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Updated at 12:34 p.m.

PARKING LOT RAGE AND HEAD BUTTING

• A 35-year-old driver confronted by an individual about going too fast through a Centralia parking lot ended up getting arrested last night after he allegedly grabbed a 34-year-old woman and head-butted her. Police called about 8:40 p.m. to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue were told an argument ensued, that David G. Laroe shoved the 16-year-old boy and when the mother intervened, assaulted her, according to the Centralia Police Department. Laroe, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for fourth-degree assault, according to police.

MISSING JEWELRY

• Centralia police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to a business at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue about the theft of jewelry. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer was called for a car prowl at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 5:20 p.m. yesterday. Police were told that sometime during the day unknown person or persons broke out the window to their car and stole a Body Glove backpack containing a climbing rope, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BRUSH FIRE CHEHALIS

• Firefighters called about 7 p.m. yesterday for a brush fire off of Yates Road outside Chehalis found a slash pile burning in a field. It appeared the mixture of logs and branches had been intentionally burned previously and reignited, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

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• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, protection order violation, attempting to elude, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances … and more, among 135 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:45 a.m. today.

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TWO DETAINED AFTER POLICE CHASE

• A 41-year-old Olympia man was arrested after a vehicle pursuit around 2:25 a.m. yesterday involving both Centralia and Chehalis officers. Jacob R. Woods was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. Also arrested was Alyssa E. Taylor, 28, of Olympia, for an outstanding warrant, according to police. The incident was associated with a location at South Tower Avenue and Summa Street in Centralia.

TIRES, WHEELS TAKEN

• Police were called about 10:10 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of South Rock Street in Centralia where they were told individuals were interrupted while stealing tires off a vehicle. The suspects fled in a gray or white older Chevy style pickup, according to the Centralia Police Department. The tires that were taken were on two Rock Star 2 35-inch rims, described as all black with a Star shape in the middle of them, according to police.

RESIDENT HIT TWICE WITH THEFTS

• Centralia police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Jefferson Street where they were told a mountain bike had been stolen during the night and that on Tuesday, someone stole a package off the front porch.

CAR PROWL

• A purse reported stolen in a vehicle prowl about 10:25 p.m. yesterday at the 2500 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia turned up later in Chehalis, minus its valuables, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 9:05 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where they were told that within the previous 30 minutes, someone broke into a vehicle and stole a wallet.

• Centralia police were called to a vehicle prowl at the 1600 block of South Gold Street at about 11:50 a.m. on Friday.

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE FIRE

• An unoccupied pickup truck parked on the shoulder along the 2000 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia burned up early yesterday morning. Firefighters called about 2 a.m. quickly extinguished it, but the 2004 Ford F250 was a total loss, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The owner, who resides in the area, was contacted and said he was returning home from work about 12:30 a.m. when he got a flat tire, Fire Capt. Scott Weinert reports. “He had his wife pick him up and had decided to seek repair in the morning,” Weinert stated. A deputy responded because it was suspicious and the cause is under investigation.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police report at least one injury from an accident about 1:20 p.m. on Friday in which a vehicle stopped in a parking stall and then went forward and to the right striking two parked cars and a decorative pillar on a building at the 1700 block of South Gold Street. A driver and occupant of a parked car sustained minor injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, resisting arrest, probation violation,  driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 359 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Fairway Shopping Center / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

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UTILITY PAYMENT BOX BURGLED

• Anyone who used the after hours box for the city of Chehalis at the 1300 block of South Market Boulevard after 5 p.m. on Wednesday to leave their water bill payment ought to contact the city. An officer was called yesterday morning following the discovery that someone had damaged the lock and pried open the payment box, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BOARDER’S BELONGINGS DISCARDED

• Centralia police are investigating a theft consisting of all the contents of a room, which was rented by a 63-year-old man in an apartment at the 2800 block of Russell Road. It appears the resident arranged to have all the man’s belongings hauled away, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to a report of a burglary at the 600 block of Jefferson Street. Missing was a laptop computer and a play station, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called just after 8 o’clock yesterday to the 800 block of Harrison Avenue where someone had stolen a bowling ball from a vehicle, but it was later located in a field behind Burgerville, according to the Centralia Police Department

TRUMP SIGNS STOLEN

• Three more Donald Trump signs were stolen from the front yard of a resident at the 1000 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia who has been repeatedly victimized in the same manner, according to a report made to Centralia police yesterday.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 16-year-old driver who took out a street sign and struck a fence at Southwest Cascade and William avenues in Chehalis called 911 about 3:30 a.m. today and was arrested for minor operating a vehicle after consuming alcohol and then released to his father. The Ford Ranger came to rest atop some type of water pump, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The teen was unhurt, according to police.

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• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, third-degree domestic malicious mischief, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, collision on city street, collision on city street, collision on city street … and more, among 149 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.

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Updated at 12:03 p.m.

CITIZEN TRACKS STOLEN PROPERTY

• Centralia police were called about 1:45 p.m. yesterday by a shopper who realized she’d left her purse behind in a cart at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue. She used a friend’s phone to track her phone, gave the location to an officer who contacted a woman connected with a vehicle, in a driveway, containing the purse, according to the Centralia Police Department. Tanya N. Harris, 37, of Centralia, was arrested for second-degree theft and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today.

TOOLS TAKEN CENTRALIA

• A garage on the 600 block of Yew Street in Centralia was burglarized, according to  report made to police about 1:10 p.m. yesterday. Stolen was a tool box and tools, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called to a car theft yesterday at about 1:15 p.m. from a parking lot on Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Further details were not readily available.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 3:50 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A window was broken out and a purse as well as other personal items were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of West Summa Street about 7:40 a.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl. Missing were sunglasses, small personal items, cash and gift cards, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Officers called just after 1 p.m. yesterday about people inside someone else’s carport at the 500 block of Woodland Avenue in Centralia contacted a pair of individuals walking and ended up arresting them both. Police were shown a picture taken by a witness and recognized their subject, according to the Centralia Police Department. Both had outstanding warrants and police allegedly located more than the allowable amount of marijuana in a paper bag which Alejandro S. Escamilla was carrying, as well as suspected meth, according to police. Escamilla, 43, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana, according to police.

TRUMP SIGNS STOLEN

• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of North Pearl Street just after 1 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of political signs. The victim twice before yesterday has found her Donald Trump signs missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, probation violation, no-contact order violation, possession of a dangerous weapon; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suicidal person, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more, among 138 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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TODDLERS PLAYING BY ROAD AFTER DARK

• Chehalis police responded to an approximately 12:35 a.m. call today that a set of 2-year-old triplets were outside unclothed and running near the street at the 2200 block of Jackson Highway. An arriving officer found the children had been taken back into their home by their parents, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The officer spoke to witnesses and the parents and the incident will be followed up on, according to police.

MOM: CHILD FINDS METH PIPE

• Chehalis police were contacted by a mother yesterday who said she was taking her 2-year-old to be checked out after the child may have put a glass pipe in her mouth while visiting at the father’s home. The mom suspects it was used for meth, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SCHOOL BUS FIGHT

• Police were called about 3 p.m. yesterday for a report of an assault on a school bus involving two 15-year-old girls that took place in the area of the 400 block of West Summa Street in Centralia. No arrests were made as the investigating officer is waiting to review the video from the bus, and investigating the incident as a fourth-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PORCH PROWLING

• Centralia police were called about 6 o’clock this morning about the overnight theft of items from inside a fenced-in back porch at the 800 block of Euclid Way. The victim told police a fishing pole, tackle box, and two packs of cigarettes were taken, according to the Centralia Police Department. This case is under investigation.

VEHICLE PLATES SWITCHED

• An individual contacted Centralia police just before 9 p.m. yesterday from the 100 block of South Railroad Avenue after discovering  a different rear license plate on their vehicle than the one they had been issued.  It is unknown when and where the switch was made, according to the Centralia Police Department.  The missing plate is B21033W and it was replaced with B67125P, according to police.

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday afternoon by an individual who said his rear license plate was stolen while he was at a retail store on Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called at 8:50 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 1400 block of Lum Road.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening after Chehalis police were called by the drug and alcohol treatment facility on the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue and told a client arrived for services and a search of his items turned up suspected drugs and a pipe. William G. Carter, from Monroe, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PUNCH IN FACE LEADS TO FELONY CHARGE

• A 25-year-old Winlock man was arrested on Monday and charged yesterday with second-degree assault for allegedly striking and injuring an acquaintance more than eight weeks earlier. A Toledo police officer responded on March 27 to the incident at the 200 block of Park Road in Winlock, but subsequently learned when the victim went to the hospital, he was found to have a facial fracture, a broken nose and a sprained neck, according to court documents. The officer was told the victim and his wife were visiting Andrew R. Meza and his girlfriend when an argument erupted between Meza and the girlfriend and the victim was punched in the face, court documents relate. Lewis County Superior Court Judge Nelson Hunt set Meza’s bail at $25,000.

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• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, check fraud, shoplifting and other third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, complaint that a purchase of stereo equipment from a guy in a van at a gas station was short on all the pieces … and more, among 156 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6 a.m. today.

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Updated at 11:04 a.m.

POLICE: MATH AVOIDING CHILD PULLS TEACHER’S HAIR

• An officer was called to Washington Elementary School on Field Avenue in Centralia about 10:15 a.m. yesterday after a student allegedly pulled his teacher’s hair and tried to kick her. The 11-year-old boy reportedly did not want to do math work, according to the Centralia Police Department. The child was turned over to his parent and a case for fourth-degree assault is being forwarded to prosecutors, according to police. The teacher’s injuries were non-life- threatening, police report.

PAIR CITED FOR FIGHTING

• Centralia responded to an approximately 6:15 p.m. call yesterday to the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue where they arrested two people for fighting in public. Cited and then released were Nicholas A. Richart, 35 of Centralia; and Synthia L. Barnes, 20 of Morton, according to the Centralia Police Department. Barnes was additionally cited for minor in possession-consumption of alcohol, according to police.

FIREARMS TAKEN IN BREAK-IN

• Centralia police are investigating a residential burglary at the 1100 block of Long Road in which three handguns as well as electronics were reported stolen. An officer called to the home about 6:40 p.m. yesterday learned the missing firearms were a Smith and Wesson M&P 9 mm and two Ruger pistols, according to police.

NARCOTICS MISSING FROM BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that pain medication was stolen from a residence on the 3100 block of Ives Road sometime between Friday and yesterday. The victim said 104 Oxycodone pills disappeared while she was away from home for a few days, according to the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called about 12:40 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of West Main Street to take a report of a theft of property through credit card fraud. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 6 o’clock this morning regarding a vehicle stolen from the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue. Taken sometime during the night from in front of the owner’s home was a black 2003 Kia Spectra, according to the Centralia Police Department. The car has a license plate reading ABN 8729.

SIGNS MISSING

• At 1:12 p.m. yesterday, a resident at the 1000 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia called police to report signs had been stolen from their property, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• An individual called police about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to report their battery was stolen from their vehicle at the 200 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday regarding a man sleeping in a car in a parking lot behind a business on the 600 block of South Market Boulevard ended up arresting the 33-year-old for possession of methamphetamine. Peter J. Herman, from Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Herman was initially arrested for an outstanding warrant and the suspect substance was located incident to that arrest, a department spokesperson said.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 36-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she allegedly tried to make a left turn in front of an oncoming car on Jackson Highway at Logan Hill Road south of Chehalis yesterday evening. Deputies responding at 6:20 p.m. found her unhurt but her Chevrolet Tahoe with major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 22-year-old driver of the totaled Acura Integra suffered from back and leg pain and was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office. Chrystal Graham, 36, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested for driving under the influence and reckless endangerment after a deputy responded last night to find a vehicle’s front end stuck in a ditch and the man staggering away up Big Hanaford Road with a 4-year-old girl on his shoulders, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy called just before 9 p.m. was advised the unoccupied truck at Tono Road was partially blocking the road and upon arrival, bystanders pointed out the man, according to the sheriff’s office. Nathaniel M. Bryce reportedly told the deputy he had drank one tall can of beer. Bryce was also arrested for third-degree driving with a suspended license, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

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• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, graffiti on a fence … and more, among 138 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6 a.m. today.

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Updated at 6:09 p.m.

HOSPITAL PATIENT FLEES FAMILY MEMBER WITH KNIFE

• Bail was set at $50,000 today for a 25-year-old man whose mother said she woke up to find him approaching her hospital bed with a knife raised above his head, but when he tripped and fell, she grabbed her walker and fled. The mom had recently had her right leg amputated at the knee and was not stabbed during the incident on Saturday afternoon at Providence Centralia Hospital, according to court documents. Police responding to the approximately 2:40 p.m. call to the  900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia indicated when they arrived, David D. Marrs was detained in handcuffs and seemed to be having a hard time staying awake, with dropping eyelids and slurred speech, according to court documents. Marrs was arrested and booked for second-degree assault and today charged with the same offense in Lewis County Superior Court. His arraignment is set for Thursday.

ARSON INVESTIGATION CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to an alley near the 600 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue early on Saturday morning after two vehicles caught fire. Firefighters responded around 3:30 a.m. for a cargo van fully engulfed in flames, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The fire department returned just after 5 a.m. to the same alley when an individual reported someone tried to light his pickup truck on fire, according to police. Officers collected evidence and the case is under investigation, police department spokesperson Linda Bailey said.

POSSIBLE ROBBERY ATTEMPT

• Centralia police were called just after 9 p.m. yesterday to the 800 block of Harrison Avenue where they were told a 21-year-old Centralia man gunned his vehicle trying to get away from three males he said were trying to rob him and he ran into a landscaping rock. It was originally called in as a hit and run, according to the Centralia Police Department. He said he saw a knife, and officers were later told a male was hit by a car, but police are still trying to sort it out, according to Officer Tracy Murphy.

BURGLARY CHEHALIS

• Police were called about 10:40 a.m. on Saturday to a business on the 1800 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue in Chehalis where a door was found kicked in. Cash and keys were among the items missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning some evidence was left at the scene of a burglary to an office on the 3100 block of Ives Road in Centralia that occurred sometime between 5 p.m. on Thursday and 8:50 a.m. on Friday. Stolen from the Catholic Housing Services were deposit slips and an electric wire tester, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAMPING SITES PROWLED

• A deputy was called to Taidnapam Park at the east end of Riffe Lake over the weekend where someone stole several fishing poles and reels from numerous camp spots during the night. Five individuals were victimized sometime between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Saturday, with a loss of about $4,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue about 11:15 p.m. yesterday for a car prowl. Someone broke two windows out of the locked vehicle and stole a wallet and clothing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 300 block of Southeast Canyon Drive in Chehalis in which someone got into a truck’s toolbox and stole numerous items, including a Poulan 14-inch chainsaw, three fishing poles and tackle as well as Dunlop Fury golf clubs. Among the missing items are a Calloway driver and custom Seahawks putter, according to police.

• Someone stole a Stihl MS066 chainsaw from the bed of a pickup truck at the 1900 block of Southwest Sniveley Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police just before 8 o’clock yesterday morning. It had a 32-inch Oregon saw bar and was valued at $1,000, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police took a report from the 1500 block of North National Avenue on Friday afternoon of a car prowl. The owner noticed its door was ajar and discovered cigarettes and change were missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MISSING CHAINSAW LOCATED

• Centralia police made a traffic stop just before 8 p.m. yesterday in which two males fled on foot but left the vehicle. Inside, an officer discovered a stolen chainsaw, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened at Chestnut Street and Marsh Avenue, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 22-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 8:30 p.m. last night for alleged drug possession after police were called about a possible theft from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act was Zachary J. Konoske, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WANTED INDIVIDUALS LOCATED

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning the 29-year-old woman wanted for allegedly lighting her companion’s tent on fire was picked up yesterday on Mellen Street by Centralia police. Kayleigh S. McDaniel, a homeless person from Centralia, allegedly assaulted the 36-year-old victim and ruined his tent early on Sunday at a transient camp along the Chehalis River west of Interstate 5 near milepost 81. McDaniel was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault and first-degree arson, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim was arrested at the same time yesterday for an outstanding warrant, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today against McDaniel.

• Deputies on Friday visited with a 34-year-old man jailed the night before by the Olympia Police Department, after being contacted driving a gray 2003 BMW, with its front bumper held up with zip ties. The car was suspected to be involved in at least two residential burglaries last week in the Independence Valley west of Centralia. The Olympia resident allegedly confessed to breaking in to the home on the 100 block of Smith Road and another on the 200 block of Nelson Road, saying he wanted to sell or trade the valuables to support his drug habit, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jeremy R. Bunting was left at the jail in Thurston County but faces possible charges of residential burglary, trafficking in stolen property, three counts of theft of a firearm and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. Investigation is still, underway to try to locate the stolen property, believed to have ended up in the Lacey area, according to Brown.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, obstructing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 127 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 5:20 a.m. today.