Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 5:38 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of West Third Street to take a report about the theft of a 1994 Honda Civic. The car is blue with a black hood, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 24-year-old Pe Ell woman was arrested yesterday for possession of a stolen vehicle in connection with a 2000 Dodge Caravan recovered on Monday night at the 100 block of Mauermann Road in Pe Ell. The owner, from Raymond, retrieved the van but the arrest was not made until witnesses were contacted to make a positive identification, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.  Angelina M. Tomburello was contacted yesterday, taken into custody without incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sherif’s office.

• Officers called about 2:35 p.m. yesterday about a car being moved from one spot to another at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street and a notebook left inside determined the owner of the notebook was a recent victim of a car theft. Her Honda Civic was recovered in the area with all four tires flattened, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

TWO ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY

• Centralia police arrested two individuals about 10 a.m. yesterday for second-degree burglary in a case associated with the 1200 block of St. Helens Street. Jennifer L. Barber, 40, of Mossyrock, and Stanley A. J. Pesicka, 33, a homeless person, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. The two were caught allegedly taking household items from a home which has been unoccupied for several years.

FRAUD

• An individual called Chehalis police yesterday to report one of her bank cards from her recently stolen wallet in Tumwater was used at the Wal-Mart in Chehalis. Police are following up, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A 600-watt generator was stolen from bed of a pickup truck parked at the 1100 block of G Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

TIP THEFT ARREST

• A 42-year-old Chehalis woman contacted about 7 a.m. today at North Pearl Street and Reynolds Avenue was arrested for an outstanding warrant as well as cited for third-degree theft as police identified her as the suspect who early yesterday morning stole approximately $5 from a tip jar at a business on the 1100 block of View Avenue in Centralia. Genaveve R. Webb was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WALLET STOLEN

• Centralia police were called at 12:10 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of South Tower Avenue where an individual said while she was on her phone, someone stole her wallet which was sitting next to her, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, hit and run, harassment, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 151 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 4:02 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 4:15 a.m. by an individual who said he discovered his car had been moved from where he had parked it on the west side of the street at the 100 block of Southeast Washington Avenue to the east side. A subwoofer was missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called at 2:45 a.m. today within moments of a black 1995 Honda Civic being stolen from the 500 block of Southwest William Avenue. It has a license plate reading AXH 7724, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A vehicle stolen in Chehalis was recovered yesterday morning at the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia, during the course of another vehicle theft investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BAD BILL

• Police were called yesterday by a business at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia regarding the discovery it had accepted a counterfeit $100 bill.

VANDALISM

• Police were called yesterday about a window on a vehicle broken overnight at the 700 block of West Second Street in Centralia.

LSD AND MANY POT PLANTS

• A 44-year-old Centralia man was charged yesterday with four felonies after an off-duty Centralia police officer told law enforcement of marijuana being grown behind a house on Maple Valley Drive, and detectives spoke with three teenagers there who said they’d given him money to buy them marijuana oil and marijuana bud. A search of the home turned up 25 stamps of LSD inside a freezer, 39 marijuana plants in the basement and a loaded revolver in a closet, according to court documents. Richard K. Kane was arrested on Tuesday and brought before a judge yesterday afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court. Court papers say when drug detectives first asked Kane if he had authorization to grow the marijuana which could be seen in the back of the residence, he produced a medical authorization and said he didn’t mind showing them his eight plants. There were 10 with trunks as thick as two inches in diameter, prosecutors allege. Kane was charged with possession of a controlled substance, manufacture of marijuana, distribution of marijuana to a person under age 18 and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke indicated Kane collected social security disability payments and qualified for a court appointed lawyer. His bail was set at $25,000 and his arraignment scheduled for today.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police are referring for criminal charges a case of a 15-year-old driver who allegedly struck a bicyclist at the 2500 block of North Pearl Street and left the scene yesterday. Officers responding to the approximately 6 p.m. call note the injuries were minor.

• A 56-year-old Vader resident was one of two people injured when the driver of a Honda Accord ran a red light in Longview late yesterday afternoon at state Route 432 and Washington Way, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Honda struck Glenn R. Wilburn’s Jeep Cherokee and spun off before hitting a log truck, according to the state patrol. Wilburn was not wearing a seat belt, the investigating trooper reports. He and the Honda driver, 51-year-old Louis Z. First, from Tacoma, were both transported to PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, violation no contact order, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, vandalism, harassment, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, child alone in a parked car, request a woman with suitcases in front of  store for up to three days be asked to move along … and more among 157 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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SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEEKING CHEHALIS MAN FOR ASSAULT, THEFT

• Deputies are looking for a 34-year-old Chehalis man who allegedly assaulted his former significant other at the 200 block of Roe Road in Winlock yesterday, and fled with her .22 rifle. Deputies responded about 3 p.m., searched and could not find him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. They learned later he returned, broke a window and stole a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, sheriff’s Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The car was subsequently located at the 400 block of state Route 506 and a K-9 track was conducted but was unsuccessful, Breen said. A case for fourth-degree domestic assault, theft of a firearm, theft of a motor vehicle and first-degree burglary is being sent to prosecutors to review for charges against Adam C. Sullivan, according to the sheriff’ office.

AUTO THEFT

• A black 1997 Honda Civic was taken sometime during the night from the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:20 a.m. today. It has a license plate reading 174 ZSQ, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 7 a.m. today about a beige 1988 Honda Accord stolen during the night from the 300 block of Southwest Third Street. It has a license plate reading ALL 4987, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday about a 2006 Pontiac stolen from the 600 block of H Street. The car was recovered later in the night by the Washington State Patrol, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy responded just before 11 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Foster Creek Road in Toledo where a car had been stolen from a field sometime since 3 a.m. on Monday. The 2003 Hyundai Elantra has four doors and is valued at about $2,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FORGERY

• A 29-year-old Centralia woman was contacted by police yesterday morning at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue where she had allegedly used a stolen credit card to get a motel room. The victim was someone she knows, according to the Centralia Police Department. Regina D. Ashley, 29, of Centralia, was arrested for forgery and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

SUPER SHOPLIFTING

• Centralia police responding to an approximately 10:50 a.m. call yesterday to the 100 block of West High Street arrested two individuals for organized retail theft. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Cleo R. Palmer, 44, of Seattle, and Juanquita A. Knox, 44, of Tacoma, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 2:25 a.m. for a car prowl at the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Missing is a Smith and Wesson pistol, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

HOSPITAL ISSUES

• Bryan J. Hill, 24, of Chehalis, was arrested about 7:45 p.m. yesterday for interfering with a health care facility and third-degree malicious mischief at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Officers were called about 8:30 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia to take a report of a patient striking a health care provider.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft; responses for alarm, dispute, third-degree theft, misdemeanor assault, graffiti to a building, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, barking neighbor dog … 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 12:39 p.m.

CHURCH VICTIMIZED BY THEFT

• A 34-foot travel trailer donated for a church’s use vanished from its parking lot early yesterday at the 200 block of U.S. Highway 12 south of Chehalis. An unknown person or persons removed the 1994 Carli sometime between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The value is listed at approximately $8,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Someone kicked in a door to a garage-shop of a church on the 2500 block of South Market Boulevard and stole a Stihl gas operated weed eater, according to a report made to Chehalis police just before 11 a.m. yesterday.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday following the discovery a Honda Civic was missing from a parking lot on Hampe Way and then located the car around 6 p.m. at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court. Its stereo, speaker and amplifier had been removed, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT AT WORK SITE

• Chehalis police were called just before 8 a.m. yesterday to a job site at the 2500 block of North National Avenue where four pumps were stolen over the weekend. The loss is $4,000, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Two of them were silver and red Honda pumps and the other two were two-inch blue colored pumps, according to police.

FRAUD

• An Oregon resident called Chehalis police yesterday afternoon to report their bank card was used at Walgreens on Northwest Louisiana Avenue to purchase a gift card for more than $300. An officer learned a similar transaction also took place in Tumwater, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DISORDERLY

• Michael A. Kellogg, 45 of Centralia, was arrested about 12:10 a.m. today for interfering with a health care facility at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 30-year-old Chehalis resident for possession of methamphetamine after contact with him about 10:15 p.m. yesterday at the 200 block of Jackson Street. Christopher D. Buck was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man was arrested just before 11 a.m. yesterday after contact with an officer at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Matthew M Morris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Two young people were injured when their car collided with the center barrier then rolled coming to rest on the right hand shoulder, on its top, last night along southbound Interstate 5 near the Winlock-Toledo interchange. Carlos Y. Batista and Martelli L. White, both 19 years old and from Lacey, were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers responding about 11:15 p.m. noted the 1997 Toyota Celica was totaled. Batista was allegedly traveling too fast and was arrested for second-degree negligent driving, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, third-degree malicious mischief, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 180 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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BASEBALL BAT ATTACK

• Police were called to a motel room at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia about 12:40 a.m. today where an uncle allegedly punched his niece and another family member was hit with a baseball bat and knocked unconscious. Johnaton M. Simien, 39, from Eunice, Louisiana, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BUTTER KNIFE DEFENSE

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday after he contacted police and said his girlfriend stabbed him with a butter knife and chipped his tooth with a mug at the 600 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia.. Officers called about 1 p.m. found the girlfriend with a black eye, several bruises on her upper arms and red marks around her neck, according to court documents and police. Robert E. Chandler was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to police.

THEFT OF MAIL

• Centralia police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to take a report of mail being stolen from the 2600 block of Eureka Avenue.

DRUGS

• A 33-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer about an outstanding warrant at the 400 block of Girard Street in Centralia about 4:50 a.m. today. Treston D. Zimmerman was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 26-year-old Onalaska man contacted about 3 o’clock this morning about an outstanding warrant the the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was subsequently arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Zacharey J. Hanley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 24-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of heroin after a man reported finding drug paraphernalia and what field-tested positive for the drug among his daughter’s belongings at the 1200 block of Centralia Avenue just before 1 p.m. yesterday. Kayla M. Burleson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance at about 10:20 a.m. yesterday at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Chris M. Yates, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POSSIBLE ‘HOUDINI HOUND’  HEADS TO GROCERY STORE

• A Chehalis woman called police about 10 p.m. yesterday after returning home from work and finding her dog which had been inside a kennel inside her house was gone, even though the home was still locked up. “We’re not sure if the dog figured out how to get out or someone let it out,” Chehalis Police Department Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. A citizen at about noon time had found the Labrador mix wandering at Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard, according to police. It was taken to the shelter, Kaut said. A bedroom window was possibly open, according to Kaut.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police report they responded to a car versus bicycle accident at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. It involved minor injury, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, suicide threat, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, dog left alone in vehicle … and more among 180 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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CORRECTION: The item involving Robert E. Chandler has been updated to correctly reflect who used the butter knife and whose tooth was chipped.

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GRAB AND GO

• A dispute in which a 41-year-old man allegedly struck a woman, took her keys and cell phone and walked away from a parking lot at the 1700 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis yesterday led to his arrest. Officers called to Sunbird Shopping Center at about 12:10 p.m. located Timothy C. McCarthy, a homeless person, and booked him into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery and fourth-degree domestic assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police are looking for a man who reportedly grabbed cash from an acquaintance’s hand as the two stopped to talk on the street at the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue in Centralia yesterday. The report was taken just before 1 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 a.m. yesterday following the discovery that produce and other items were missing from an outdoor stand at the 100 block of Harrison Avenue.

PORCH PILFERING

• Someone stole packages from a porch at the 500 block of South Gold Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at about 4:25 p.m. yesterday.

• Centralia police were called about 11:10 a.m. yesterday about the theft of packages from a porch at the 1400 block of Lum Road.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 12:35 p.m. yesterday to the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia about an attempted vehicle theft. The ignition had been damaged, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• An officer was called at 11 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 3200 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia. Taken was a garage door opener and miscellaneous paperwork, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 9:40 a.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Ahlers Avenue in Centralia where someone during the night had broke a vehicle’s window.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to Green Hill School at the 300 block of Southwest 11th Street in Chehalis to pick up suspected marijuana reportedly found on a student-inmate. The material will be sent to a lab for testing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• An 18-year-old motorist was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with a possible concussion after he rolled his truck when a deer jumped out into the road last night in Winlock. The driver, the sole occupant, had been wearing his seatbelt, and his 1988 Ford Ranger was totaled, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened at about 9:15 p.m. at the 800 block of North Military Road, according to the sheriff’s office. The deer was found dead in the ditch, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The driver, from Chehalis, was treated for what turned out to be minor injuries and released from the hospital, Brown said.

• Deputies and firefighters responded about 7:20 p.m. yesterday after a Jeep Grand Cherokee being towed from Winlock burst into flames. The husband and wife traveling along the Winlock-Vader Road near Jones Road were informed by a passerby of the fire in the engine compartment, stopped and tried to put it out, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It was fully involved in flames when the fire department arrived, but they extinguished it, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said it appeared possibly some kind of electrical malfunction occurred.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, 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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A 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee is lost to fire that began in engine compartment. / Courtesy photo by Colton Stevens