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AUTO THEFT

• The owner of a red 1997 Honda Civic went outside yesterday morning to go to work and found his two-door car was gone. A deputy called just after 8 a.m. yesterday to the 3100 block of Ives Road in Centralia learned the car had been parked in the lot on Monday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• A resident at the 1100 block of G Street in Centralia reported about 10:10 a.m. yesterday that numerous items have been stolen from her home over the past several months, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 9:25 a.m. yesterday to take a report of three money orders getting stolen and forged from back in October.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of North Scheuber Road where sometime during the previous two days, someone had stolen gas out of a small bus parked at a church.

• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of North Tower Avenue where a car stereo and fuel had been stolen from two vehicles parked there. It appears the gas has been taken numerous times over the past few months, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HAIR PULLING

• Police are investigating a case of potential fourth-degree assault after being called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to Chehalis Middle School on the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street. The initial information indicates one student pulled another student’s hair and later the other student pulled the first student’s hair, only a little bit harder, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNRULY PATIENT

• Centralia police reported this morning that a 23-year-old Centralia resident arrested for allegedly kicking and spitting on a Centralia police officer who was assisting medics picking him up on Monday night allegedly subsequently kicked a nurse in the stomach once he got to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital. Aid and police had responded to his Centralia home when his parents called for help because he had swallowed a bunch of pills, Officer William Phipps said. Victor A. Lopez Roman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to police.

DRUGS

• Authorities discovered what appeared to be marijuana rolled up in cigarette paper at the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia yesterday. A case involving a 15-year-old boy is to be referred to prosecutors for possession of marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNWANTED EXPOSURE

• Chehalis police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday by a female who reported a male exposed himself to her while he was inside a store at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police were called at 2:48 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said he had been picking up recyclables beneath an overpass near the park and ride lot on the 800 block of West Main Street and saw a blanket that looked as though it could have had a body rolled up inside of it and been dumped. An officer was unable to locate a body, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SMALL FIRE

• A small fire was set outside of a former business on the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:10 p.m. yesterday. There was no damage or danger to the building, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 135 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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MOTOR AND PUMP TAKEN

• Chehalis police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Northwest Quincy Avenue to take a report that sometime since Friday night, someone stole a red and white 13 hp engine and its companion hydraulic pump.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after 7:30 a.m. today to take a report of the theft of a black 1999 Honda Civic from the 1000 block of West Walnut Street. The car has a license plate reading AQV 9618, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIREARM MISSING

• Centralia police took a report just before 8 p.m. yesterday from the 600 block of Woodland Avenue that a pistol had been stolen sometime in the previous few months.

BELONGINGS STOLEN

• Police were called about 6:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report that multiple items had been stolen from a female’s home at the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue while she was temporarily evicted because of a protection order. It is not clear who the suspect or suspects might be at this time, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

ASSAULT

• A 23-year-old man being secured to a gurney in an ambulance last night at the 1300 block of B Street allegedly kicked and spit on a Centralia police officer who was assisting medics. Victor A. Lopez Roman was subsequently arrested for third-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 10:25 a.m. yesterday to Centralia High School where a boy had allegedly kicked and punched another student. A case for a charge of fourth-degree assault is being referred to prosecutors, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THREAT TO OFFICER

• A homeless man arrested at the Eagle Truck Plaza in Napavine on Friday appeared in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon, charged with harassment. Lucas M. Fontaine, 28, had reportedly been asked several times to leave, but wouldn’t and when an officer showed up, he allegedly began yelling he was going to get a knife and kill him. His bail was set at $50,000 today.

INDECENT IN PUBLIC

• Centralia police were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a business at the 100 block of West Pine Street that a male had been seen masturbating while walking by. The incident is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 30-year-old Centralia woman detained for suspected shoplifting yesterday after an approximately 6:25 p.m. call to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis was arrested for second-degree burglary because she had previously been trespassed from the store, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When Leah M. Vann was being booked at the Lewis County Jail, a substance believed to be heroin was located in her wallet, according to police.

EXCHANGING NAKED PICTURES

• A 20-year-old man was arrested yesterday by Morton police in a case of allegedly exchanging nude photos with a now-15-year-old girl, pictures that date back to 2015. Charging documents in the a case describe Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar observing Sean R. Butler pull into a parking lot at Gust Backstrom Park and pick up a girl on Oct 23. The chief contacted Butler and the girl was returned to her home, the documents relate. The chief subsequently contacted the girl and her mother, and asked if there was anything inappropriate going on, according to charging documents. The girl reportedly produced pictures and text messages from Facebook and Snapchat of a sexual nature that date back to 2015. Morningstar interviewed Butler on Monday, booked his phone into evidence and him into the Lewis County Jail. Court documents list Butler with a Centralia address. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree viewing of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes. Judge Joely O’Rourke set his bail at $20,000.

AND MORE FROM MORTON

• Morton police reported they referred a case to prosecutors involving a juvenile for reckless endangerment in connection with an incident on the 1200 block of Main Avenue at about 9 p.m. on Oct. 28. Subjects allegedly threw an object at a moving vehicle and when the driver contacted the three juvenile suspects, the driver felt threatened and drew his firearm. The three youngsters called 911, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 146 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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CREEPY THEFT

• Centralia police were called to Tower Avenue and Main Street about 3:10 p.m. yesterday where a purse was stolen from a vehicle while its owner was asleep inside the vehicle. No arrest had been made as of this morning.

STORAGE UNIT THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2100 block of North National Avenue where someone had cut a chain and broke into a storage area to steal an $800 welder (blue Miller brand, MIG/TIG model) and also a Stihl backpack leaf blower.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 5 o’clock this morning to take a report of the theft of a beige 1993 Toyota Camry from the 300 block of South Street. The car has a license plate reading ATT 2012, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A blue 1990 Honda Civic wagon was reported stolen from the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia just before 8 a.m. yesterday. The four-door car has an Oregon license plate of 715 JER, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LAW ENFORCEMENT: WEDDING RING PAWNED BY HIRED HELP

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they arrested a woman who worked as a house cleaner who allegedly stole a client’s diamond wedding ring and pawned it. The 76-year-old victim from Onalaska contacted law enforcement on Oct. 24 and the nearly $6,000 ring was recovered the following day at the 500 block of North Market Street in Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. Melissa K. Green, 36, of Chehalis, allegedly got about $200 for the ring, according to the sheriff’s office. Green was located on Thursday and booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree theft and for second-degree trafficking in stolen property, Breen said.

MAIL PILFERING

• Centralia police were called about 5:25 p.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard where a woman reported someone had gotten into her mailbox and opened her mail, leaving some of the empty envelopes behind.

ARRESTED ANYHOW

• Centralia police yesterday arrested a 57-year-old man after discovering he had used his brother’s identity to avoid getting arrested for driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert L. Dunivin Jr., of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for identity theft, according to police.

ANIMAL CRIME

• Centralia police on Saturday opened a case of possible animal abuse. They are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Centralia police on Friday began investigating suspected theft through fraudulent activity regarding a former employee and a business on the 800 block of North Tower Avenue.

NOT A FREE RIDE

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of Railroad Avenue at 10 a.m. yesterday after a passenger allegedly rode Amtrak from Kelso without a ticket and refused to leave the train depot after police told her to go. Latrisha B. Seals, 32, a transient person, was arrested for third-degree theft and for first-degree trespassing and then booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

• A 35-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 1:20 a.m. today near Harrison Avenue and Interstate 5, according to the Centralia Police Department. Shyla M. Winterholler had an outstanding warrant and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 43-year-old woman was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act following a traffic stop last night at the 200 block of Second Street in Morton. A deputy pulled over Evette D. Drotar about 10:25 p.m. knowing her license was suspended and she had a warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Items in a piece of foil found in her pocket tested positive for amphetamine, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Drotar was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A 56-year-old Packwood man was arrested after a traffic stop in which a  baggie of suspected methamphetamine was found on the floorboard of his van, on U.S. Highway 12 near Davis Creek Road on Friday. Raymond D. Hill was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Prosecutors today declined to file the charge.

• Chehalis police were called to the office at W.F. West High School about 8:30 a.m. on Friday where a pair of 16-year-old girls were allegedly in possession of alcohol and/or green vegetable material.

VANDALISM

• Gang-style graffiti was located in the women’s restroom at Centralia High School, according to a report made to Centralia police about 10 a.m. on Friday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, minor in possession of alcohol, driving under the influence, third-degree domestic malicious mischief, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 406 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Updated at 5:07 p.m.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• An attempted traffic stop of a car with expired tabs in Chehalis early this morning led to a pursuit that headed down Jackson Highway onto state Route 508 and then onto southbound Interstate 5, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 3:50 a.m. beginning on Market Boulevard, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. A passenger who allegedly was throwing items out the window got out of the vehicle and ran off around the southbound onramp at milepost 71, Breen said. The sheriff’s office says the car was stopped by a trooper employing a “pursuit immobilization technique” and the driver taken into custody. The 1994 Honda had been stolen out of Kalama, according to Breen. Firefighters were called to the scene near milepost 64 when the car’s engine began smoking and fire broke out in the engine compartment. The driver, Robert A. Wynn, 24, of Kalama, was arrested for attempting to elude and possession of a stolen vehicle. The passenger, Ryan L. Hicks, 24, from Oregon, was located, arrested for being an accomplice and both were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Breen.

• A 30-year-old Centralia man was arrested for vehicular assault following the two-vehicle collision at North Pearl and West Third streets in Centralia yesterday morning. Centralia police say Terry J. Burge caused the wreck which caused serious injuries to his passenger and that Burge was suspected to have been driving under the influence of drugs. He, two of his passengers and the driver of the other truck were hospitalized after the approximately 9 a.m. wreck. Burge was subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• The owner of a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck called Chehalis police yesterday afternoon to tell them he had parked it the night before at Chehalis Avenue and Prindle Street and it was stolen. The victim said he got a call from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office who found it in a ditch on the 2600 block Jackson Highway, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said she had left her vehicle running while she went inside at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue and when she came out a few minutes later, she discovered the vehicle was shut off and the keys missing from the ignition.

• A 30-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon following an investigation for first-degree theft and first-degree trafficking in stolen property, according to the Centralia Police Department. When Jesika C. Jellison was contacted in the case associated with the 900 block of Harrison Avenue, she allegedly was found with suspected methamphetamine. Jellison was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 25-year-old Longview man was arrested yesterday after deputies were called about 1 p.m. to a business on the 100 block of Foster Creek Road in Toledo about a customer trying several different methods of payment using identification cards belonging to different people. Victor H. Bliss was contacted and arrested for multiple warrants, identity theft and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A backpack was reported stolen about 2:34 p.m. yesterday from the 100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia.

• Chehalis police called about a shoplifting incident at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 2:30 p.m. yesterday arrested a 75-year-old woman from Rochester who allegedly took merchandise valued at $1.74. Betty J. Manker was arrested for second-degree burglary because she had previously been trespassed from the store, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She was not booked into jail, but the case was forwarded to prosecutors for charging, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

• Chehalis police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday by a resident who reported someone attempted to charge $600 onto her credit card. She was able to stop the transaction, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• An individual reported about 8:15 p.m. yesterday that someone broke the windshield on her vehicle while it was parked at the 500 block of East Main Street.

• Centralia police were called at 8:15 a.m. yesterday regarding a rock thrown through the rear window of a vehicle at the 1100 block of South Pearl Street.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, failure to transfer title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vehicle collision, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 153 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday after allegedly pushing his wife down and then also for allegedly spanking a 2-year-old child leaving marks a couple of days earlier, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers were called about 3:30 p.m. to the residence on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street, but the suspect had left, according to police. The woman told officers about the spanking, something not previously reported, according to police. Joshua A. Carter was located in Centralia and booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault and for  third-degree assault of a child, according to department spokesperson Linda Bailey.

CARPORT THEFT CENTRALIA

• A deputy was called about 10 p.m. yesterday by a resident at the 1600 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia who said he discovered his Lincoln electric grease gun and Stihl chainsaw were missing from his carport. He said he reviewed security images and saw that on Oct. 19, a female came into the area and left with the items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $1,950, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of South Tower Avenue at 11:10 a.m. yesterday where employees arriving to a business had discovered a window open. What if anything is missing is not yet known, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• A 1998 Toyota Camry was stolen from the 500 block of South Silver Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:30 a.m. yesterday. The car has a license plate reading BCS 6896, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A bicyclist was hospitalized with a head injury after he ran into the back of a parked truck yesterday evening on Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis. Police called about 6:15 p.m. to the scene near Fifth Street said witnesses didn’t see it happen, but heard it. The 54-year-old Chehalis resident was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital.

• Two vehicles were struck when a brake drum, from a vehicle being trailered, came off and fell onto the road way at the 1200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 2:10 p.m. yesterday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, harassment, suspicious circumstances … and more among 164 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Updated at 6:32 p.m.

MATTRESS CATCHES FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 12:30 a.m. today to a house on Northwest Quincy Place in Chehalis after a smoke alarm alerted an upstairs family to a fire on the ground level. The downstairs resident was at work and for an unknown reason, the mattress on her bed was burning, according to Firefighter Kevin Reynolds. When the crew arrived, the upstairs resident was pulling the smoldering mattress out the front door, Reynolds said. Reynolds credited the working smoke detector that caused the upstairs resident to go look around downstairs for saving the building. It could have been a very different story, he said. “Nobody would have noticed, because she was not home,” he said.

AUTO THEFT

• A white 2002 Ford van left unattended while it was warming up this morning was stolen from the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. Police called at 6:39 a.m. say the vehicle was taken by an unknown suspect and has a license plate reading 693 ZAA.

OTHER THEFT

• A Chehalis resident contacted police about 10:10 a.m. yesterday to report fraudulent charges to his bank account. Police are waiting for further information, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called just after 4 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of West Pear Street where someone had stolen a wallet and papers from a vehicle. They also attempted to start the vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police were called about 6:05 p.m. yesterday by an individual reporting someone had been tampering with a lock on a storage shed at the 1500 block of North National Avenue.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 19-year-old Chehalis resident appeared in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon, facing felony charges of four counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes. Hayden VonBargen was summonsed to court following an investigation that began April 19, with the Pe Ell Marshal’s Office. He and the girl – who reportedly told VonBargen she is 13 but almost 14 when they communicated over the Internet – allegedly knew each other from a youth group and engaged in sexually explicit conversations, according to charging documents. He was allowed to remain out of custody with an unsecured bond. His arraignment is Thursday.

• An 18-year-old Winlock resident was charged today with second-degree burglary for an incident over the weekend in which he allegedly went onto the porch of home inside a fenced property with a claw hammer, waking up the residents who thought he was using it trying to break in. Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher told the judge this afternoon that further information he learned suggested it maybe was not a random event by an intoxicated person. Meagher said Steven E. Dodds may have ties to a gang known for destruction of property, given a Juggalo tattoo on his arm. When police responded to the approximately 3:15 a.m. call on Sunday to the 1400 block of Northwest Kerron Avenue in Winlock, Dodds was reportedly still on the porch, soaking wet and shivering, according to charging documents. The resident told police later on Sunday the suspect also had poured starter fluid over the porch by the door and said he was going to set it afire, giving various reasons for that, including because he was cold, the court documents relate. Dodds was booked into the Lewis County Jail. However, on Monday afternoon when he was brought before a judge, prosecutors had not yet decided to file charges and he was allowed release on a $5,000 unsecured bond. He returned to Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon with his mother, after charges were filed and Judge Joely O’Rourke said his conditions of release would be modified with a 6 p.m. curfew. He has no criminal history. His arraignment is Thursday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, hit and run, vehicle collision, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 144 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.