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CAT BURGLAR GETS INTO CENTRALIA RESIDENCE

• A Centralia area woman called 911 yesterday after waking up and realizing someone had burglarized her home while she and her children were sleeping. A deputy arriving about 9 a.m. to the 100 block of Mills Lane southeast of town learned the 37-year-old resident got up about 2:30 a.m. to take her medication, which was locked in a safe on a desk in the living room, where she, her daughter and son were sleeping, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman said when she got up later, the safe was gone, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. It appeared someone opened a window as well as cut through some plastic sheeting used to block a draft, according to Brown. The safe was later found, destroyed, in a ditch along Centralia-Alpha Road, after a neighbor called to report they’d seen a bluish-green car stop and toss it out, Brown said. Inside the safe were a wallet, old coins, a friend’s white-gold ring and various cards, according to the sheriff’s office.

BURGLARY IN CHEHALIS

• A web cam, a laptop and a Kindle Fire tablet computer were among the valuables missing after a burglary at the 600 block of Northwest St. Helens Avenue in Chehalis. Police were called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday; a door had been left unlocked, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss is more than $1,500, Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine about 8:30 p.m. yesterday at North Washington Avenue and Center Street in Centralia. Luis Ontiveros-Murillo was  booked into the Lewis County Jail, according Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police took a report yesterday morning that someone broke the back window out of a car at the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia.

TURKEYS CROSSING HIGHWAY PRECIPITATE CRASH

• Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle wreck this morning on state Route 6 about three miles west of Pe Ell when a Dodge Caravan stopped for wild turkeys crossing the roadway and was rear ended. Troopers called about 9:30 a.m. found the Dodge driver, Janet L. Shepperd, 40, of Pe Ell, injured although she was not transported, according to the Washington State Patrol. Both it and the 2013 Ford Edge which struck it were damaged. The Edge’s occupants, Arthur and Barbara Cox, both 73 and both from Grandview, were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the state patrol. Cox was cited for violating the basic speed rule, the investigating trooper reported.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, responses for alarms, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, a dog being walked on a leash getting clipped by a passing vehicle leaving it with an abrasion on its leg … and more.

FOILED BY ALARMS

• Deputies responding about 5:35 a.m. yesterday to an alarm at a business on the 2800 block of Centralia-Alpha Road east of Chehalis found someone had created a hole in the side of a building and smashed out a small window in the rear. There was no actual entry into Austin Powder, an explosives business, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.

BREAKING IN TO RESIDENCE

• A deputy was called yesterday to a burglary at the 800 block of Lucas Creek Road east of Chehalis where someone had, sometime since the day before, stolen more than $5,000 worth of valuables such as a Stihl chainsaw, a backpack leaf blower and other tools, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Morton police were called about a residential burglary at about 3 p.m. on Friday at the 600 block of Westlake Avenue. The case is under investigation, police reported yesterday.

BREAKING IN TO TRAILER

• Someone broke into a travel trailer along the 100 block of Jerrells Road near Mossyrock and stole a sleeping bag, food, mens’ clothing, CDs and a flat screen television, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding on Saturday was told it occurred sometime since the Saturday before, according to the sheriff’s office.

VALUABLES MISSING FROM HOME

• Centralia police reported yesterday morning they are investigating the theft of jewelry from a residence on the 900 block of K Street. The suspect may be someone the victim knows, according to the Centralia Police Department.

STOLEN ARTWORK

• Police were called about 2 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of West Center Street in Centralia following the discovery a collectible item on display was missing.

LIFTED DELI FOOD

• A 23-year-old woman who allegedly fought with store security who attempted to stop her when she left with $12 worth of deli food from the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was arrested for second-degree robbery on Saturday evening. Centralia police say Briana L. Carrothers, from Rochester, had outstanding warrants and was booked into the Lewis County Jail. She was released without charges from the robbery count pending further investigation.

SIPHONING FUEL

• Someone stole gas from vehicles parked in a lot at the 300 block of South Pearl Street. It was reported Saturday morning and occurred in the night, according to police.

FRAUD

• Centralia police responded to the 1100 block of J Street in Centralia yesterday evening regarding a report of a forged document on a piece of property. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POWER PILFERING

• Police took a call from an individual at the 1400 block of Delaware Street in Centralia yesterday regarding a neighbor stealing electricity by using and extension cord and an outlet without permission. A summons for third-degree theft is being sent to the suspected offender, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of North National Avenue where someone cut through a fence and got into a truck stealing various items.

VANDALISM

• A 45-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for allegedly intentionally breaking a mirror off a parked vehicle in connection with a location at B and May streets in Centralia on Saturday afternoon. Police say Mary L. Barajas stated she was only trying to get someone’s attention. Barajas was arrested for malicious mischief and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CHASE

• Deputies arrested a 20-year-old homeless person yesterday in connection with a police pursuit the night before northwest of Napavine. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, at about 9 p.m. on Saturday deputies were in the area of Harmon and Carroll roads on another matter when a vehicle drove by which they tried to stop but he eluded them. The driver reportedly drove the vehicle off the road, struck a utility pole and fled on foot, according to the sheriff’s office. A track with a police dog was unsuccessful but upon getting information their suspect was present at a location Sommerville Road, deputies arrested Brandon A. Cruzan, Sgt. Rob Snaza said. He had outstanding warrants and was also booked for obstruction and eluding, Snaza said.

FROM THE HAZE

• Morton police were called just after 6 a.m. on Friday about strange flashing strobe lights in the fog near the 100 block of Westlake Avenue. It was a school bus picking up students, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor theft, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, bar dispute, road rage, collision in a parking lot, collision into a tree, graffiti spray painted in park restrooms, a male reporting people yelled obscene things at him as he walked down the street, reporting party with a videotape of a toddler and a baby left alone in a vehicle in a store parking lot; concerns about hearing voices, someone haunting an individual, shady looking characters in a retail parking lot; complaints of barking dog, loud neighbor music, someone breaking a sink in a bathroom, man urinating outdoors, possible protection order violation by comment on Facebook, train blocking an intersection for about 25 minutes, someone egging a parked car, two teenagers making out “heavily” on the swings at a playground … and more.

Police would like to talk with the individuals whose pictures were captured before surveillance cameras disappeared.

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS GONE, BUT EFFECTIVE

• Chehalis police were called to the Visiting Nurses business on the 700 block of South Market Boulevard on Thursday because someone stole two outdoor security cameras. While the devices went missing during the night, the images remained on the video equipment inside, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The pictures showed a male and a short female with short dark hair come into view, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Officers would like to talk with the two suspects, according to Kaut.

ASSAULTS

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested Thursday night for allegedly striking his sister with a bat during a dispute. Police called about 5:30 p.m. to the 1700 block of Maple Valley Drive in Centralia booked Riley J. Youckton into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School for Boys on Thursday to investigate a physical dispute with multiple participants. There was a fight between two student-inmates in a classroom during which another fight broke out in the hallway with several more boys, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Staff at the juvenile corrections facility dealt with it and police responded afterward, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. He wasn’t aware of any serious injuries yesterday or many details, but the report wasn’t yet completed, Kaut said. While the “numerous” individuals involved didn’t want to press for charges, police will be asking the prosecutor to evaluate the case for the offense of rioting, according to Kaut.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report of appliances missing from bank-owned property at the 700 block of Bengal Court yesterday.

FRAUD

• An officer took a report yesterday from the 1700 block of West Mellen Street in Centralia regarding an unknown suspect using a woman’s credit card on the Internet. The two-paragraph report didn’t list when or how the discovery was made or the amount in question, according to Centralia Police Department Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Oftentimes with these types of crimes, while the victim is local, the official victim – the bank – is in another jurisdiction and so the case belongs there, according to Reichert. The reports are mostly perfunctory, he said. The woman may very well be reimbursed by her credit card company and the eventual victim who takes the loss may be the vendor, Reichert said.

• Centralia police were called Thursday morning regarding the fraudulent use a credit card in connection with the 1000 block of Ellsbury Street.

BAD COMBO: MIRROR, SUNLIGHT, ANTIQUE STORE

• Firefighters were called to a shop on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia when passersby noticed wisps of smoke through a window inside the business. What happened was the sun was shining through the glass, striking an old antique convex mirror on display and the beam was directed back to just below the edge of the sill, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The Saturday Antique Market is only open one day a week, according to Firefighter Rick LeBoeuf. The call came about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, he said. “It obviously had been doing it for awhile,” LeBoeuf said. The smoldering itself was so minute, that when a person stood in front of the mirror, the smoking stopped, he said. A firefighter scraped off a charred section about three inches in size and advised the arriving owner to move the mirror, LeBoeuf said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, trespassing, responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances; complaints of someone throwing eggs, intoxicated person bothering customers … and more.

Sun shines onto mirror, bounces back to window sill.

Courtesy photos by Terry Ternan

PURSUIT OF YOUNG TEEN DRIVER ENDS IN WRECK

• A 14-year-old Chehalis area boy was arrested after he allegedly tried to outrun a deputy who was trying to stop him for speeding yesterday afternoon. It happened about 2 p.m. northbound on Jackson Highway south of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 1994 Dodge Intrepid was traveling 69 mph in a 40 mph zone and instead of pulling over, continued forward until the driver tried to make a right-hand turn onto Panorama Drive, where it struck a tree according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. Three occupants tried to run away and the driver did get away, Snaza said. He was subsequently contacted and taken into custody for attempted eluding and three counts of reckless endangerment, according to Snaza. Nobody at the scene was injured, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. However, the registered owner of the Intrepid was cited for allowing the teen to drive, according to Snaza.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 2:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Eckerson Road about someone changing the name and account numbers on someone else’s account. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An investigation into a late July theft from the 600 block of Falls Road in Randle ended yesterday with a deputy forwarding recommended charges of second-degree burglary regarding a pair of Randle residents. Missing was a boat motor valued at more than $1,500, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspects are men ages 51 and 24, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. yesterday to the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia after two individuals reportedly stole keys from a business and the fled.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning after a man accidentally left his wallet at Sears in the Lewis County Mall and upon return, located it but missing its credit cards and a “couple hundred” dollars cash, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Various items including CDs were stolen and the gas tank apparently siphoned from a car parked at the 500 block of Northwest Quincy Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. There was no forced entry, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass; responses for alarms, littering, other misdemeanor theft, collision, hit and run, babies and / or children allegedly left or accidentally locked inside vehicles, one of which resulted in a warning … and more.

SHOOTING SUSPECT APPREHENDED IN NAPAVINE

• A 24-year-old Longview man was arrested yesterday evening at the McDonalds restaurant in Napavine by multiple law enforcement officers looking for him in connection with a shooting earlier this month in Longview. Lewis County deputies and police from Longview assisted the U.S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force in picking up Justin H. Nash at about 5 p.m. at the 100 block of Kirkland Road, according to authorities. Longview police say early the morning of October 5, Nash shot a 40-year-old man twice in the legs; the victim then drove himself to the hospital. Longview police say the motive was robbery, unrelated to the victim being a witness in a coming trial. Nash was booked into jail in Cowlitz County for first-degree robbery, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a fire arm, according to police. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Rob Snaza said deputies later arrested the 37-year-old Chehalis woman who was with Nash, after the federal marshals conducted a search of her home on the 1600 block of Bishop Road. Based on what was found, Lori Mathat was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of a sawed off shotgun, Snaza said.

WIRING STOLEN FROM NEW STREET LIGHTS

• Someone removed 800 feet of copper wiring from below ground meant for new street lights being installed in area under construction north of Uhlmann Motors on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. A worker who discovered the theft this morning called police; it occurred sometime during the previous week, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The loss to the city is estimated at as much as $8,000 for materials and labor, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

THEFT

• A stolen 2003 Honda mini van was recovered yesterday from a wooded area off the 1000 block of Long Road in Centralia. The vehicle, reported missing in August, was stripped down, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning from the 200 block of East Third Street of windows shot out of a building. It appeared a BB or pellet gun was used, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SECRET SANTA COMES EARLY IN TENINO

• The Tenino Police Department announced today a local person who wished to remain anonymous donated $2,500 for the purchase of bullet-proof vests for the agency’s three commissioned officers. “The Chief and the officers are exceptionally happy, relieved and thankful for this person’s compassion and caring,” Chief John Hutchings stated in a news release. “This gift of love certainly lightens our burdens.”

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults, shoplifting; responses for alarm, possible shoplifting, minor collisions, suspicious circumstances, someone who thought their car was stolen but learned someone had moved it as a prank … and more.

Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority

Updated at 8:04 p.m.

EARLY MORNING BLAZE TAKES OUT TWO SEMI TRUCKS

• Crews from West Thurston Regional Fire Authority were called about 4 o’clock yesterday morning to a report of two parked semi trucks burning at a business northeast of Littlerock. Firefighters arriving to the 900 block of 83rd Avenue Southwest found other big rigs threatened by the fire and were able to quickly extinguish it, according to a news release from the fire department. An employee coming in to work had called it in, spokesperson Lt. Lanette Dyer reported. The cause is under investigation, according to Dyer. They were destroyed. She says the business and the trucks are insured. She describes the business’s name as Southwest Trucking Olympia.

THEFT

• A stolen small cargo trailer was discovered abandoned in a lot at Southwest Circle Street in Chehalis yesterday morning.

• An individual told an officer about 9 a.m. yesterday that someone broke into her vehicle on Saturday while she was inside a store at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Her wallet was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called just before noon yesterday about a car prowl at the 100 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia. The victim told an officer someone got inside her vehicle but didn’t take anything, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday from someone who said their handicap permit was taken from their vehicle the day before while at the 700 block of South Market Boulevard at Ace Hardware.

• Morton police reported yesterday they are reviewing surveillance tape following a complaint a week ago Monday that someone stole donated items from the drop box at Jan’s Lost and Found.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police responded about 8 a.m. yesterday to five victims of graffiti at the 500 block behind North Rock and Iron streets. It was plain black gang-style tagging as though someone walked down an alley and painted everything they came across, mostly garages, according to the Centralia Police Department. At about 10 a.m., an officer took reports of several buildings affected during the night on the 500 block of North Pearl Street.

RIDE HOME

• Morton police reported yesterday they responded about 8 p.m. on Oct. 4 to a dispute at the Bucksnort Inn and some of the involved parties were provided a ride home.

COLLISION

• Centralia police responded to a vehicle versus bicycle accident at the 1500 block of South Gold Street about 5:30 p.m. yesterday in which the male bicyclist, age unavailable, suffered minor injuries. He rode in front of a vehicle that was attempting to leave a parking lot, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assaults, shoplifting of a beer; responses for alarms, minor collision, a student with marijuana, underage drinking, suspicious circumstances such a suspicious camo trailer in the woods near the 800 block of Main Avenue in Morton that turned out to belong to the new property owner; concerns and complaints about animals … and more.