Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 10:26 a.m.

DOMESTIC ISSUE PROMPTS SEARCH

• Centralia Middle and High schools were put on precautionary lockdowns yesterday while law enforcement searched for a man who allegedly punched out a bedroom window in anger, at the 800 block of Cowlitz Road in Centralia. Deputies called about noon learned that Mark S. Chesler Jr. had fled the area and also that his presence at the home was in violation of a no contact order, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The area was searched, including with a police dog and Chesler was taken into custody after a 911 call about a person seen trying to enter a camp trailer at the 3100 block of Laurel Lane, according to the sheriff’s office. Chesler, 36, also had four outstanding misdemeanor warrants, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. He was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief, the order violation, the warrants and then booked in to the Lewis County Jai, according to Breen.

PROWLING

• Chehalis police were called about 7:10 a.m. today to the 700 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue where someone had entered a locked, fenced area and broken into three vehicles.

• A 38-year-old Centralia resident seen by an officer trying to get inside a vehicle that did not belong to him at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue was subsequently arrested for attempted vehicle prowl yesterday. It happened around 4:15 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. The subject tried to flee, the officer detained him, according to police. Ranier P. Wagner was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for obstructing and resisting arrest, according to police.

• An officer was called just after 9 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a vehicle prowl at the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Paperwork was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ABUSE INVESTIGATION

• Chehalis police were called to a school on the 200 block of Southwest Market Boulevard at 9:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of possible child abuse. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A deputy responded to the Lewis County Jail about 9:15 p.m. yesterday to take a report about an person being booked who allegedly was in possession of methamphetamine. Troy L. Fadness, 52, of Centralia, was interviewed and a field test was conducted that came out positive for meth, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Wilding Drive in Centralia just after 8 o’clock yesterday morning where sometime during the night, someone had slashed the tire on a car.

SMOKE CHASES INHABITANTS FROM HOME

• Firefighters called around noon yesterday about a possible fire in a mobile home on the 500 block of state Route 508 found light smoke showing and the residents outside, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. They found that wiring on a furnace had burned, Firefighter Sam Heldreth said. The damage was limited to the wiring, she said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, littering, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person who keeps sleeping in an alley … and more among 128 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 5:38 p.m.

BLOODY HEAD AND SPIT

• A 25-year-old man who got upset when he was asked to leave a downtown Centralia business yesterday morning ended up getting arrested for two felonies. Police called about 9:50 a.m. to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue told the man the restaurant didn’t want him there and he just needed to go, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer decided to arrest him for trespassing and once in the back of a patrol car, he reportedly got out of control, banging his head, police said. Sgt. Dave Clary said he bled all over inside the police car so he was arrested for second-degree malicious mischief. He allegedly spit blood at an officer so he was arrested for third-degree assault, according to Clary. Andrew A. Zech, 25, of Wilton, Connecticut, was taken to the hospital to be checked out and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail, Clary said.

RV THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning a 16-foot travel trailer went missing from property at the 200 block of Jarvis Road in Mossyrock. A deputy who responded to the report on Monday learned it had been parked there about a week and vanished sometime between 7 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday, according to the sheriff’s office.

BAD BILL

• Someone tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a business on the 600 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 2:30 p.m. yesterday.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 1700 block of Providence Lane just before 8:30 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. Miscellaneous tools were stolen during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole a garage door remote opener from a vehicle parked at the 1700 block of Providence Lane in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:10 a.m. yesterday.

DRUGS

• A 40-year-old Rochester man was arrested yesterday after a search of a residence in which drug detectives found a Tupperware container with approximately one-quarter ounce of meth, a digital scale, plastic baggies and $190 cash. Dallas L. Hale-Pogue allegedly had twice sold meth to a confidential informant  sometime since Sept. 1, according to court documents. Hale-Pogue was booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine and one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Charging documents state the search by members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team took place at Hale-Pogue’s home in Lewis County, although temporary defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told a judge this afternoon he resides in Rochester. His bail was set at $25,000.

• A 51-year-old Mossyrock man pulled over by a trooper yesterday and subsequently found to have outstanding misdemeanor warrants was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. When the trooper searched Jeffrey A. Lowe’s sweatshirt, he found a glass smoking device with residue that field tested positive for meth, according to court documents. Lowe was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 16-year-old student was caught with marijuana at Winlock High School on Monday. A deputy called to the school about 5 p.m. that day learned from the athletic director the boy was asked about it and handed it over, according to the sheriff’s office. The case is being referred to juvenile prosecutors, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

PRUNO FOUND INSIDE JAIL

• A 23-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail seen disposing of three bottles of “Pruno” yesterday was arrested for possession by prisoner, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 9:20 p.m. used a portable breath test to see that each of the bottles showed an alcohol concentration, according to the sheriff’s office. Calvin E. Holder, from Olympia, was being held in the jail on an unrelated matter, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The material was sent to the state crime lab for testing, according to Been. Pruno is a nickname for a homemade alcoholic drink.

BEER ON THE STREET

• Chehalis police ended up arresting a 54-year-old Vader resident yesterday after calls about a drunken individual laying by a bus stop and yelling at people. Officers responding the second time to the area at the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard arrested Ronald W. Carpenter for having an open container in public and for second-degree trespassing, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital for unrelated issues, according to police.

BURNING IMPALA DOUSED

• Firefighters were called about 1:40 a.m. today when the driver of a car filling with smoke pulled over the near the 600 block of Main Street in Chehalis. The occupants grabbed their stuff and jumped out, but the 2003 Chevrolet Impala was fully involved in flames when the crew arrived, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. They put the fire out, Capt. Casey Beck said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 148 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 12:21 p.m.

LEWIS COUNTY WOMAN COERCED INTO GIVING ACCOUNT DATA

• Morton police reported yesterday a resident was victimized by a telephone scammer. “The caller demanded she give them all her banking information and computer logon and threatened her if she did not do so she would be sued,” Morton police stated in a summary of the incident. The woman who resides on the 200 block of Second Street contacted an officer last Tuesday afternoon, according to the Morton Police Department. She lost $129 and took the required measures to cancel her accounts, according to police.

SAFE MISSING AFTER BURGLARY

• A deputy responded just after 8 p.m. yesterday to a report of a residential burglary at the 100 block of Kruger Road in Onalaska. The 76-year-old victim said he’d been away since about 1 p.m. and when he returned, found a light on and some of his property seemed out of place, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Scrape marks were found on the floor where his safe had been, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Among the approximately $4,000 worth of items missing are a coin collection, silver jewelry, medication and important documents, according to Breen.

POSSIBLE BURGLARY

• A deputy was called yesterday to a possible burglary to a barn at the 200 block of Lucas Creek Road east of Chehalis. Forced entry had been made to the locked building and items had been moved around inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime between 5 p.m. last Tuesday and 3:15 p.m. yesterday, according to the sherif’s office.

GARAGE BURGLARY

• Centralia police were called just before 5 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road where an individual reported property had been stolen from their garage and yard over the previous week. The victim is compiling a list of stolen items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE COUNTERFEIT MONEY

• Chehalis police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a store on the 1100 block of South Market Avenue that a customer attempted to use a $100 bill that “didn’t look right.” The customer said they’d gotten it in connection with items sold on a web site and the clerk declined the bill, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called at 2:40 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. A window had been broken and a briefcase taken sometime during the previous hour, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just after 2 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said someone broke into his vehicle and tried to steal the stereo while it was parked at the 500 block of East Maple Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Morton police reported yesterday they are investigating a possible car prowl at the 200 block of Knittles Way, reported to them about 8:50 p.m. on Saturday.

MISSING TEEN FOUND

• A 16-year-old runaway out of Thurston County was recovered by police in Centralia about 9:30 p.m. yesterday and returned home, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Curtis J. Abraham, 33, of Rochester was arrested for allegedly spray-painting graffiti on a skateboard ramp and some concrete yesterday morning at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue. He was then released pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE FROM MORTON

• A week ago, somebody in Morton told police they saw somebody else in Morton throw trash from their vehicle, confronted them and watched them return to the area and pick up their garbage, according to the Morton Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Morton police were called just after 2 p.m. on Thursday to the 700 block of Division Avenue for a hit and run that left significant damage to a fence, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, parking lot fender bender, possible shed squatter … and more among 130 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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CHEHALIS MAN LOSES $1,500 TO PHONE SCAM

• Chehalis police were contacted by an 86-year-old resident on Saturday who wanted to report being tricked into wiring $1,500 to someone, purportedly to get his grandson out of jail in Peru. The victim got suspicious when he got a second phone call, asking for more money supposedly for attorney fees, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He called the mother of his grandson and was told the young man was home in bed, according to police. He reported it in hopes that no one else falls for it, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

UNPLANNED OVERNIGHT IN FOREST

• A search and rescue team was being prepared to look for a missing mushroom hunter in the woods southeast of Packwood yesterday morning, when the target of the operation exited the woods, following an unplanned overnight stay outdoors. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was advised just before 9 p.m. on Saturday that the 48-year-old Tacoma man hadn’t been seen since 3:30 p.m. that day, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies used their PA system, lights and sirens in the area of the Forest Service Road 4610 in an attempt to contact him, but finally decided to return in the morning with more help, according to the sheriff’s office. It was about 10 a.m. when the man walked out, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The man said he’d become trapped by darkness and although he heard the sirens, didn’t want to take a chance on hiking in the dark, Breen said.

URBAN CAMPFIRE

• A 29-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 8 p.m. yesterday after police discovered trash from an outdoor can piled up by the door to the Centralia Police Department and lit on fire. It did not damage the building, on the 100 block of West Maple Street, according to police. Kayleigh S McDaniel was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree reckless burning.

BURGLARY SALKUM

• Someone broke into a storage container at the 2100 block of Spencer Road in Salkum and stole a generator, a tent, a canopy and LED light, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy investigating just before 8 p.m. on Saturday was told by a neighbor of tire tracks and a broken lock, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said it happened during the daytime on Thursday.

THEFT AND FRAUD

• Chehalis police were notified about 11:30 a.m. yesterday by the victim that a stolen credit card was used to purchase a $200 gift card at Wal-Mart.

• Chehalis police were called about 1:15 p.m. on Saturday by an individual who said their debit card has been used by someone else at a location on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called about 6:25 p.m. on Friday after an individual lost a wallet outside a store on the 1700 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis and someone else claimed it. An employee found it next to a truck and pair of individuals nearby said it was theirs, took it and left, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• Police were called about 10:35 a.m. yesterday to a store on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where two counterfeit $20 bills had been accepted.

CAR PROWL

• A 36-year-old Centralia man was arrested after police were called to the 1300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue just after 10 p.m. yesterday and told he had stolen a $25 can of paint from behind a business and been seen trying the doors on vehicles there. A security person confronted the suspect in front of the business, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Joel A. Towne was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree trespassing, third-degree theft and vehicle prowl, according to police.

• Police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia. Paperwork was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 11:30 p.m. on Friday to the 300 block of James Street where someone removed a Sony carbon fiber CD stereo from a car. A witness had seen a suspect, described as a person wearing a cowboy hat and a long black trench coat, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WARRANT PLUS OBSTRUCTING

• A 37-year-old Winlock man was arrested for obstruction and making a false statement for allegedly giving a deputy a name other than his own when contacted about 11:30 a.m. on Friday about a possible burglary at the 400 block of Hawkins Road. Wayne M. Hedgers was found to have an outstanding warrant and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• A deputy checking on a trespassing complaint at the 900 block of state Route 507 outside Centralia early this morning contacted a 31-year-old Centralia resident who turned out to have a warrant and subsequently found suspected drugs in his pocket. Two baggies containing a crystal substance field tested positive for amphetamine at about 3:30 a.m. and Bradley G. Rader was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and the Department of Corrections warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

UNDERAGE DRINKING

• Chehalis police were called by school officials at W.F. West High School about 10:45 p.m. on Saturday about six students who had either been drinking or were in possession of alcohol. A whiskey bottle was found, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Cases are being referred to juvenile prosecutors for the three boys and three girls ages 14 and 15, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 25-year-old Winlock resident was arrested after his Ford F350 allegedly destroyed several hundred feet of fence and a mailbox at the 200 block of Jones Road in Winlock yesterday. A deputy called about 6:10 p.m. spoke to a witness who described the truck and found remnants of the vehicle at the scene, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy was led to Joshua L. Hazlett, 25, who allegedly had been in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the sheriff’ office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for hit and run, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, hit and run, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … 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. today.

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HITCHHIKER NAMED JESSICA SLIPS AWAY WITH CASH

• Centralia police were called just before 9 p.m. yesterday by a man who reported he gave a ride to a hitchhiker who stole his phone and money. The 65-year-old who asked to be contacted at Summa and Pearl streets said he’d brought the female from Thurston County to Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. A short time after the woman known only as “Jessica” departed, he realized his cell phone was gone, as was a couple hundred dollars from his wallet, according to police.

MONEY MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 8:35 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Tower Avenue regarding a theft of money. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COCAINE

• A 23-year-old Rochester resident who allegedly gave a false name during a traffic stop was subsequently arrested for possession of cocaine.  Ignacio Maldonado Cervantes was booked into the Lewis County Jail following contact with an officer about 1:25 p.m. yesterday at the 100 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, driving under the influence, failure to transfer title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue,  misdemeanor domestic assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 139 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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DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Winlock resident was arrested last night at the 200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia for outstanding warrants and possession of heroin. Nakisha J. Richardson was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police at about 11:55 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 45-year-old man arrested at his workplace in Centralia with two loaded handguns allegedly inside his truck was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession methamphetamine with intent to deliver and also two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Drug detectives had contacted Donald E. Cheney Jr. at his workplace on Thursday after searching his Seminary Hill Road home with a warrant, according to court documents. They had allegedly located approximately 27 gram of meth, a digital scale and packaging, plus a rifle and two pistols there, according to charging documents. A detective noted Cheney had at least two previous felony convictions and could not find Cheney had his firearms rights restored, the document relate. Cheney was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then released following a court hearing yesterday afternoon.

• A 26-year-old woman arrested for outstanding warrants on Wednesday was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance based on six oxycodone pills allegedly found inside her purse. Briana L. Carrothers was visited at an address on Silver Street in Centralia – where she had been staying – by drug detectives, according to court documents. Because she is a drug court participant, there was a contract allowing her property to be searched to ensure compliance, according to charging documents. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Court documents show she resides in Rochester.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 47-year-old Centralia man who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a fence and left the scene was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday evening. Police called just before 8 p.m. to the 1700 block of Cooks Hill Road ended up booking Ernesto M. Garcia-Munoz into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A man from Yelm was fatally injured when he and a Centralia man were outside their vehicles following a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 5 and a fourth car struck his Ford Explorer, shoving it him and then a Ford pickup. Troopers were called about 2:15 a.m. yesterday to the scene in Pierce County near state Route 512, according to the Washington State Patrol. A GMC Acadia sport utility vehicle, the Ford Explorer and Tony M. Abbott’s Ford F350 pickup had been involved in a collision in the southbound left lane, according to the state patrol. Abbott, 27, from Centralia and Jason A. Ley, 46, of Yelm, were both outside their vehicles when a  southbound 2016 Toyota Corolla hit the Explorer, according to the state patrol. The Corolla was totaled and its driver, 22-year-old Dillon Z. Nash, from Fort Lewis, was booked into the Pierce County Jail, the investigating trooper reports. Ley, was transported to Madigan Hospital where he died, the trooper reports. Abbott was reportedly unhurt.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 152 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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PRESCRIPTION MEDS

• A 23-year-old was arrested yesterday evening for allegedly using a fake prescription to obtain medications at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, using a fake New Jersey driver’s license.  Dae’Janique T. Berry, of Mercer Island, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called to W.F. West High School yesterday afternoon and told two female students allegedly took a pill given to them by a male student. Police took two prescription pills into evidence and are forwarding the case for review to juvenile prosecutors, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The girls showed no adverse affects but were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to police.

INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING REPORTED

• Centralia police reported this morning they began investigating, yesterday, a report of possible inappropriate sexual touching of a child. The case is currently under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, third-degree theft, phone scam attempt, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person sleeping inside parked vehicle … and more among 126 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.