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VIOLENCE IN CENTRALIA

• Deputies were called to Centralia High School yesterday afternoon to arrest a 15-year-old boy who allegedly produced a knife and threatened to kill a 16-year-old boy during an altercation about a girlfriend. No injuries were reported and the teen was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention for first-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 23-year-old man was arrested for second-degree assault after allegedly threatening to strike an acquaintance with a baton yesterday. The approximately 4 p.m. incident connected with an address on Logan and Marion streets in Centralia ended with Brett A. Warness, a Centralia resident, getting booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DOG TRACKS MAN WITH WARRANT

• Centralia police dispatched police dog Kayo late yesterday afternoon after a traffic stop in which the driver fled on foot in the area of the 100 block of West High Street. Kayo captured John L. Lybbert, 42, of Centralia, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

SUSPECTED SCAM

• Chehalis police were called to a bank on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard late yesterday afternoon when a 42-year-old woman was wanting to send ransom money in response to information a relative in Mexico had been kidnapped. The bank and an arriving officer persuaded her it appeared to be an attempted fraud, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PROWLERS

• The sheriff’s office was called about 8:45 a.m. yesterday after a caretaker of property on the 100 block of North Military Road in Winlock discovered a female hiding in a small outbuilding, who reportedly had been cutting wiring from the wall. The woman was not located but the caretaker recognized her, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect faces possible charges of second-degree burglary and malicious mischief, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• Deputies responded just after 2 a.m. today to the 300 block of Blanchard Road in Centralia when a resident spotted a prowler crouched between two vehicles in his carport. The subject, described as skinny and dressed in black, jumped up and ran away to the east, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 66-year-old resident had heard his driveway sensor “sound off” and thought it might be a deer, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police took a report of a car prowl just after 6 o’clock this morning at the 1500 block of View Avenue in Centralia. Missing were two Carhart vests and cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An estimated $1,500 worth of tools were taken from a vehicle on the 1000 block of North Pearl Street, according to a report taken by Centralia police yesterday morning.

MAIL THEFT

• Centralia police took a report from the 500 block of North Rock Street about 9:30 a.m. yesterday about rent checks getting stolen from a mailbox.

NEAR MISS

• Aid and deputies responded abut 1:40 p.m. yesterday when a vehicle veered off the road in north Centralia and came to rest on the bank of the Skookumchuck River near the 2300 block of Howard Avenue. The 57-year-old driver said she suffered an unspecified medical issue when her vehicle traveled through a fence and into some trees sustaining major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She declined to go to the hospital.

THURSTON COURT ASSISTANT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MARIJUANA GROW

• The Olympian reports the attorney for the Thurston County Superior Court judicial assistant charged with manufacture of marijuana is investigating a possible defense regarding if the woman’s roommate who had a medical marijuana authorization was growing marijuana in the garage. Debbie Requa, 60, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Thurston County, according to news reporter Jeremy Pawloski.

KABOOM, GOES THE POTTY

• Three teenage boys were arrested after they got caught attempting to blow up a urinal at a public restroom on the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia early on New Year’s Eve. Police think it was some sort of firework. The youngsters, ages 16 and 17, were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for malicious mischief; two of them also for having marijuana on them, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SNOW TROUBLES

• Centralia police were called on Monday afternoon about a windshield damaged when several children threw snowballs at a vehicle driving along the 1800 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Lewis County sheriff’s deputies spent several hours after Monday morning’s surprise snow fall responding to five single-vehicle collisions. All resulted in major vehicle damage, three were roll overs and one included a complaint of injury by an 80-year-old female passenger who hit her head, according to the sheriff’s office.

SWEET PEA DODGES TRAFFIC

• Police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday when two motorists stopped for a toddler who looked to be about 1-year-old crossing the street alone at South Market and First Street in Chehalis. An arriving officer found the parents there and learned someone had left a door open at the church, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BURGLARY TOLEDO

• A deputy took a report of a break-in to a garage on the 5500 block of Jackson Highway near Toledo in which a 20-gallon propane tank, a propane torch attachment and other items were stolen. It was reported on Monday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BURGLARY VADER

• A deputy was called yesterday by a woman who said someone broke into her deceased father’s home on the 800 block of E Street in Vader. She could not tell if anything was missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

MISSING VAN

• A blue Plymouth Voyager outfitted with a so-called ignition interlock device was reported stolen from the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia about 12:20 a.m. yesterday. The vehicle vanished sometime during the previous two days, according to the Centralia Police Department. Interlocks are devices sometimes installed on the vehicles of those arrested for driving under the influence which require a clean breath sample before the vehicle will start.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday after a woman at the Midway Cinema at the Lewis County Mall discovered the passenger window on her vehicle shattered and her purse missing from inside. Also taken were two suitcases, according to police.

• Police took a report of a car prowl about 12:25 a.m. yesterday at the 1800 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Missing were a tool set, a iPod and GPS device, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A traffic stop about 5:15 p.m. yesterday led to the arrest of a 24-year-old Winlock man for possession of heroin. The deputy discovered Daniel T. Shawgo was driving with a suspended license and a search turned up three syringes, one of which was filled with a dark liquid when a vehicle was pulled over on Kerron Avenue in Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Shawgo was booked into the Lewis County Jail as was his passenger who was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear in court, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

NOT A KIDNAPPING

• Police went into extra emergency response after a 911 call in which a young girl observed a child hollering no, no, no and being put into a silver mini van in Vader. It happened just before 12:30 p.m. on Monday and it wasn’t long before an officer caught up with the van and determined the 5-year-old girl was with her own mother. Winlock Police Chief Terry Williams said the mom didn’t recall the yelling and the little girl said she didn’t want to put her gloves on. Williams thought the girl who reported it to her parent did a pretty good job, estimating from a block away the apparent abductee was about 4 years old.

GOOD BYE 2012

• Four New Year’s DUI arrests for Centralia police, the final one about 7:20 a.m. yesterday after a 23-year-old motorist reportedly ran into a utility pole and a light pole on the 1600 block of Cooks Hill Road knocking them both down. Daniel C. Lopez, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police spent the last day of 2012 responding to calls such as a misdemeanor assault, one barking dog, one shoplifter at Wal-Mart, two stolen bicycles, three vehicles off the roadways, drivers squirreling around the parking lot at W.F. West High School,  and at least one too-loud party that spilled into the 2 a.m. hour.

HELLO 2013

• Arrests: Warrant, warrant, suspended license times two, another warrant. That’s most of how Centralia Police Department patrol officers spent the first day of the year yesterday. Early in the day, an attempted traffic stop on West Plum Street led to … nothing really. About 11 a.m., an officer apparently identified the driver who fled. The 30-year-old homeless man will be issued a summons to come to court where he will face charges of driving with a suspended license and reckless driving, according to police. Attention Michael S. Cabe, call Centralia police to find out when you’re supposed to be in court, unless you have a post office box where you can watch for their mailing.

State Route 508 on Monday afternoon. / Courtesy photo by Jennifer Mau

BREAK-IN IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday to a burglary at an apartment attached to a business on the 1400 block of South Gold Street. Jewelry and camera equipment were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN IN PACKWOOD

• A dresser drawer and its contents were stolen in a burglary on the 200 block of Bevin Lake Road in Packwood, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The 70-year-old victim called 911 on Friday to report someone had broken a door to get into his home sometime during the previous two days, according to the sheriff’s office.

STOLEN HONDA CARS

• A 1994 Honda Accord reported missing on Saturday from the 100 block of Washington Avenue in Centralia was found yesterday afternoon abandoned in a field near Fair Street and Kresky Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. It had a flat tire and its stereo was missing, according to police.

• A stolen red Honda Civic was recovered on Friday afternoon on the 900 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia.

BICYCLE HEIST

• Three children’s bicycles were reported stolen yesterday from the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called on Saturday afternoon to the 2700 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia regarding a vehicle prowl that had occurred several days earlier.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon of graffiti painted onto a building on the 1200 block of North Schueber Road in Centralia.

TEEN DUI

• A 17-year-old girl was arrested about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday for driving under the influence of marijuana as well as possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue. Other suspected but unspecified drugs were discovered in the vehicle, according to police.

TEEN WRECK

• An 18-year-old Chehalis resident and his passenger were reportedly uninjured when he lost control of his vehicle and rolled it onto its top overnight on Pleasant Valley Road west of Chehalis. A deputy called just after midnight to milepost 7 issued a citation for wheels off the roadway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

It’s snowing this morning.

ZOOM, ZOOM

• An 18-year-old Army soldier said his clutch got stuck after getting caught driving 100 mph in a 35 mph zone south of Chehalis and then trying to outrun a police vehicle last night. A deputy on patrol on Maurin Road in the Chehalis Industrial Park at about 9:30 p.m. attempted to pull over the speeding sports car but it blew a stop sign and turned onto Rush Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The newly purchased 2007 Scion entered a driveway on the 1800 block of Bishop Road in an attempt to hide from the deputy, but the deputy pulled in behind it, Cmdr. Steve Aust said. Jonathan R. Cook, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, said the clutch malfunctioned, but his 17-year-old passenger said no, he was just speeding, according to Aust. Cook was booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempting to elude.

TAKE THAT!

• Police were called to a Northwest Chehalis Avenue bar about 10:50 p.m. yesterday when an arriving patron who appeared drunk was told to leave and on the way out allegedly punched out the window. Officers located a suspect near the fire station with blood on his hand, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Aaron A. Cogburn, 22, of Centralia, was arrested for the damage at Paradise and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, Sgt. Brian Hickey said.

AND MORE …

• And numerous other calls such as dead cat in the road, dead raccoon by the garage, misdemeanor assaults, fender benders, and my neighbor’s unfriendly pit bull won’t let me get out of my car.

POLICE: MAN BURGLARIZES MOTEL FOR HIS OWN GUNS

• Centralia police arrested a 23-year-old Centralia resident yesterday afternoon, saying he broke into a motel room on the 1200 block of Alder Street to retrieve two handguns he left there when checking out. Marcus J. Inman Jr. allegedly removed a screen and pried open a window and subsequently tried to flee pursuing police on a bicycle and then on foot, but was captured by police dog Kayo, according to the Centralia Police Department. The two guns were found nearby, according to police. Inman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree burglary, two counts of felon in possession of  firearm and an outstanding warrant, according to police.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called abut 10:25 p.m. yesterday to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue when an individual discovered someone began using their credit cards shortly after their wallet was left at a grocery store. The case is under investigation.

• Chehalis police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday from an individual who said $502 was withdrawn from their Chehalis bank account. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 42-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine just before 1 o’clock this morning when contacted by police at the 100 block of King Street in Centralia regarding a warrant and a complaint of an assault from the night before. Jason R. Slighte was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police yesterday arrested Frank L. Mako, 28, of Chehalis, for three counts of delivery of a controlled substance in connection with an earlier investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DAIRY DAN’S DRIVE-IN

• Chehalis police were called just before 4 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of South Market Boulevard when a van went into the back door of Dairy Dan’s. The driver told police his son got out of his booster seat into the driver’s seat of the vehicle and knocked it into neutral causing the van to roll, according to Officer Linda Bailey. A police report did not note injuries or significant damage, according to Bailey.

HORSE VERSUS VEHICLE

• A 54-year-old Castle Rock man escaped injury when his SUV struck a horse standing in the road last night near Toledo. A deputy responding around 9:30 p.m. to the 400 block of Toledo-Vader Road noted the horse’s front leg was nearly severed and so a veterinarian was summoned to euthanize the animal, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The Ford Expedition sustained minor damage and the 18-year-old owner of the horse, who lived nearby, was cited for “animal at large,” according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.

UNRULY ARRESTEE

• A traffic stop about 2:30 a.m. yesterday of a suspected intoxicated driver on Alder Street in Centralia led to a trip to the hospital for a 29-year-old Centralia man who reportedly tried to break out a patrol car window and got hurt in the process, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis County sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said Eugene S. McFall was making threats to the deputy, trying to escape the patrol car and banging his head on the cage in the back. McFall was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be treated and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief – for causing the patrol car to be taken out of service so the blood could be cleaned up – as well as for intimidating a public servant, according to Aust. The case will be referred for a DUI charge and other offenses, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS AND WARRANT

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 10:30 p.m. yesterday for unlawful possession of prescription drugs, after contact with an officer at West Walnut and South Cedar streets in Centralia. Jamie L. McCarty was booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department. During the same contact, Christopher J. McCarty, 27, also of Centralia, reportedly lied to officers and was booked for a warrant from the state Department of Corrections, according to police.

MISSING TOOLS

• Chehalis police responded to a report of a burglary to a shed just after 3 p.m. on Monday at the 600 block of Lafayette Street. Missing was a tool box and tools for welding, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called abut 10:30 p.m. on Monday regarding repeated car prowls at the 300 block of Northwest Florida Street in Chehalis. Among the items missing from an unlocked vehicle were change, sunglasses and work clothes, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ASSAULT

• Chehalis police were contacted about 8:30 p.m. on Monday about an alleged sexual assault earlier the same day at a residence in Chehalis. Officer Linda Bailey said a young woman spoke of indecent liberties being taken by a male and the case remains under investigation.

SHERIFF: HOMELESS MAN PUSHES WAY INTO CHEHALIS-AREA HOME

• Deputies were called to a home south of Chehalis yesterday evening after a resident answered a knock on his door and was confronted by a man who asked to use the phone and then came inside, shoving the resident. The 27-year-old resident was able to push the man back outside and call 911, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened about 5:20 p.m. on the 100 block of Vermillion Road near Spiffy’s restaurant, Cmdr. Steve Aust said. Deputies located 40-year-old David S. Ball in the area and a search of his backpack turned up suspected methamphetamine, according to Aust. Two vehicles in the area had been prowled so Ball – a transient – was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for multiple offenses, including misdemeanor assault, according to Aust. Aust said the suspect said he needed to use the phone because of a medical issue, but deputies aren’t sure if that was just a ruse to get inside.

CHEHALIS RESTAURANT BURGLARIZED

• Police were called about 9 a.m. today to a Chehalis restaurant where someone had forced their way inside overnight and made off with cash and possibly alcohol. Some bottles of liquor had been moved around at Plaza Jalisco on Maryland Avenue as though they were planning on taking them, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

KNIFE FAILS DURING PANHANDLER TIFF

• Centralia police responded about 10 p.m. yesterday when a fight broke out where three transients were arguing about who had the right to beg for money at a freeway off ramp panhandling spot. A 33-year-old Kelso man allegedly tried to stab a 23-year-old Kelso man but the blade somehow bent instead and the man was unharmed, according to the Centralia Police Department. The tussle at Harrison Avenue near Belmont ended with two of them arrested, according to police. Joshua R. Roberts, 33, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful display of a weapon and fighting in public, according to Sgt. Brian Warren. Justin B. Bedortha, 23, was cited for fighting and then released, according to police.

CENTRALIA BURGLARY

• Someone stole two laptop computers and an Xbox game console from a home on the 2700 block of Russell Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10 p.m. yesterday.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone broke out a vehicle window and stole computer speakers and a phone jack on the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street in Chehalis, according to a report made to police just after 10 a.m. yesterday.

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Bunker Creek Road in Adna on Friday where someone had broke a window out of a vehicle and stole a flashlight and an iPod, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.