Lewis County Sirens.com

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VIOLENCE

• Police are looking for a 40-year-old Centralia man who allegedly caused extensive damage to his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle last night at the 400 block of Prairie Rose Street in Centralia. Officers called about 6:40 p.m. were told that Steven G. Ward threatened her and prevented her from leaving, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is being referred to prosecutors for charges of unlawful imprisonment, felony harassment and first-degree malicious mischief, according to police.

• Centralia police were called just before 9:30 p.m. yesterday about an assault at the 600 block of H Street in which a young woman said she met up with an acquaintance to work out some differences and was hit in the head with a stick. The person had brought a friend along to meet the victim, according to the Centralia Police Department. The injuries were minor but officer are looking for the suspect for second-degree assault, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 5:35 p.m. yesterday to a business on North Market Boulevard about a customer who allegedly took a swing at an employee after he was asked to leave. Police were told he wouldn’t speak when employees at Les Schwab tried to talk him and they finally had asked him to go, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Employees held him down until officers arrive, according to Deputy Chief Randy Kaut. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct was Samuel P. Kaye-Rau, 22, from Morton, according to Kaut.

• An individual at the 400 block of Southwest 15th Street in Chehalis called police at 12:40 p.m. yesterday that one of their chickens was killed and another injured. “They think it was a dog, but they didn’t see it happen,” Chehalis Police Department Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said.

THEFT OF MONEY

• Chehalis police called about a ruckus in a motel lobby on the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue about 6:10 p.m. yesterday arrested a 27-year-old man from Federal Way who allegedly had gotten into the cash drawer behind the counter before leaving in a motor home now suspected to have been stolen. Officers stopped the vehicle and took Frisco A. Falcon into custody, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail. They are seeking a search warrant to get inside the motor home to look through what appears to be stolen property, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said this morning.

BABY BY ITSELF

• Chehalis police were called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said a baby had been left alone in a parked vehicle on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. The officer could not locate the suspect vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the 1000 block of Northwest State Avenue about 8:30 a.m. yesterday following the discovery someone had broken the glass on the front door of a business. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Both vehicles appeared seriously damaged but both drivers said they were unhurt after a car crossed the centerline and struck an oncoming vehicle yesterday morning at the 300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning, according to authorities. Firefighters and police called about 7:45 a.m. One driver was a 16-year-old girl and the other an 18-year-old man, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, 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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Harrison Avenue in Centralia on Tuesday morning. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

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Updated at 12 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Police were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of South Gold Street in Centralia to take a report of a stolen vehicle. The 1972 Ford pickup truck is flat black, with a “rattle-can” paint job and bears collector plates, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police recovered a stolen vehicle just after 2 a.m. today at the 1500 block of Lum Road. The Ford Focus had been stolen from Chehalis and the registered owner was summoned to take possession of it, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• An officer was called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday regarding a burglary to a shed at the 2600 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia. A radio and a variety of small garden tools were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday of a U-Haul car dolly missing from the 10 block of Northeast Median Street. The value is $1,500, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia to take a report of a missing garden bench.

• An officer was called to the 100 block of Isabell Road in Mossyrock about 9 p.m. on Saturday where an individual reported someone was trying to break in to a home. There was evidence an attempt had been made and have been several previous attempts there in the past, according to the Morton Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called just before 10 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1200 block of Borthwick Street in Centralia. It had been locked but someone broke its window to steal bags of unspecified items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FORGERY

• Police were called about 8 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where they were told a forged prescription had been dropped off to be filled. The suspect has not returned to pick it up yet, police reported this morning.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court just after noon yesterday where an individual said that sometime during the night, someone broke the driver’s side window of her parked vehicle.

OTHER

• Morton police were called about 1:20 p.m. last Thursday regarding darts being thrown at a front porch on the 100 block of Eighth Street. The case is still under investigation, police indicated yesterday.

FROM THE CLOWN CASE ARCHIVES

• From Morton Police Department at 5:20 p.m. on Oct. 4: “Officers received a phone call referencing a clown running around town scaring people. The female caller requested that the clown be arrested for spitting in the street. She was advised that the clown could not be arrested for spitting in the street and she hung up.”

• Same day, same town, at 5:50 p.m. “Officers responded to the 200 block of VanCleve Way to a report of a suspicious person dressed like a clown hiding in the woods. The officer responded to the area with a deputy and searched a large portion of the wooded area. The officer witnessed a green Ford pickup truck leave the wooded area but was unable to confirm that it picked the person dressed as a clown up. Information was passed onto dispatch and other law enforcement agencies.”

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office over a three-day period in the middle of last week received a handful of calls related to clowns, half of them about Instagram posts (Two from Onalaska and one possibly related to Centralia High School), but the two most substantive 911 calls came on Thursday:

• A caller from the area of Union Street in Centralia stated there was a clown 15 minutes earlier walking in the area with a baseball bat. Deputies were unable to locate anyone matching the description.

• A caller from 100 block of Washington Street in Mineral called in about suspicious circumstances and the kids seeing a clown in their yard. Kids later stated they never saw a clown.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday a motorist was arrested for vehicular assault following the Sunday evening head-on collision at the 16800 block of Old Highway 99, about a half mile west of Tenino. Firefighters called about 6:30 p.m. found each of two passenger vehicles had only one occupant. An adult male said he had no injuries but the woman in the other vehicle had injuries severe enough she had to be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to Thurston County Fire District 12.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, eluding, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, suicidal person, third-degree theft, collision on city street … 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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Old Highway 99 just outside Tenino / Courtesy photo by Thurston County Sheriff’s Office

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Updated at 6:11 p.m.

ASSAULT

• Centralia police called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of North Washington Avenue where a 32-year-old woman allegedly threatened two of her roommates with a kitchen knife arrested Amber G. Harper for first-degree assault. The Centralia woman was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was charged today with two counts of second-degree assault, for allegedly raising the knife over her shoulder as she demanded to know where her bottle of whiskey was. She has no previous criminal history, according to prosecutors. Her bail was set at $15,000 when she went before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.

• Centralia police said yesterday morning they were looking for an identified male suspect for second-degree domestic assault following a call just before 8 p.m. on Saturday to the 400 block of Prairie Rose Street where he allegedly struck a woman in the face causing significant injury.

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday afternoon of a sexual assault, allegedly by a person known to the victim. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THREAT

• A 30-year-old man was arrested for domestic harassment this morning after he allegedly threatened to assault an individual. Officers called about 7:15 a.m. today today to the 700 block of South Gold Street cited Mic J. Banks, of Centralia, and then released him pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY

• Almost $1,300 worth of valuables including a 9 mm handgun, ammunition for it and a samurai sword were stolen in a burglary witnessed by neighbors at the 100 block of Pier Road south of Chehalis just before 2 p.m. on Friday. Deputies were unable to locate a suspect, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Also missing are silver coins, two pocket watches and other jewelry, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were called on Friday about a second-degree burglary which involved the theft of cash from a business on the 600 block of South Pearl Street.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called just after 12 a.m. today about a silver 2006 Ford Focus that went missing from where it was parked at the 600 block of Southeast Adams Avenue.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called yesterday about 11:45 a.m. to the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia where they took a report of the theft of numerous pieces of merchandise. Suspects have not yet been identified, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to the 10 block of Southwest Chehalis Avenue about a suspected internal theft at a business the week before. They are awaiting for further information, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called just before 1 p.m. on Friday to the 600 block of South Tower Avenue to take a report of a female suspected of forging and cashing stolen checks.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer was called about 9:45 a.m. on Saturday to the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia regarding tools stolen from a truck.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were summoned at noon on Friday to the 1200 block of Alder Street to take a report of intentional damage to a motel room.

OTHER

• An officer called about 3 p.m. Friday about a male and a female who appeared to be engaging in intimate relations inside a car parked off North National Avenue in Chehalis found that indeed was what was occurring and arrested one of them because of an outstanding warrant, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Someone called 911 just after 6 p.m. on Friday, asking for a phone call from an officer about a Facebook post from a clown advising to watch out for a visit the next day in Adna.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 32-year-old driver said he fell asleep after working a graveyard shift before wrecking along the 700 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia yesterday. A deputy called about 1:20 p.m. noted the vehicle traveled about 50 yards along a ditch and struck a utility pole. The driver said that awakened him and he panicked and stomped on the gas, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle then hit a culvert, a ditch and a second culvert before coming to rest in a parking lot, according to the sheriff’s office. Joshua D. Johnson appeared to have minor injuries and declined medical treatment, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. He was issued a citation for second-degree negligent driving, Breen said. The road was shut down while the pole and wires were replaced, Breen said.

• A 15-year-old driver, who along with his 39-year-old passenger was allegedly intoxicated, was arrested after reportedly speeding away following an attempted traffic stop in Chehalis on Saturday. Deputies called about 4 p.m. were told a pickup truck hauling a trailer struck the median on northbound Interstate 5 and exited at LaBree Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy found the vehicle on Bishop Road and pulled up behind, when the vehicle took off but the driver then lost control, coming to a stop, according to the sheriff’s office. The Chehalis boy was arrested for attempting to elude, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. A case was referred to prosecutors against the adult for allegedly being complicit in the intoxication, Breen said.

• A 45-year-old man from Winlock was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he was hit by a motor home when he stepped out of his vehicle to inspect damage from striking a small deer in Mossyrock. Deputies responding after the approximately 7:35 p.m. accident on Friday at the 500 block of Mossyrock Road East spoke to the driver of the 29-foot motor home who said he didn’t not see that the vehicle was stopped partially in his lane, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim sustained possible internal injuries as well as broken bones in his “extremities,” according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were called about 4:23 p.m. on Friday for a hit and run accident in which a light pole was struck at the 700 block of North Tower Avenue. The suspect is described as an older man and alcohol is believed to have been involved, according to the Centralia Police Department. The suspect vehicle is a mid 2000s white Ford F 150, which would have a bent front end axle, according to police.

• Centralia police were called about 9:23 a.m. on Friday to Pearl and Cherry streets for a hit and run incident involving a pedestrian. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, no-contact order violation, protection order violation, possession of liquor by a minor; responses for alarm, dispute, trespassing, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, suicidal person, friendly stray dog, third-degree theft, collision on city street … and more among 394 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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DISORDERLY PERSON

• A 33-year-old man who said he was a “psycho” from New York was arrested early this morning for failing to leave a Toledo area store when asked and also for allegedly wiping his nasal discharge on their window. Deputies called about 3:50 a.m. today to the 100 block of Foster Creek Road were told that when a customer tried to get between the man and the clerk, the man tried to stab the customer with a pencil, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The subject fled, there was a short foot chase and then Gary W. Connor, 33, listed as transient, was arrested for first-degree criminal trespassing and third-degree malicious mischief, according to the sheriff’s office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

• A 27-year-old jail inmate who allegedly tampered with the fire suppression sprinkler head inside his cell twice yesterday, flooding a housing unit was additionally booked for second-degree malicious mischief. Wellington M. Waggener, from Centralia, is being held in the Lewis County Jail in Chehalis on an unrelated matte, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The estimated damage amount is $900, according to the sheriff’s office.

MISSING MONEY

• Centralia police were called just after 3 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Alexander Street to take a report of the theft of money.

CLOWN HYSTERIA

• Chehalis police were called by a neighbor on Southwest Third Street at 11:47 a.m. yesterday who said the children at the school were scared and screaming they saw a clown in the alley. The caller didn’t see a clown and a responding officer didn’t see a clown, according to the Chehalis Police Department. R.E. Bennett Elementary School Assistant Principal Rachel Dorsey said she and several adults were on the playground for recess with their kids at that time and knew nothing of it until the officer came to ask about it. He said as he was leaving he’d check around, she said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, possible attempted sexual assault … and more among 177 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 3:34 p.m.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Two cars were totaled and both drivers injured in a collision yesterday evening on U.S. Highway 12 west of Mossyrock. Troopers called about 7:20 p.m. learned the vehicles had been westbound, when the Honda Civic struck the back of a Ford Focus which was yielding to traffic to make a left turn onto Winston Creek Road. Whitney L. Davis, 19, was issued a citation for speed too fast for conditions, according to the Washington State Patrol. Davis and the other driver, Macie J. Rockwood, 16, were both transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the state patrol. The teens are both Mossyrock residents.

• A 20-year-old driver was issued an infraction for wheels off the roadway after a single-car rollover wreck on North Military Road near Camden Drive in Winlock yesterday. Deputies called about 5:20 p.m. learned the Tenino woman was southbound when she veered, overcorrected and then struck a culvert on the other side of the road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She said she was changing a song on her cell phone, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 15.

• A 26-year-old man from Lacey was arrested after a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 12 about two miles east of Montesano yesterday morning. Neither he nor his 19-year-old passenger were injured when the westbound Chrysler Caravan left the roadway to the right, hitting a light pole and culvert, according to the Washington State Patrol. However, troopers arriving to the scene after the approximately 6:50 a.m. call found the driver’s clothing was covered in pieces of marijuana, according to the state patrol. Sal Pasanta submitted to field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence, according to the patrol.

SCHOOL SCARE

• The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office was called to Grand Mound Elementary School yesterday after a note was found in the bathroom indicating a bomb was in the school. The sheriff’s office tweeted about 11:40 a.m. that the students were safely evacuated. By about 12:10 p.m., authorities announced classes were resuming, but the investigation continued.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to the 900 block of Southwest William Avenue to take a report that someone had opened the canopy on a vehicle and removed the temporary license from the window. It occurred sometime on Monday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• Police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of cash from a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 46-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when picked up on a warrant just after noon yesterday at Main and Oak streets in Centralia. Jason R. Slight was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, trespass, harassment, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, third-degree theft, barking neighbor dog, a bag containing a gun found in a cart at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue which the owner came back and claimed … and more among 124 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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TWO BOOKED FOR ETHEL BURGLARY

• Two people were arrested yesterday morning after deputies were called about a possible burglary in progress at a residence on the 300 block of Oyler Road in Ethel. Deputies called shortly after 9 a.m. found them inside and found several items outside in the bed of a truck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the 68-year-old victim’s belongings stolen but recovered were a record player system, a cuckoo clock, a box of antique plates and a barbecue grill, according to the sheriff’s office. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary were Melvin D. James, 34, from Centralia and Cassandra L. Luthi. 30, from Chehalis, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. An estimated $150 damage was done to a door and the value of the property is about $100, Breen said.

VADER BREAK-IN

• A deputy was called just before 10 p.m. yesterday for a burglary to a vacant house on the 700 block of D Street in Vader. There were no signs of forced entry, but sometime since 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, someone stole about $500 worth of property, to include an older-style Zenith radio, a Craftsman radial saw and tools, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police collected what was left of evidence after being called to the Twin City Town Center yesterday evening where an employee felt funny after drinking from their water bottle and discovered a partially dissolved pill at the bottom. Medics were called but the individual declined to go to the hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department. They are looking over surveillance video to see what they might find, according to police.

• Centralia police were contacted yesterday by a young woman about a possible sexual assault over the weekend. They are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, possible overdose … 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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MISSING MEDS

• Police took a report about 9:30 a.m. yesterday of medication stolen from a backpack at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia.

MISSING PLATE

• Police were called about 7:35 p.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia regarding the theft of the rear license plate from a rental car parked there.

BAD BILL

• An officer was called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue to take a report of a counterfeit bill having been discovered from the self-service checkout lane.

MISSING MONEY

• Police were called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia to take a report of a misdemeanor theft. Cash was stolen from a residence, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An individual reported to Centralia police yesterday afternoon that change had been stolen from a coin operated washer and dryer at the 200 block of West Hanson Street sometime during the previous month.

CAR PROWL

• An officer was called to the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia about 5:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report of a vehicle prowl. A laptop computer was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY

• Police were called about 9:35 a.m. on Friday to the 100 block of Isabel Road in Mossyrock about a burglary that occurred the previous evening. Two vehicles had been vandalized, and several items in the house had been stolen totaling over $1000, according to the Morton Police Department.

POSSIBLE BURGLARY

• Police are investigating a possible burglary at the 100 block of Coleman Avenue in Mossyrock in which roughly $10,000 worth of “stolen items were taken.” The issue was reported to the Morton Police Department about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.

AND FROM MORTON

• Morton police reported yesterday they investigated an incident in which a female said she had left work in her personal vehicle, realized there was someone in her backseat and pulled over at U.S. Highway 12 near Uden Road, where the subject got out and walked away. She said her vehicle was locked while she was at work, but there was no sign of forced entry, according to the Morton Police Department. An officer took the information after the approximately 9:35 p.m. call last Tuesday to the 800 block of West Main Avenue.  Several citizens were contacted and no one had seen the subject, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Firefighters say the driver and sole occupant of a small passenger car that rolled and came to rest on its top outside Centralia late yesterday afternoon was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precaution. A crew called at 5:10 p.m. to the 1200 block of Big Hanaford Road found the female standing on the side of the road with bystanders who had helped her out of her vehicle by cutting away her seat belt, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The damage to the car was described as moderate.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, reckless driving, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disturbance, hit and run, civil issue, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 120 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.