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BIKE THEFT

• A black with green stripes Mongoose mountain bike was stolen between 11 p.m. on Monday and 6 p.m. yesterday from the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 12:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a bicycle stolen from the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. The victims friend recovered the bike later in the day and may have gotten a photo of the person riding it, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CUSTODIAL ASSAULT

• A Chehalis police officer was called to Green Hill School just after 10 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a student-inmate assaulting a staff member. The police department is awaiting statements in order to proceed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, driving under the influence, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 121 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 100 block of Woodland Avenue about 2:15 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a fire extinguisher.

• Police were called about 10:35 a.m. yesterday about the theft of a money from a retail business on the 500 block of South Tower Avenue.

BAD BILL

• Chehalis police were called to the 2100 block of North National Avenue where one of the $100 bills a customer used to pay a bill would not pass the counterfeit machine, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It was given back to the individual who used a different $100 bill, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police were called just before 6 o’clock this morning to the 300 block of South Gold Street where a vehicle collided with a power pole.

• A Winlock driver and her passenger were reportedly unhurt when they ran into a garbage truck and were subsequently hit by another vehicle on U.S. Highway 12 in Montesano yesterday. Troopers called just before 3 p.m. found a Kia Sportage had lost control and collided with the jersey barrier on the Devonshire Road overpass, according to the Washington State Patrol. The garbage truck saw the wreck and moved to block the lane, but Ruby A. Schlett, 38 of Winlock, could not stop in time and hit the garbage truck, according to the state patrol. Schlett’s Isuzu Rodeo was hit by a Lincoln four-door and was totaled and then impounded, the state patrol reports. Two other people involved were injured and transported to Community Hospital, according to the investigating trooper. The roadway was blocked for approximately an hour.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 159 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Updated at 5:47 p.m.

BROOM SWIPED IN BREAK-IN

• Centralia police were called about 3:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street where an individual reported someone had broken into their residence sometime within the previous several hours. The only items initially determined to be missing were food and a broom, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BOATING EQUIPMENT MOVED

• A deputy was called to the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Saturday after a maintenance person there found  a wheel barrow filled with items stolen from a dairy barn area. The property included an outboard motor,  three boat batteries and two boat gas cans, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A gate, padlock and chain were damaged, according to the sheriff’s office.

WINLOCK BURGLARY

• A deputy was called on Saturday afternoon to a residence at the 100 block of Limmer Road in Winlock following the discovery of the theft of a Samsung surround sound system valued at $400. The victim indicated that sometime since Nov. 13, someone had gotten inside, possibly through an open bedroom window, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AUTO THEFT

• Police were called about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 800 block of Southwest 19th Street in Chehalis where a black 1997 Honda Civic went missing.

• A vehicle stolen out of Seattle was recovered about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

CUSTOMER SPENDS PLAY MONEY

• Police were called to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday where a victim business reported receiving a counterfeit $100 dollar bill from a customer.  The bill was marked “Motion Picture Money,” according to the Centralia Police Department.

ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School on Friday morning regarding an alleged assault by a student-inmate upon staff. There was no indication the employee was injured, but an investigation is underway, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNHAPPY ARRESTEE

• A 49-year-old Arlington resident allegedly damaged a patrol vehicle after being arrested for a warrant at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. Ronnie L. Lawrence reportedly caused the  back door to buckle outward, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lawrence  was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, according to police.

VANDALISM

•  Several windows were broken out at a local business on the 200 block of East Maple Street in Centralia, according to a report taken about 5 a.m. on Saturday.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called about 3:15 p.m. on Friday to an apartment complex at the 1100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue where some teenagers had gone into a laundry room, locked the door and were smoking what may have been marijuana. A smoking device that was confiscated is going to be tested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia Police are investigating a two vehicle, injury, hit and run collision from just prior to12:45 p.m. yesterday at South Gold and Main streets. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled on foot after the vehicle was disabled, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report about 2:30 a.m. yesterday of a hit and run accident at the 500 block of South Pearl Street. The victim described the fleeing passenger car as a green, 1990’s BMW, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, minor in possession/consumption of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 432 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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STOLEN PUP

• Centralia police were called to the 400 block of West Main Street about 10:25 p.m. yesterday where an individual reported that two people that are known to her stole her dog, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 2900 block of Mount Vista Road about 12:45 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a burglary to an apartment complex laundry room and storage closets in which a number items were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested after allegedly taking a cell phone away from an individual who called 911 yesterday morning. Jake A. Reinitz was booked into the Lewis County Jail for interfering with reporting domestic violence in connection with an approximately 11:30 a.m. call yesterday associated with an address on the 600 block of West Maple Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, harassment, no-contact order violation, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suspicious circumstances … and more among 123 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Updated at 6:58 p.m.

ATTACKED ON RAILROAD AVENUE

• Centralia police were called at 8:50 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Railroad Avenue on a report of a bloodied male who had been beaten and robbed of some of his property. The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment and advised his assailant was a bald man and possibly two other males were involved, according to the Centralia Police Department. Later in the night, officers were called to a homeless shelter regarding a naked and disorderly person to be removed, according to police. The earlier robbery victim who was out of the hospital by then was also present at the shelter, identified the disorderly man as his attacker, police reported. William F. Adams, 40, of Marysville, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, first-degree robbery and possession of methamphetamine, according to police.

THREATENED AT BELMONT AVENUE

• A 40-year-old Centralia man who allegedly displayed a knife and threatened to kill a person at the 100 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia was arrested yesterday morning for felony harassment. Officers called just before 7 a.m. booked Patrick R. Lytle, 40, of Centralia, into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was charged instead in Lewis County District Court with harassment, a gross misdemeanor.

HEALTHCARE UNRULINESS

• A 24-year-old Centralia woman was arrested following a call just before 2 p.m. yesterday for allegedly assaulting two members of security staff at a healthcare facility at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia. Amanda B. Smith, 24, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of third-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. However, prosecutors declined to file the felony charges and referred the case to municipal court.

• Centralia police were called to a healthcare facility at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road just before 6 a.m. yesterday where a 61-year-old allegedly assaulted security staff. Mahlon L. Wigginton, of Centralia, was arrested for third-degree assault and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just after 6:30 p.m. yesterday after a customer jumped over the pharmacy counter at K-Mart and grabbed prescription cough syrup and put it in a bag. The subject fled the store, but dropped the stolen item on the floor, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday for a burglary to an apartment at the 300 block of East Pear Street.

• A deputy was called yesterday to the 100 block of Ridge Lane in Packwood after the front door to a residence was found forced open. Among the missing property is a propane fireplace and two flat screen televisions, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:10 a.m. call today from a motel at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue to take a report a wallet had been stolen.

SEARCH FOR DRUGS

• Deputies arrested a 25-year-old Rochester man for outstanding warrants and driving with a suspended license when they responded to an approximately 7 a.m. call yesterday about a strange vehicle in someone’s driveway area at the 2400 block of Seminary Hill Road in Centralia. Adam I. McGowan was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said passengers included a 20-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man and information about suspected drugs in the trunk is leading to a request for a search warrant to look for “additional controlled substances.”

• Drug detectives got a search warrant for a home in north Centralia yesterday and arrested two men for possession of methamphetamine. They went to the home of 45-year-old Donald E. Cheney Jr. on Noel Avenue, knocked, and multiple individuals exited the residence, according to court documents. When Cheney was searched, they found suspected meth on him and more on his bed, next to a loaded Ruger pistol, according to the documents. Cheney was booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of methamphetamine as well as second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Steven A. Dembrowicz, 37, was also arrested as residue on a bong and baggies in his bedroom field tested positive for meth, according to charging papers. Dembrowicz was charged today with  possession of methamphetamine. The case was investigated by the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called just before 5 a.m. today to the 800 block of E Street when a resident heard a noise outside and subsequently discovered a gas cap was removed and fuel stolen from a vehicle.

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon to the 1000 block of K Street to take a report that a firearm had been stolen from a vehicle five years earlier.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue yesterday following the discovery someone had siphoned gasoline from a work van.

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 8:15 a.m. call yesterday to the 1200 block of North Pearl Street where someone had broke out the window a vehicle and stole items from inside. A computer and a backpack were stolen from a second vehicle in the area, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 9 a.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Bishop Road after a vehicle pulled up, a male got out and smashed the window of a parked vehicle to steal a purse. Less than a half an hour later, an officer was called for a similar occurrence at the 2200 block of Jackson Highway, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Department spokesperson Linda Bailey said the suspect vehicle in multiple prowls at daycares in Chehalis in Centralia is a white passenger vehicle with tinted windows and possibly California plates

VANDALISM

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident who allegedly punched out the window of someone else’s vehicle at the 1100 block of South Pearl Street was arrested yesterday for third-degree malicious. Juan C. Andrews was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 7:30 a.m. today to a business at the 1500 block of Northwest State Avenue where someone had broken out a large showroom window. The loss is estimated at $2,000, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drinking in public, protection order violation, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting,  suspicious circumstances, dog shot with a BB gun, male sitting at a bus stop in the same spot for over a week … and more among 129 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Updated at 1:12 p.m.

HEALTHCARE MAYHEM

• A 33-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested last night after police were called to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia because he allegedly threatened to kill nurses there. Michael A. Hilton also allegedly spit in the faces of a nurse and a police officer. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment and two counts of third-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 35-year-old Centralia man allegedly broke out the glass to a sliding door at a healthcare facility at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia. Officers responding to the approximately 11:15 a.m. call arrested Joseph E. Leyva for second-degree malicious mischief and booked him in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

JAIL MAYHEM

• A deputy was called to the Lewis County Jail about 9:10 p.m. yesterday to investigate damage to a camera and phone system in a holding cell allegedly caused by an inmate. Lucas J. Davis, 31, of Centralia, was additionally booked for first-degree malicious mischief, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to Green Hill School to investigate an incident from the day before in which a 16-year-old student-inmate was stomped on and stabbed in the head with a pencil, allegedly by a pair of fellow student-inmates. Cases for second-degree assault are being forwarded to prosecutors regarding the 19-year-olds, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to a storage building at the 4800 block of Galvin Road where an unknown person had cut a padlock and removed an antique typewriter and an antique camping kit sometime during the previous week, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. There may be other property missing but the case is still under investigation, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• A case involving a juvenile was referred to Lewis County juvenile prosecutors for a charge of possession of marijuana, in connection with an officer contact about 1:30 p.m. yesterday at the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A semi-truck pulling a long trailer struck an overhead traffic light pole on South Pearl and Cherry streets just before 4 p.m. yesterday, blocking the intersection for some time and completely disabling the traffic lights for the intersection, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 31-year-old Tacoma motorist was arrested after he lost control and ran his 1993 Ford Explorer into a ditch along the Cispus Road outside Randle yesterday, causing major damage to the vehicle. A deputy responding to approximately milepost 5 yesterday afternoon learned that Leviticus C. Gese was driving with a suspended license in the third degree and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 141 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Updated at 5:56 p.m.

MISSING ROBO-CLEANER

• A robotic vacuum was reported stolen in a burglary at the 300 block of Prairie Rose Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police just after 5 p.m. yesterday.

PORCH PILFERING

• Centralia police were called about 3:20 p.m. yesterday after a package was stolen from the front porch of a home on the 300 block of Hemlock Street in Centralia. A neighbor observed a male suspect walking away from the residence,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

STEALING FUEL

• Centralia police were called just after 5 p.m. yesterday after a male was seen siphoning gas from a vehicle at the 500 block of West Fourth Street in Centralia. He was chased off by a neighbor, no arrest was made, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BUSINESS BURGLARY

• Police were called to the 600 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia at 8:15 a.m. yesterday following the discovery someone had broken in to a business and taken money from the cash register, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of East Pear Street just before 4 p.m. yesterday where someone had broken in to a coin-operated laundry and stolen money, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A business on the 100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia reported just after 3 p.m. yesterday that several propane tanks had been stolen from their locked storage container, according to the Centralia Police Department. As of this morning, police had no suspects, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• Police were called to the 100 block of Hazel Street in Mossyrock about a missing vehicle about 8:20 p.m. on Jan. 23. It is a silver Dodge Ram, according to the Morton Police Department. The case is still under investigation, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• Someone cut though a chain link fence at the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia and broke into two vehicles there, according to a report made to police about 7:30 a.m. yesterday.

• Morton police were called about 6:40 p.m. on Saturday for a possible vehicle prowl at the 100 block of Third Street.

ID THEFT

• Officers responded to the 300 block of Seventh Street in Morton on Thursday regarding a possible identity theft. The case is pending the receipt of further information, according to the Morton Police Department.

ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were called over to Green Hill School just before 1 p.m. yesterday after an inmate-student allegedly kicked a staff member. Police are awaiting reports on the case, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CHIMNEY FIRE SPREADS

•  Firefighters called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday when residents of a house on the 1800 block of Pe Ell-McDonald Road noticed smoke in a closet found a chimney fire which had extended into the house, according to Lewis County Fire District 13. The damage is repairable, with an estimate of around $30,000, Chief Gwen Turner said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft; responses for alarm, civil issue, shoplifting, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 132 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.