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SHOP WITH A COP COMING

• Employees of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office are looking for donations and for kids for its annual Shop with a Cop event. The program is an opportunity for underprivileged children who would benefit from positive interaction with police officers to go Christmas shopping for gifts for themselves and their family. The deadline of today to submit an application on behalf of a child to take part has been extended to Nov. 27. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown says the program is aimed towards children who live in unincorporated areas of Lewis County, as the police departments in Centralia and Chehalis conduct events for their residents. Brown says also their program is funded by employees and they are appreciative of any and all donations and financial assistance. Checks, cash or money orders can be sent to: Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Attn: Chief Stacy Brown, 345 W. Main St, Chehalis, WA 98532.

DRESS DUMMY UNCLOTHED

• Centralia police were called yesterday to the 1200 block of Lum Road where an unknown suspect had stolen a pair of jeans off a mannequin that had been left outside overnight near the Centralia Outlets.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of South Pearl Street about 10:15 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of unspecified items from a locked display case. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• An officer took a report yesterday of a window broken out of a vehicle overnight at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault; responses for stolen bicycle, other misdemeanor theft, possible suicide threat; complaint of loud music … and more.

Updated at 12:30 p.m.

ATTEMPTED ARSON

• A 58-year-old Castle Rock man was arrested early on Saturday morning after he allegedly tried to burn down the Ethel Market. A trooper called around 3:20 a.m. about a vehicle in a  ditch and a deputy responding to a smashed window at the business on the 1400 block of U.S. Highway 12 contacted the suspect who reportedly admitted involvement. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says Mark S. Breitenbach used kerosene and Coleman fuel from inside the store which he poured onto the floor and lit before running away and falling into a ditch. He was arrested for second-degree arson and second-degree burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. It’s not clear why he might have done it or if there was much damage, but the fire department was not called to respond. Sgt. Rob Snaza said they don’t know his motive.

ONE ARRESTED FOR VARIOUS BREAK-INS

• A 35-year-old Pe Ell man was arrested yesterday in connection with burglaries in recent days in Vader and Pe Ell, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies following up on cases contacted Daniel G. Thompson Jr. and subsequently booked him into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of burglary and two counts of possession of stolen vehicles involving a 1997 Ford F350 and a 1998 Dodge Stratus, according to the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Rob Snaza said the investigation is ongoing and further charges are possible. Thompson is the same man arrested earlier this month when deputies found a stolen Massey Ferguson tractor from Curtis on his property in Pe Ell, according to Snaza.

BURGLARY IN MINERAL

• A 90-year-old Mineral woman called law enforcement yesterday to report someone had come inside her home sometime since the day before and stolen $400 cash from her wallet. It appeared they got in through an unsecured window, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The burglary on the 600 block of Pleasant Valley Road is under investigation, Sgt. Rob Snaza said this morning.

STOLEN JEWELRY MORTON

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Chapman Road near Morton regarding the theft of more than $800 worth of gold and silver jewelry sometime between Oct. 11 and Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FUEL HEIST

• Police were called to the 200 block of Northwest Quincy Place in Chehalis on Friday morning regarding approximately 50 gallons of diesel stolen from a Freightliner truck overnight. The approximate value is $200, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A 25-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for multiple counts of attempted and actual vehicle prowl as well as misdemeanor theft last night at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis. Police were called about 11 p.m. after an individual reported someone inside their vehicle who fled and then was chased by two males, according to the Chehalis Police Department. As a dog track was underway, officers heard yelling from behind the apartment building, “We’ve got him,” according to police. Officers found several subjects gathered around the 25-year-old suspect and took him into custody, Officer Linda Bailey said. Brandon D. Woody was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Bailey. Among the items recovered were a beanie hat, a cell phone charger and a makeup bag, Bailey said.

• Chehalis police took a report of a car prowl on the 400 block of Northeast Washington Avenue on Friday in which someone took keys and a black case containing scissors from an unlocked vehicle during the previous few days.

ASSAULT ASHFORD

• A deputy was called regarding a second-degree assault at the 300 block of North Skate Creek Road in Ashford at about 6 p.m. on Friday. The deputy was told the 69-year-old woman that her boyfriend tried to choke her during an argument when they returned home from a tavern, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Michael D. Manning, 57, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

COLLISIONS

• A 50-year-old Tenino woman was uninjured but arrested for first-degree negligent driving after a single-car collision about 5 p.m. on Friday on Centralia-Alpha Road near milepost 8 outside Chehalis. Treva Bittler told a deputy she had leaned down to light a cigarette and her car crossed into the oncoming lane and struck an embankment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her 2002 Volkswagen Golf sustained major damage but she was unhurt, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. Bittler had allegedly been consuming alcohol and was subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Snaza.

• An 18-year-old Chehalis driver avoided injury but did major damage to his car when he wrecked on Saturday evening at the 300 block of Brown Road West,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding about 6:30 p.m. issued a citation for speeds too fast for conditions, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.

• A 23-year-old Toledo resident was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries after a truck in which they were a passenger flipped and wrecked on a logging road near Toledo Friday morning. A deputy called about 9:45 a.m. to the area about a mile up from the end of Toledo-Salmon Creek Road learned the driver was coming down a hill and lost control of his 1977 Ford pickup truck striking an embankment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver is 23-year-old Joshua P. Razsa, 23, and the passenger Jordan L. Razsa, both of Toledo, according to the sheriff’s office.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting; responses for alarm, parking lot hit and runs, fight outside bar … and more.

Car comes to rest a few feet away from gas pump after impact. / Courtesy photo by Lewis County Fire District 5

CLOSE CALL AT SPIFFY’S CORNER GAS STATION

• A motorist was arrested but lucky to be alive after a collision at a Lewis County gas station that knocked over a gas pump and sparked a fire. Firefighters called just before 5 o’clock yesterday morning to the AM/PM at U.S. Highway 12 near Interstate 5 found flames rising from the pump and the fuel around it, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Lt. Laura Hanson said they extinguished it with foam. An employee had used the emergency shut off switch, she said. The driver exited the car before crews arrived, Hanson said. He was taken to the hospital for reasons which were unknown to her, but were not for any burn injuries, she said. Washington State Patrol Trooper Will Finn said possible charges included driving under the influence in a car stolen car from Tenino as well as hit and run. John R. Loutzenhiser, 26, from Roy, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Finn. The investigating trooper could not determine the reason Loutzenhiser collided with the gas pump, other than he was intoxicated, Finn said.

OUT OF CONTROL

• Centralia police arrested a 27-year-old driver overnight after he led officers on a high-speed chase around the city running stop signs and traffic lights and allegedly tried to hit police cars with his vehicle multiple times. It began about 12:35 a.m. when, police say, Michael P. Miller-Gobal failed to stop for officers when he was signaled to do and ended when his car blew out a front tire and he fled on foot. One patrol car was disabled when it struck a curb but nobody was injured,  according to the Centralia Police Department. Miller, described as a transient who lives in Centralia, was apprehended and booked into the Lewis County Jail for eluding, possession of methamphetamine, misdemeanor warrants and second-degree assault, according to police.

• Police responded about 3:15 p.m. yesterday to a dispute at the 1200 block of Alder Street and arrested two Centralia residents for violating protection orders they have against each other. Patsy A. Bartlett, 46, was also arrested for misdemeanor assault and several warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. She and Mark A. Johnson, 60, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

BURGLARY

• Centralia police responded to a burglary at the 1200 block of West Main Street on Wednesday afternoon in which home electronics and jewelry were stolen.

• More than $2,000 worth of valuables were stolen in a residential burglary on the 2000 block of Lincoln Creek Road northwest of Centralia on Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the scene learned the break-in occurred sometime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. Among the missing items are two flat screen televisions and numerous pieces of jewelry, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were contacted on Thursday about a vehicle prowl on Northeast Adams Avenue and another on North National Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called to the parking lot at Wal-Mart regarding a vehicle prowl on Wednesday morning and later in the day to other prowls on South Market Boulevard, Northeast Terrace Road and Southeast Park Hill Road.

DRUGS

• A 51-year-old Cinebar man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant when he was contacted by police about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday at the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia. Howard D. Eslick was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 22-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and a warrant when contacted by police around 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the 900 block of Alder Street in Centralia. Darcie N. Negrete was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 60-year-old man was arrested when deputies assisted the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force serve a search warrant at the 400 block of Leudinghaus Road in Dryad on Tuesday evening. A large amount of methamphetamine and marijuana was recovered as well as a stolen firearm, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Edward K. Baker was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. He was released pending further investigation.

COLLISIONS

• A utility truck caught fire and its driver suffered minor scrapes when the vehicle lost power and rolled backwards over an embankment on Tuesday morning at the 400 block of Wildwood Road near Vader, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a hit and run accident about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 in which a motorcycle collided with a light-colored mid-sized sedan at the 3900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The 44-year-old Centralia resident said she was headed northbound when the car pulled onto the roadway attempting to head south and her 2007 Suzuki hit the car’s left side and she ended up sliding down the road, according to the sheriff’s office. Her injuries were minor, according to the sheriff’s office.

UPDATE: DECEASED TRANSIENT REUNITED WITH FAMILY

• The Lewis County Coroner’s Office reports a staff member was to fly to San Francisco to hand deliver the cremated remains of Manabu Ishikawa to his family prior to his memorial service scheduled for today. Ishikawa, 49, died in a Centralia motel this summer and was about to be buried in a Chehalis cemetery with other unclaimed persons when an employee of the motel tracked down his friends and family via Facebook. Coroner Warren McLeod said his mother would be flying from Japan to San Francisco for the service.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, misdemeanor thefts, collisions, hit and run, shoplifting, suspicious circumstances; complaint of neighbor revving an engine for about 45 minutes … and more.

Updated at 8:15 p.m.

MEN BOOKED FOR ASSAULT OF OFFICERS

• A 58-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree assault last night after two calls about a disorderly and intoxicated tenant at the 100 block of South Silver Street in Centralia. Steven M. Radick allegedly turned off someone else’s electricity and was threatening toward others; when contacted by an officer he allegedly struck the officer in the chest, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 45-year-old Centralia man was arrested for third-degree assault on Monday afternoon after police were asked to remove two individuals from a trailer park on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Police say when Mitchell W. Sinclair finally gathered up his belongings to go, he walked past an officer, twisted his body knocking the officer in the chest with his shoulder. He was He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BOY ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to Green Hill School about an assault of two staff members by a student-inmate. One went to the hospital to be checked and the other didn’t wish to press for charging, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BAR FIGHT

• Morton police on Monday said they were investigating a felony assault reported about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Bucksnort Inn on Main Avenue in which a 23-year-old Glenoma man sustained a concussion. He was treated at Morton General Hospital and has been released, according to Chief Dan Mortensen.

HOME BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• A 25-year-old Centralia area man returned home about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at the 2900 block of Sawall Avenue to discover someone had broken into his home and stolen a 40-inch Panasonic flat screen television, an xBox console and as many as 20 games, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

SHED BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• An 83-year-old Centralia man called the sheriff’s office on Monday morning after he discovered someone had cut a fence and gone into a storage shed stealing a red 2007 Yamaha ATV valued at more than $4,000. It happened at the 2200 block of Sandra Avenue, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

STOLEN TRAILER

• A 2004 utility trailer stolen out of Cle Elum was discovered at the 100 block of Cowlitz Loop Road in Toledo, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was contacted on Friday about the trailer which had been sitting on the property for some time, after tenants had left, according to the sheriff’s office. It was returned to its owner, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

MAIL THEFT

• A 49-year-old Centralia area resident contacted the sheriff’s office on Friday after discovering two outgoing checks had been stolen from the mailbox at the 100 block of River Heights Road. The victim told of seeing a small blue pickup truck in the area, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

MORE THEFT

• An air compressor and tools were stolen from a garage on the 700 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 12:30 p.m. yesterday.

• Centralia police took a report on Monday of wire stolen from inside a fenced area and building at the 1700 block of Lum Road which turned up in what appeared to be a homeless camp.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl in the parking lot at Shop n Kart on the 2100 block of North National Avenue in which a handgun and a garage door opener were stolen. Officer Linda Bailey said someone apparently got the victim’s home address from the registration and the victim subsequently reported his home was burglarized on Southwest William Avenue. It appeared whoever it was tried to steal the truck as well, Bailey said.

• Chehalis police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 400 block of Northeast Jefferson Avenue.

• Police called about 3:25 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on Southwest Kelly Avenue in Chehalis subsequently came across a slew of vehicles in the area which had also been hit. Doors and trunks were found open, dome lights on and stolen items strewn along a path which a police dog attempted a track, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Among the items taken were what you might expect to find inside a vehicle, such as purses, tools, CDs, according to police

• Police were called about 5:25 p.m. yesterday regarding someone stealing a television from a vehicle at the 900 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia.

DRUGS

• A 50-year-old Toledo man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when a deputy was asked to check on his well-being at the 5100 block of Jackson Highway in Toledo on Friday afternoon. William F. Eberle had an outstanding warrant and when he was taken into custody, the deputy found a substance that field tested positive for the dug, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Eberle was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sherif’s office.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

• Rupp W. Freece was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Sunday in connection with an alleged rape of a woman he knows, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

RESCUE IN THE WOODS

• Firefighters from Doty and Pe Ell responded with crews from Raymond when an elderly couple’s vehicle went down an embankment early yesterday morning west of Lewis County. Lewis County Fire District 16 Chief Greg Feuchter said he was not on the call, but it came out around 8:30 a.m. or so and while it was up towards Menlo in Pacific County, the scene was accessed off Elk Creek Road and up logging roads. Kirotv.com reports the truck accelerated off a cliff and was witnessed by the couple’s companions. The 80-year-old woman died and her husband was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition, according to reporter Richard Thompson.

COLLISIONS

• A 20-year-old Chehalis driver escaped injury when he swerved to miss a deer in the fog at the 200 block of Berry Road outside Chehalis and ended up sheering off a utility pole early on Sunday. His pickup truck sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for speeds too fast for conditions, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 72-year-old driver sustained only minor injuries but her Honda Civic was totaled when she lost control of the vehicle and it rolled at the 100 block of Chilvers Road west of Chehalis on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Bordena H. Andrew was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 19-year-old driver was cited for speed too fas for conditions after his 1998 Subaru Legacy collided with an embankment on Friday afternoon at the 100 block of Coal Creek Road near Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car sustained major damage, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. The driver was not hurt, Snaza said.

• There was significant damage to both the elk and the Honda Accord when  the two collided on Friday evening at the 2500 block of Salzer Valley Road outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 21-year-old driver was not injured, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, underage drinking; responses for alarms, misdemeanor assaults, dispute, shoplifting, parking lot hit and run, possible fraud, purse taken from shopping cart; complaints loud party, screaming man, growling, staring dog … and more.

ONE DIES IN TOLEDO AREA CRASH

• A 28-year-old passenger died and a driver was airlifted to a Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver after a single-vehicle wreck last night in Toledo. Aid and troopers responded about 7 p.m. after a Honda Accord struck a power pole at Jackson Highway near Ray Road, according to the Washington State Patrol. The car was totaled. According to the state patrol, the vehicle was southbound at a high rate of speed when it struck a guard rail coming around a lefthand corner, crossed the center line and hit the utility pole with its front passenger door. Both men are from Vancouver, according to the investigating trooper. Adam W. Newstrom, 28, died and Jonathon K. Reno, 42, was hospitalized, according to the state patrol. Neither were wearing seat belts. The cause of the wreck is under investigation, but the state patrol says alcohol or drugs were involved.

WANTED SUBJECT SURRENDERS

• Police from Centralia surrounded a travel trailer yesterday evening where a wanted person was hiding out on the 1300 block of Rose Street. The incident about 6 p.m. involved Jordan C. Yocom, 30, of Centralia who was being sought by Tumwater police police in connection with a robbery,  according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers used a loudspeaker to call Yocom out and he surrendered peacefully, according to police.

FALSE BREAK-IN REPORT LEADS TO REAL ARREST

• A 34-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday after allegedly reporting someone had kicked in the door to his apartment at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue. Police called about 3:30 p.m. to the purported burglary say the victim had actually kicked in his own door after being locked out and lied about a break-in because he was worried he would be held responsible for the damage. Joshua J. Williams, 34, and Cristi L. Wright, 38, of Centralia, were both arrested for filing  false police report, according to the Centralia Police Department. Williams was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

WOOD MILL FIRE EXTINGUISHED

• Crews from three fire departments responded about 3 o’clock this morning to a fire at a wood mill in north Centralia. Sawdust inside a baghouse had ignited at the 1300 block of Central Boulevard, according to Riverside Fire Authority. They flooded the inside of the hopper where the burning was mostly contained, Capt. Scott Snyder said. Firefighters were on the scene until roughly 5:30 a.m., he said.

MESSING WITH ORANGE CONES LANDS MAN IN JAIL

• Centralia police called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to the intersection of North Pearl Street and Reynolds Avenue arrested a 42-year-old man who had allegedly rearranged traffic cones from the construction area in such a way so that if vehicles followed the indicated path, they would have crashed head on. “He was intoxicated,” Officer John Panco said. Paul I. Ramirez, a homeless person, was arrested for reckless endangerment and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MISSING TRUCK

• Police this morning are investigating a possible stolen vehicle from Mellen Street in Centralia. The victim contacted police about 6:30 a.m. about the blue pickup truck but it’s not clear yet if it might have just been misplaced, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRACTOR FOUND

• A 35-year-old Pe Ell resident was arrested on Thursday after deputies traced a stolen tractor to his property. The red Massey Ferguson tractor found under cover at the 300 block of Pleasant Avenue had been taken from an open barn area on Roundtree Road in Curtis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel G. Thompson Jr. was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. The investigation is ongoing, Sgt. Rob Snaza said.

MISSING BIKE RECOVERED

• A 41-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday evening for allegedly selling a stolen bicycle. The bike turned up on the 300 block of West Magnolia Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Alex S. Escamilla was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree trafficking stolen property, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A bicycle was taken from the back of a truck at the 13300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police around noon yesterday.

COLLISIONS

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for driving under the influence after he allegedly ran into a parked vehicle and continued on from the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia early yesterday morning. Officers arriving about 3 a.m. found a license plate was dropped at the scene which led them to Jacob W. Kreidler, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Police arrested a 74-year-old Centralia man for driving under the influence after he was involved in a single vehicle collision with a tree about 9 p.m. on Thursday at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Richard C. Wilsie was cited and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• One of two teenaged girls in a single-vehicle accident was taken to the hospital on Thursday evening at the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street in Chehalis. Their car traveled through the grass into the parking lot near the playground missing a tree but striking another vehicle, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Both cars sustained serious damage, Capt. Casey Beck said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, violation of no contact order, misdemeanor assault; responses for disputes, drugs found in dressing room at Wal-Mart, a Dachshund wandering inside Wal-Mart … and more.

CORRECTION: The item about the arrest involving a stolen tractor found in Pe Ell on the property of Daniel G. Thompson Jr. has been updated to reflect his correct age. The sheriff’s office initially provided erroneous information.

HATCHET ASSAULT SUSPECT ARRESTED IN WYOMING

• The 31-year-old Randle man sought in connection with a hatchet attack last Friday was picked up early yesterday morning at a gas station in Rock Springs, Wyoming, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Robert J. Spradlin allegedly beat an acquaintance with the blunt end of the small axe at a home on the 200 block of Savio Road. The 54-year-old victim suffered several broken ribs, a punctured lung and had defensive wounds on his hands, according to the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Rob Snaza said the prosecutor’s office is working on the extradition process to bring Spradlin back to Lewis County.

TRACTOR MISSING

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the 200 block of Roundtree Road in Curtis about a red 1984 Massey Ferguson tractor stolen from an open barn area. It happened sometime after 8 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $5,000.

OTHER THEFT

• An officer took a report yesterday from the 500 block of South Ash Street in Centralia regarding a gold bracelet stolen approximately two months ago, according to the Centralia Police Department. They have a suspect and are investigating, according to police.

• Centralia police yesterday took a report from the 1300 block of Oxford Avenue about the theft of medications from the mail.

DRUGS

• A 53-year-old Onalaska man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine when he was picked up on a warrant about 2 o’clock this morning at a residence on the 3400 block of state Route 508, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Bill J. Lane was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 37-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and for reportedly providing a false name to law enforcement just after 1 p.m. yesterday, at the 200 block of North Railroad Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Elizabeth I. Stockham was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

POLICE TALK MAN INTO GETTING HELP

• Centralia police responded about 2 p.m. yesterday to the Mellen Street bridge for a distraught male. Officers spoke to the individual who appeared to be confused and upset and persuaded him to accept medical attention, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISION

• A horse and its teenaged rider were uninjured but a vehicle sustained major damage when the horse got spooked and ran from a driveway into the driver’s door of the SUV yesterday afternoon on the 100 block of Carroll Way in Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting; responses for alarm, suspicious circumstances, disputes, collisions … and more.