called about 1:15 p.m. to the 100 block of North Market Boulevard ended up arresting a suspect for vehicle prowl and malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police were called about 11 p.m. last night to a shoplifting incident at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue and ended up arresting the subject for possession if methamphetamine. Jonathan R. Lambert, 23, of Centralia, was booked into the lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS ARRESTED FOR PAIN PILLS

• Two Centralia Middle School students were arrested yesterday after one of them brought stolen prescription pills to school and gave them to a friend. A 13-year-old boy said he’d taken three pills he thought were Oxycontin from his mother and gave them to a 14-year-old boy who bragged he had them for sale, according to police. They were actually Percocet, but also illegal to possess without a prescription, Officer Chris Fitzgerald said. School administrators searched the boy’s locker and then the 14-year-old’s shoes where found the three pills, according to Fitzgerald. Both students were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center; the 13-year-old for delivery of a controlled substance and the 14-year-old for possession of a controlled substance. “It’s very scary for someone that young to be messing with that stuff,” Fitzgerald said. “It has really bad implications health-wise.” Fitzgerald said when she asked the 13-year-old if he knew what the medication was for, he replied, “Getting high.”

ALLEGED KNIFE BRANDISHING AND ARREST LEADS TO SCUFFLE

• A 21-year-old suspect was taken to the hospital after he was scraped up while struggling with Centralia police as he was arrested yesterday morning on the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard, according to police. Officers called about 9:12 a.m. were told Nicholas A. Claudio, 21, a homeless person, got upset when an individual interrupted a conversation he was having and pulled out a knife, according to the Centralia Police Department. The victim, whose age was not released, left and Claudio was contacted  short distance away and taken into custody, police reported. He was taken to the hospital for a “pre-booking screening” in connection with abrasions he received during his arrest, according to police. He was booked for second-degree assault, but not charged pending further investigation.

MONEY MISSING

• Chehalis police were called about 11 p.m. last night to the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about $630 cash that was lost.

DRUGS

• When Centralia police arrested a 55-year-old woman early this morning for an outstanding warrant, an officer found methamphetamine on her, according to the Centralia Police Department. Melynda J. Mann, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer in the area of the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue about 3:15 a.m. today, police reported.

LOTS OF STOLEN STUFF

• A deputy was called yesterday to a home on the 1600 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia where two rifles had been stolen sometime in the previous few days, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy took a report yesterday of a burglary to a residence on the 200 block of Logan Hill Road in Chehalis. Somebody went inside during the daytime and stole a laptop computer and a Playstation 3 game console, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 37-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday after a deputy was called to a report of someone stealing from a barn on the 700 block of state Route 506 outside Toledo, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. Alicia J. Gullickson, of Winlock, was found hiding near the barn and had allegedly been stealing scrap metal, according to Chief Deputy Gene Seiber. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for burglary.

• Chehalis police took a report about 8 a.m. on Sunday of the theft of a white 1991 Mazda pickup truck from the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue.

• Police were called just before 1 p.m. on Sunday about the theft of a car from Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis. The car was recovered the next day off Manners Road outside Centralia, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• An estimated $3,000 of tools and appliances were missing from a home under construction on the 100 block of Wold Road in Ashford, according to a report made to the sheriff’s office on Friday.

• Two juveniles found inside a stolen vehicle on Friday evening at the 600 block of West Main Street in Centralia were booked into Lewis County Juvenile detection for possession of stolen property, according to Centralia police.

• Centralia police were called to a shoplifting incident on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue on Friday afternoon and booked one female into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention facility for robbery because she reportedly kicked a security officer in the groin, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case of the other female involved was referred for possible charges of misdemeanor theft.

• Tools and gas were stolen in a burglary to a garage on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police Friday.

• Centralia police took three reports of vehicle prowls on Sunday. An individual told an officer their vehicle was broken into on Friday at South Washington Avenue and West Plum Street. Taken were a Toshiba laptop computer and a stereo amplifier. Somebody reported stolen batteries from a motor home on the 200 block of West Oakview Avenue. And early Sunday morning, an officer was called to the 1200 block of Alder Street about a broken out car window and the theft of an iPod and GPS unit.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report Sunday about graffiti spray painted on the side of the bowling alley on the 800 block of North Tower Avenue.

• Police were called about 3:45 p.m. Sunday to the 100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia about a kitchen window broken out.

• Police were called about a house being struck with orange paintballs on Friday night at the 800 block of Marion Street in Centralia.

• A window was shot out by a BB gun on the 2400 block of Eureka Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday.

ASSAULT

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested for second-degree assault early Sunday morning in Chehalis. An officer on patrol spotted a man laying on the side of the road at the 500 block of North Market Boulevard at about 2 a.m., according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 24-year-old from Kelso was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with what police described as fairly extensive facial injuries. An individual associated with the victim pointed out two men who were walking away, and the officer arrested and booked into jail Anthony J. Mendez, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. It appeared to be an unprovoked assault, Kaut said.

VADER COUNCIL MEMBER JAILED AGAIN

• Deputies responding to a violation of a no-contact order over the weekend arrested 85-year-old Vader city council member Andrew Wilson Jr. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported the call was to the 700 block of B Street in Vader. Wilson was charged in December with felony harassment after allegedly threatening to kill his wife. He was booked Sunday night into the Lewis County Jail and released on Monday.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 28-year-old Oakville resident early Monday morning for unlawful possession of prescription medications. Casey J. Atkerson was booked into the Lewis County jail after contact with an officer about 3:45 a.m. at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue.

KNIFE ASSAULT

• Centralia police reported yesterday an 18-year-old man stabbed himself with a knife after assaulting two family members at the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road. Matthew W. Duncan, of Centralia, was hospitalized after the Wednesday evening incident and police arrested him for misdemeanor assault but left him in the care of the hospital, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ROCHESTER MAN FINDS HIS OWN STOLEN STUFF FOR SALE

• An off-road vehicle valued at $4,000 was recovered after a Rochester resident spotted his stolen ORV for sale on Craigs List, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner responded to a listing and went to the 1600 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia on Wednesday where he concluded the vehicle was his, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The seller claimed they had gotten in trade for a motorcycle from Yelm, Brown said.

THEFT AND BURGLARY

• Several guns and knives were reported stolen from a trailer on the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia early yesterday morning, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 22 gauge shotgun and a British rifle were among the items missing from an RV on vacation property east of Randle, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy called on Wednesday to the 100 block of Bevin Lake Road was told by the owner somebody stole the guns and other items sometime since November 1, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A bottle of cologne and $7 in quarters were stolen in a burglary to a residence on the 500 block of Brown Road East outside of Chehalis, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. It happened sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office reported.

• Centralia police were called to a burglary at a business on the 2300 block of North Pearl Street on Wednesday afternoon.

• Centralia police took a report of a vehicle prowl on the 400 block of Oak Street in Centralia yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called to a vehicle prowl on Wednesday morning on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called yesterday about two tires being slashed at the 500 block of East Maple Street.

• An officer was called yesterday to the 400 block of Union Street in Centralia abut someone shooting BBs through windows.

JUDGE FINDS MARIJUANA PIPE IN COURTROOM

• A 24-year-old Centralia man who got in trouble for leaving a marijuana pipe in a courtroom subsequently helped detectives solve a burglary in which more than $6,000 in property, including a Ruger pistol, had been taken, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. Albert D. Melton, 24, was in a Lewis County courtroom in Chehalis last week and told by a judge to wait in the jury box to be taken to jail, Chief Stacy Brown said. Later, the pipe was found where he had been sitting, she said. When asked later by a detective if he knew why he was talking to him, Melton reportedly spilled information about an October burglary on the 2800 block of state Route 508. The information led to two burglary arrests; one for Melton and another for Byron K. Sedrick, 31, of Centralia, according to Brown.

CITY VOTES TO TURN OFF NAPAVINE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S ROOFTOP SIREN

• The siren that sounds when Napavine firefighters get a call may be silenced after city council members last night voted unanimously to amend the city’s noise ordinance. Mayor Nick Bozarth says the move was prompted by the fire department’s roof top “air raid” siren which broke it’s several-year silence the morning after the department’s November levy failure. The fire department has told the city they began using the siren to clear traffic for outgoing emergency vehicles, according to Bozarth. The restriction took the fire department by surprise, according to a news release this morning from Lewis County Fire District 5. Lt. Laura Hanson wrote the department was “not afforded the courtesy of notification of the drafting of the ordinance.” Hanson wrote the district remains committed an acceptable resolution to the issue. Bozarth notes the city thinks lights and sirens on the emergency vehicles are sufficient.

GUN, SAFE AMONG ITEMS TAKEN IN RANDLE BURGLARY

• Somebody broke into a Randle area home yesterday and made off with a safe, a revolver and other valuables totaling more than $1,200, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the 300 block of Cline Road was told it happened sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. yesterday, the sheriff’s office reported. Among the missing items were a fireproof Sentry brand safe, a .357 Smith and Wesson, an HP laptop computer, a digital camera and several necklaces, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. A door was damaged as well, Brown said.

THEFTS

• Police were called about 1 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of South Gold Street in Centralia to a reported car theft. A red 1992 Geo Metro was taken sometime overnight, according to  the Centralia Police Department. Its license plate reads 144 ZMO.

• Centralia police took a report of a vehicle prowl about 3:30 p.m. yesterday from the 300 block of N Street. Missing were 10 CDs, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a theft report from an individual about 2 p.m. yesterday at the 600 block of South Tower Avenue. When the victim came out of the store, his bicycle and backpack were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police yesterday arrested arrested a Chehalis woman for allegedly dealing heroin. Stacy L. Cook was arrested at her home for two counts of delivery of heroin, in connection with a previously investigated case, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

DUI ARREST MADE FOLLOWING CENTRALIA COLLISION

• Centralia police called to a collision about 9 p.m. last night arrested a  Rochester man for driving under the influence. Nobody was injured in the wreck at Johnson Road and West Reynolds Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. Daniel P. Christiensen, 56, was arrested, according to police.