Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 5:24 p.m.

MOM STOPPED FOR DUI, WHILE BABY SLEEPS AT HOME ALONE

• A 24-year-old Winlock woman was booked into jail last night after she was detained for driving under the influence while her 9-month-old baby was home alone in an unlocked house. Deputies were notified by the Washington State Patrol just before 11:35 p.m. they had Brandy N. Hunter in custody, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived to the home on the 100 block of Highland Road, went inside and found the infant boy sleeping in a crib, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Hunter said she had been drinking and went to help some friends, Breen said. She reportedly told the deputy she drove to Wal-Mart to meet a friend and give them money, then the friend asked for a ride to the casino; she was pulled over on Interstate 5 in north Centralia, according to Breen.  Hunter was arrested for second-degree abandonment of a dependent person and the child was released into his father’s custody, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors chose not to file that charge today, pending further investigation.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• A 33-year-old Winlock man was arrested last night for allegedly tackling his significant other to the ground in their driveway and choking her. A deputy dispatched to the 400 block of Hawkins Road in Winlock at 10:30 p.m. found the victim had bruises on her neck and forearm as well as some lacerations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. William D. Taylor III was arrested for second-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today and moved the case to Lewis County District Court.

• A 41-year-old Packwood man was arrested for second-degree assault last night after deputies were called to a physical dispute at the 200 block of Crescent Beach Drive in Packwood. His significant other who was found with scrapes, bruises and a swollen lip said he began to beat her up and choke her after she confronted him about another female, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Evans I. Kanyingi had minor scratches on his face and would not provide any information about the incident, according to the sheriff’s office. He was  booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today and moved the case to Lewis County District Court.

DRUGS

• A 28-year-old man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after he was searched when detained for an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop at Southwest 13th Street and McFadden Avenue in Chehalis last night. Brian A. Williams, of Chehalis, was a passenger in the vehicle that was pulled over, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

FIRE

• Chehalis police were called just before 1:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street for alleged reckless burning. The case is being investigated, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, driving with no license, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, civil issue, third-degree theft, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 149 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 12:12 p.m.

WILD CHILD

• Chehalis police were called at 6:23 a.m. today when a motorist spotted an approximately 3-year-old girl wearing a dress running along Northwest Airport Road toward Northwest Louisiana Avenue. A Twin Transit bus driver picked the child up, called 911 and met a police officer at the stop near Westside Park, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It turns out, she had put on her boots, but not a coat, and left home “off on an adventure” by herself, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. “Dad however, when he discovered she was missing, was frantically looking for her,” Bailey said. The father called 911 at 6:39 a.m. to report he woke up and found his daughter was gone. The two were reunited at the police department, Bailey said. Bailey said she didn’t have all the details yet, but it didn’t appear the little girl had traveled very far from her home before she was picked up.

GARDEN TOOL TAKEN

• Police were called to the 200 block of Tilley Avenue just after 9 o’clock yesterday morning where someone had stolen a weed eater from the garage during the night.

BANK CARD FRAUD

• Centralia police were called about 11:10 a.m. yesterday to take a report that a credit card had been stolen and was used at a local business, in a case associated with the 2000 block of Borst Avenue. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OOPS

• Chehalis police were called to the 10 block of Southwest Scott Place about 1:15 p.m. yesterday after a resident discovered a repo man had wrongly hooked up their vehicle to tow it away and caused some damage in the process. A neighbor had observed the tow truck and driver behind the home and remarked that the owner always paid their bills, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The driver checked the paperwork, realized the mistake and unhooked the vehicle, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. “We’re going to try to figure out who the repo person was,” Bailey said. She didn’t have a description of the damage.

VANDALISM

• An officer was called to the 500 block of Hamilton Avenue in Centralia just before 8 a.m. yesterday following the discovery that power wires going in to a house had been damaged.

ON THE ROAD

• The overwhelming odor of marijuana emitted by a motorist contacted following a traffic stop on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis yesterday morning led to an arrest for driving under the influence. A deputy headed northbound near milepost 73 observed the driver cutting off another vehicle, causing the other vehicle to swerve out of its lane, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher A. White, 46, of Tacoma, was pulled over about 10 a.m. and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … 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 3:16 p.m.

BREAK-IN TOLEDO

• A deputy was called for a residential burglary on Saturday at the 100 block of Templeton Road outside of Toledo in which a safe, three cell phones and two security cameras were stolen. The break-in occurred between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. that day, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The safe was found down the road on Sunday morning, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

BREAK-IN WINLOCK

• Someone got into a Winlock woman’s barn at the 600 block of Meier Road and stole a Chicago meat saw valued at $350 sometime in the weeks previous to Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

MESSING WITH THE MAIL

• A deputy was called on Sunday to the 200 block of Blakeley Lane in Toledo where a woman reported two $400 rent checks had been stolen from her mailbox sometime during the previous two weeks, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 6:40 a.m. today to take a report of a black 2000 Honda Civic stolen from the 200 block of South Tower Avenue. The car has a license plate reading BAE 8186, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• An officer was called to the 300 block of Southwest 16th Street in Chehalis just before 2 p.m. on Sunday following the discovery of a vehicle prowl that occurred sometime since Friday. The driver’s side back window was broken out, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A window was broken on a friend’s vehicle parked there as well, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called just after 3 p.m. on Saturday to the Lewis County Mall where a woman found someone had broken out her passenger side window. Nothing seemed to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 2:30 p.m. on Friday to the 1000 block of South Market Boulevard to take a report of a stolen rear license plate from a vehicle.

WALLET LIFTED

• Chehalis police were called on Friday afternoon by a woman who had left her purse in a cart at the 2100 block of North National Avenue the Monday before and while someone turned it in to the store, her checkbook-style wallet was missing from inside.

MACGYVER MOVE

• A deputy was called to the Lewis County Jail on Saturday following the discovery an inmate allegedly took apart a mop bucket, removed a metal rod and attempted to sharpen it. Jeremy L. Boggess, 45, of Centralia, reportedly said he wasn’t going to hurt anyone with it but planned to use it to destroy a camera, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Boggess was re-booked for possession of weapon by a prisoner, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• A 45-year-old man picked up on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver following a search incident to his arrest on Friday evening at the 500 block of South Oak Street in Centralia. Harold J. Bland, from Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School about 1:45 p.m. on Friday where a 16-year-old student-inmate had allegedly been found with suspicious green vegetable material.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Chehalis police were called just after 8:30 a.m. on Saturday after a vehicle slid on some ice in the parking lot at the 600 block of West Main Street and hit the building. The damage was minimal, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Two Olympia men were injured when their car crossed the centerline on U.S. Highway 12 about 15 miles east of Packwood just before 9:20 yesterday morning and collided with a fifth-wheel trailer being towed by a pickup truck. The 1997 Audi was totaled as was the fifth-wheel, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver, Haroun W. Bryant, 27, and his passenger Jordan A. Frost, 25, declined to be taken to the hospital, according to the state patrol. They had been wearing their seat belts and headed westbound, the investigating trooper reports. The 55-year-old driver of the pickup truck, from Puyallup, was reportedly unhurt.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, assault, driving with suspended license, driving without a license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, unfounded report, suspicious circumstances, a hypothermic male laying on the road asking passerby for a ride … and more among 116 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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BUSINESS BURGLARY

• Somebody broke into a business at the 300 block of West Main Street in Centralia and stole clothing and costume jewelry, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

PORTABLE GENERATOR STOLEN

• Centralia police were called just before noon yesterday to the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road where an individual reported that sometime during the night unknown persons unlocked his storage shed and stole a portable gas generator, according to the Centralia Police Department.

YARD PROWL

• An officer was called to the 1500 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday to take a report that during the night, someone stole a bicycle and air compressor from beside a residence.

CAR PROWL

• Police took a report from the 2300 block of Rosewood Lane in Centralia on Saturday morning that sometime during the night, someone broke the window of a vehicle parked there and stole a backpack.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the 900 block of H Street in Centralia yesterday just after 11 a.m. where someone had thrown a rock through the back window of someone else’s vehicle.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 60-year-old motorist was arrested for driving under the influence after he lost control of his vehicle which flipped onto its top striking a parked vehicle along the 1000 block of South Gold Street in Centralia on Saturday night. Officers called just after 8 p.m. found his two passengers sustained minor injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert E. Morrison, 60, of Centralia, was also arrested for reckless endangerment and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 72-year-old man was injured and two passenger vehicles were totaled when he attempted to cross U.S. Highway 12 in Salkum on Friday evening and his 2012 Ford F150 pickup struck an eastbound 2007 Toyota Tundra pickup. Charles E. Dunham, from Salkum, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Dunham was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the state patrol. The other driver, a 29-year-old man from Vancouver, was reportedly unhurt. Dunham had been traveling on Salkum Road and headed to Fuller Road, according to the state patrol. He was to be cited for failure to yield the right of way.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, resisting arrest, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 368 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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THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called at 8:38 a.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue where someone had stolen hand tools and a toolbox from a carport, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to a bank on the 700 block of West Main Street at 3:45 p.m. yesterday about a customer with an altered check. James M. Rada, 35, of Chehalis, allegedly tried to pass the check and was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for forgery, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue for a pair of suspected shoplifters. A 22-year-old Centralia woman detained in the parking lot handed over the merchandise and was arrested for third-degree theft and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A 26-year-old Oakville woman was arrested for possession of heroin, according to police. Skylar R. Smith  booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to police.

ALLEGED ABUSE

• Centralia police were called at 3:10 p.m. yesterday for a report of physical abuse of a child by a parent. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRESPASSING

• Chehalis police called to the 200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue at 11:40 p.m. yesterday about a person sleeping in a carport ended up arresting Hunter W. Buck, 30 of Centralia, for an outstanding municipal warrant. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, driving without license, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances … and more among 142 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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CANINE CHASING COWS GETS SHOT

• A deputy was called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to the 100 Block of Brown Road East where two dogs were chasing three cows on a neighbor’s property. The owner of the livestock ran one of the dogs off but the other dog kept after the cows, two of which were pregnant so owner shot the dog with a 22, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said the dog owner was apparently taking his pet to the vet for treatment, and the cow owner did not want the dog owner cited so no enforcement action was taken.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday about the theft of a credit card from the 100 block of Jefferson Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to the 500 block of West Main Street in Centralia at 9:45 a.m. yesterday where an individual reported the theft of money and a debit card.

• Chehalis police were called at 3 p.m. yesterday when an individual’s truck was prowled outside a clinic on Bishop Road, including a broken window.

SCAMMER

• An individual called police yesterday from Northeast Hampe Way in Chehalis after receiving a phone call from someone claiming to be with PUD who threatened to shut off their power if they didn’t make a payment.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, shoplifting, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor domestic assault, stranger going through someone’s trash … and more among 140 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.