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GUNPOINT ARREST AT SAFEWAY

• A 37-year-old Chehalis man with a warrant was arrested at gunpoint yesterday afternoon in the parking lot at Safeway on South Market Boulevard. Jacob Woods was wanted by the state Department of Corrections and was spotted about 5:15 p.m. by an off-duty officer who knew he was wanted, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Because he has an assaultive and violent history, he was ordered to the ground and taken into custody, Chehalis detective Sgt. Brian Hickey said. Woods was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

PUNCHING COURTHOUSE WALL DRAWS POLICE

• Police and deputies were called to the third floor of the Lewis County Courthouse just before 5 p.m. yesterday after an upset 19-year-old Centralia man punched a hole in a wall. He was angry because he wasn’t allowed to give his mother a hug after she was sentenced to incarceration, Chehalis detective Sgt. Brian Hickey said. He was not arrested. The case will be forwarded to the city attorney for evaluation of a possible charge of third-degree malicious mischief, according to Hickey.

IDENTITY THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports a 76-year-old Centralia-area man called to report someone used his credit card number in Chehalis, California and Texas to make several purchases last month totaling more than $2,000. The victim still has possession of the card so someone must have “skimmed” the number off it at some point, according to the sheriff’s office. There is no suspect information, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

WRECK

• One man was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia yesterday after a two-vehicle collision at Old Highway 9 and James Road in Grand Mound. Aid called early yesterday afternoon to the scene of the wreck between a passenger car and pickup truck said another man was uninjured and a third was treated at the scene. The car sustained substantial damage, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Further details were not readily available.

RANDLE MAN SAVED FROM VEHICLE FIRE

• A disoriented Randle man was pulled from his burning Jeep yesterday on state Route 7 near Mineral. The Washington State Patrol called just before 4 p.m. to the scene said Gordon C. Reed, 51, had pulled over as the vehicle was smoking and it became fully engulfed in flames. Between witnesses, passersby and the fire department, a life was probably saved, Sgt. Shane Nelson said. Reed for whatever reason didn’t get out of the vehicle, he said. He was taken to Morton General Hospital for possible injuries from the fire and evaluated for possibly driving under the influence of drugs or medication, according to Nelson.

OVERNIGHT AT CHURCH GETS TWO ARRESTED

• A deputy and police were called to a church on the 2000 block of Jackson Highway near Chehalis yesterday morning when a pastor unlocked a door to a residence behind the building and found two young men had been sleeping there. The pair allegedly also forced their way into another of Dayspring Baptist Church’s buildings there and took chips, crackers and juice, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher D. Kruger, 19, of Chehalis and Christopher C. Garner, 20, a homeless person, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 46-year-old woman for possession of methamphetamine about 4:30 a.m. today at the 900 block of Harrison Avenue. Vonda K. Rogers, of Port Orchard, was booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 25-year-old Silver Creek man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday when Chehalis police came across him walking near Southwest Fifth Street and McFadden Avenue. Ryan M. Weigant was wanted on a warrants and when the officer searched him, two small zip lock baggies were found in his pockets, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, detective Sgt. Brian Hickey said.

• Centralia police were called about 7 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of Marsh Avenue about stolen pain medication. They have a suspect and are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BRUSH AND BARK FIRE

• A quarter-acre of landscaping beauty bark caught fire yesterday on a steep hillside at the 100 block of Arbor Crest Drive south of Chehalis. Firefighters called just after 6 p.m. extinguished it, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.

WRECK

• A 31-year-old woman was arrested for driving under the influence after a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 12 at Jackson Highway yesterday evening that sent one car some 30 feet off the road and into a cement ditch next to a residence, according to authorities. Both vehicles were damaged. Two local fire chiefs happened to be passing by and assisted Lewis County Fire District 5 with the call just after 6 p.m. Allison E. Campbell, 31, was booked in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Washington State Patrol. All involved were evaluated and declined to go to the hospital, Fire Lt. Laura Hanson said. The other car was occupied by a 33-year-old man and his dog. Because Campbell had a 4-year-old boy in her car, she faces possible other charges, state patrol Sgt. Shane Nelson said. The cause of the wreck is under investigation.

One of the two cars involved in a wreck at Mary's Corner landed some 30 feet away.

Firefighters put out a fire at the double-wide mobile home south of Chehalis on Saturday morning and had to return for fires there twice early Tuesday and then three times last night for grass fires nearby.

Updated at 5:40 p.m.

SOMEONE SETTING FIRES ON SALSBURY AVE.

• Firefighters were called out three times during the night to mysterious fires that continue to plague a vacant mobile home that burned early Saturday morning at the 2200 block of Salsbury Avenue in Chehalis. Lewis County Fire District 6 Assistant Chief Pat Smith said they were grass fires adjacent to the trailer, the largest of which was about 30-feet by 30-feet. “Somebody set it, it didn’t just happen,” Smith said. Chehalis police called out there this morning found no evidence but did locate a sock with unspecified items in it, according to Officer Linda Bailey. The fire is under investigation by the fire marshal’s office as well as the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT INJURES TARGET SHOOTER

• A 60-year-old was in his truck reloading his .22 when it discharged striking him in the thigh last night at a gun range on Cannon Road in Packwood, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to Morton General Hospital about 9:30 p.m. reported the Bonney Lake resident drove himself to a relative’s house and was taken to the hospital. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said it didn’t appear the gunshot injury was life-threatening, but the man was to be taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

ONALASKA HOUSE, FENCE, CHICKEN COOP STRUCK BY VEHICLE

• A 30-year-old man was arrested overnight after a deputy responded to a complaint at the 1600 block of Middle Fork Road in Onalaska that he was trying to crash his Jeep through a neighbor’s house. A deputy who arrived just before 1 a.m. was told Luke U. Hall had been outside yelling at the neighbors for hours, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy found damage through a fence, into the yard, the side of the house and a chicken coop which was destroyed when the driver attempted to back up and got stuck, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Hall was arrested and booked for harassment and malicious mischief, according to Brown. Why he was upset was not noted, she said. A dollar damage estimate is pending, she said.

POLICE: THIEF CAUGHT ON CAMERA

• Officers who took a report of a lost wallet at Safeway in Centralia yesterday afternoon viewed security video that showed the victim left it at a self-service checkout stand and another customer picked it up and paid for some of his own items with the victim’s money. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and municipal court warrants following a short foot pursuit into an alley last night near the 1000 block of Alder Street in Centralia. When an officer made a traffic stop about 10:45 p.m., a passenger got out and came back to the patrol car with something in his hand and his arm raised, according to police. The officer yelled at him to stop and drop it, so he dropped something behind the patrol car but took off running, Sgt. Carl Buster said. When Travis L. Combs was taken into custody, an officer found a baggie of crystalline substance in his pocket, Buster said. Behind the patrol car, he left a package of chocolate chip cookies, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

GENUINE MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

• A 55-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday  after a complaint someone had pulled up flowers his girlfriend had planted and thrown them onto and into her vehicle. An officer called about 7:30 a.m. to the 700 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue in Chehalis observed shrubbery and other vegetation, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Benjamin J. Bartlett was arrested for for malicious mischief, Officer Linda Bailey said. The police report did not note any damage to the vehicle.

NOT A BOMB

• Chehalis police were called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday to Wells Fargo Bank on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard because a backpack was found sitting in the bank. An officer took it away, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Inside was only a handwritten note with no names on it, according to police.

WRECKS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they impounded a truck found Sunday morning that had skidded into a ditch along the 500 block of Cannon Road in Packwood.

• A 30-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she ran her Toyota into a ditch off Bunker Creek Road west of Centralia last night. A deputy called about 10:15 p.m. to the area near milepost 9 reported she said “she was going way too fast,” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her vehicle sustained major damage, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said she didn’t think the woman was injured. Nicole R. Piper was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

CENTRALIA WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO CRASH INJURIES

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the 33-year-old Centralia woman whose car crashed into a culvert on Jackson Highway last week died the following day. Tambra Keen was northbound when her car suddenly swerved to the left for unknown reasons at about 7:45 a.m. last Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office. Firefighters had to cut the roof from the Honda to get her out. Keen was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland where died on Friday, according to the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office. Her 26-year-old passenger was hospitalized with a possible broken leg.

Updated at 3:31 p.m.

TEEN GRABBED IN WAL-MART PARKING LOT

• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree kidnapping after a 16-year-old girl told police he came out from behind a car and grabbed her in the Wal-Mart parking lot late Saturday night. She somehow got away from him and contacted a police officer who happened to be driving through the area, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “It’s an ongoing investigation, but the victim felt the suspect was trying to take her,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. “We’re still looking into that.” It happened just before 11:30 p.m., according to police. “It obviously scared her a lot,” Kaut said, but noted the case could end up as an assault instead of kidnapping. Garrett L. Larson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

WOMAN’S PURSE SNATCHED IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT

• A 42-year-old Doty resident called police on Sunday to inform them she was mugged in Shop N Kart’s parking lot about 3:30 p.m. the day before. She told police she was parked away out in the lot and walking toward the store when two teenage boys approached her, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “One boy grabbed her purse, which was around her neck,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. The boys – described as light skinned and in their late teens – ran off around the building on the 2100 block of North National Avenue, according to Kaut. Among the missing items in her purse were cash, a debit card and her identification, Kaut said.

UNRULY RODEO-GOER ACCUSED OF HITTING DEPUTY WITH BEER CAN

• A 21-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly threw a beer can at a sheriff’s deputy and then punched an individual who pointed him out during a rodeo and concert at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Sunday evening. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning said the suspect had to be subdued by several deputies including being Tased. Jovanny Montenegro-Perez, 21, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault regarding the minor injury to the deputy’s elbow, according to the sheriff’s office. The witness wouldn’t cooperate with pressing any charges involving the punch to the head, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct will also be requested, according to Brown.

HEAD INJURY AT DOWNTOWN BAR

• Police and aid were called to an apparent assault at a drinking establishment over the weekend in which a 22-year-old Centralia man was bleeding from his head, unconscious and laying on the floor of a bar on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue. It happened just before 1:45 a.m. on Sunday at Paradise, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim told an officer he slipped and fell, but an officer had already been informed he was assaulted, according to police. He was checked at the scene by firefighters and did not go the hospital. No arrest was made. “At this point, since the victim is not cooperating, we’re not going to be able to do much,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said.

BROKEN FINGERS FOR GREEN HILL EMPLOYEE

• A 17-year-old detainee at Green Hill School faces a possible charge of custodial assault after a staff member ended up with broken bones when the teen grabbed the staff members fingers and bent them back, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The teenager had been told to go back to his room, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. It was reported to police on Friday afternoon after the injury was confirmed but occurred previous to that, according to Kaut.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SLAPPING NEIGHBOR

• A 73-year-old man who allegedly slapped a resident of a neighboring apartment at the 300 block of West Pine Street was arrested yesterday morning for misdemeanor assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert K. Stone was cited and then released, according to police.

VANDALISM WITH BB GUN

• Chehalis police were called Monday afternoon and again early this morning to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where someone had been shooting a BB or pellet gun at businesses and vehicles. At least some of the shots may have come from a window of an apartment in the St. Helens Apartment building, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FIREARMS THEFT

• Centralia police yesterday evening took a report from a residence on the 700 block of K Street of the theft of three handguns. It apparently occurred sometime during the past month and since there was no forced entry into the home, the culprit may be someone the victim knows, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called on Saturday evening about a 9 mm pistol in a box stolen from a vendor table behind the Packwood Community Center.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday morning to the 2200 block of Jackson Highway where a resident found a window next to a front door open and the door unlocked. Nothing appeared to be missing, possibly because a dog scared off the intruder, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PIECES OF FORKLIFT STOLEN

• Parts from a forklift valued at $1,800 were reported stolen from the 400 block of Northwest Prindle Street in Chehalis on Sunday.

HATCHERY SHOP BROKEN INTO

• Someone stole a red Honda ATV plus a chainsaw sometime between 9 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. on Friday when they broke into the Fish and Wildlife Hatchery building on the 200 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Mossyrock. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is wondering if a dark-colored Astro van seen in the area that evening might be involved. The van was occupied by two females, two Pit Bull dogs and a young boy, according to the sheriff’s office.

FISHING GEAR PILFERED

• A deputy took a report on Saturday from the 800 block of Davis Lake Road near Morton of the theft of five fishing poles, a large tackle box and two non-operating motors from a boat. The break-in to the outbuilding apparently occurred sometime since August 4, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BATTERIES REMOVED FROM BULLDOZER

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning reported someone stole batteries from a bulldozer left parked on a logging site at the end of Blue Road in Centralia sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning.

BICYCLIST VERSUS TRUCK IN PACKWOOD

• A 14-year-old bicyclist ended up with a broken ankle when he attempted to cross U.S. Highway 12 at an intersection in Packwood last night and ran into the side of a passing pickup truck, according to the Washington State Patrol. A trooper called about 8 p.m. noted $750 damage to the 2007 Dodge Ram. The investigating trooper reported Jacob A. Kiehn, of Packwood, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital by his parent. No citation was issued, the trooper blamed the collision on inattention.

PAIR HURT IN MOPED WRECK

• A man and a woman were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after a moped wrecked into a ditch about 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the 2000 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. They were subsequently flown out to different hospitals, according to Capt. Casey McCarthy of Riverside Fire Authority.

CAR VERSUS POLE NEAR TOLEDO

• A 2007 Toyota Camry was totaled but its driver escaped serious injury about 6:30 a.m. on Friday at the the 800 block of Jackson Highway South near Toledo when the car ran into a telephone pole. The driver, a 37-year-old Castle Rock woman, said she heard a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle, lost control and crossed the centerline hitting the pole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

HEAD-ON WRECK IN CHEHALIS

• A mother and two young children were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure after a low-speed head-on crash on South Market Boulevard at 13th Street in Chehalis on Sunday.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 2:30 p.m. yesterday at Harrison and Belmont avenues in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jonathan L. Dunn was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

BITE AND RUN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information about a large black and white dog that ran out of the woods in Curtis and bit a 15-year-old boy on the shoulder. It happened Sunday at about 3 p.m. along Lost Valley Road – about a mile west of Boistfort Road – in an area where there are no homes, according to the sheriff’s office. After it happened, a male voice called the dog which returned to the woods, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The teenager was treated for a puncture wound, Brown said.

DOG BITES CHILD’S THROAT

• An 11-year-old Salkum girl ended up getting nine stitches after a family pet got startled and bit her in the chin and throat on Saturday night when she was sitting on a porch on the 100 block of Jordan Road in Salkum, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CHEHALIS, CENTRALIA RESIDENTIAL FIRES SUSPICIOUS

• Twice overnight fires broke out at the vacant mobile home in Chehalis that burned early Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to the double-wide mobile home at the 2200 block of Salsbury Avenue at 2:36 a.m. today and then again at 4:42 a.m., according to Lewis County Fire District 6 Chief Tim Kinder. “They found fire in the unburned side of the building and put it out,” Kinder said. The fire is under investigation by the fire marshal’s office as well as the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Kinder said. Crews stayed at the site through the morning on a fire watch. Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said both it and yesterday morning’s house fire on the 1900 block of Van Wormer Street outside Centralia are being treated as suspicious, although he’s not thinking they are related.

Courtesy photo by Richard Butterton

TRIO OF TEEN BOYS BLAMED FOR CENTRALIA VEHICLE VANDALISM RAMPAGE

• Police were called about 7 a.m. today to the 1700 block of Sunset Way in Centralia where four tires were slashed on a vehicle. Officer John Panco says the incident isn’t related to the spree of vandalism in the south end of town from early Thursday as three teenagers were arrested Friday evening for that. Officers spent all day Thursday taking reports of cars with smashed windows and flattened tires. Following up on a tip, police were able to identify three boys who reportedly confessed to the damage to more than 30 vehicles, according to Panco. He didn’t hear what their motive was, Panco said. The suspects tossed large rocks and even something like a cinder block into cars, according to Panco. A damage estimate is not yet available. “It all was sent to detectives, I think they’re going to have to do a little bit of calculating,” he said. The teens, ages 14, 14 and 15 were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for first-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Courtesy photo by Richard Butterton

TAVERN TROUBLES

• Centralia police responded to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue twice overnight, first arresting a 20-year-old Chehalis resident for frequenting a tavern, obstructing and resisting arrest. Edu A. Leal was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Just after closing time, a 45-year-old Chehalis man – Rafael M. Pantoja – was arrested for resisting and obstructing, according to police.

HARASSMENT ARREST

• A 25-year-old Centralia man was arrested for felony harassment domestic violence about 7:50 p. m. on Friday after officers responded to the 500 block of West Center Street in Centralia. Martin T. Johnson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called about 9 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. Taken were an amplifier and a stereo face plate, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 7:30 p.m. on Friday to West Reynolds Avenue where someone used a large rock to smash out the window to a vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GROOM’S MOTHER LEAVES FIRE STATION WEDDING IN TURNOUT GEAR

• The wedding of two volunteer firefighters being held at the Salkum fire station was interrupted yesterday when a wildfire broke out in the midst of 250-acres of timber at a private camping area off Spencer Road. The cake had been cut when the tone went out and the bride and groom stayed behind, but among the five firefighters who responded was the mother of the groom, Lewis County Fire District 8 Chief Duran McDaniel said. About 20 individuals from District 8, Lewis County Fire District 2 and the state Department of Natural Resources extinguished the blaze and contained it to one acre, McDaniel said. It happened in the Timber Trails Association property, along a trail used for riding all terrain vehicles, he said. The cause is under investigation.

VACANT MOBILE HOME BURNS

• A double-wide mobile home was destroyed when fire broke out yesterday morning at the 2200 block of Salsbury Avenue south of Chehalis. Lewis County Fire Districts 6, 5 and the Chehalis Fire Department responding to the approximately 5 a.m. call found flames coming out the roof of the unoccupied home, according to responders. District 6 Fire Chief Tim Kinder stated in a news release it appeared to have begun on the exterior of the roof and spread from there. Firefighters had to pull down most of the ceiling to get at the flames in the insulation, spending more than three hours at the scene, Firefighter-EMT Greg Folewell said. The cause is under investigation.

WEYERHAEUSER LAND BURNING NEAR BOISTFORT

• The wild land fire on Baw Faw Peak in the Boistfort area that began on Friday is still burning and consumed as much as 15 to 20 acres on a very steep, rocky hillside by yesterday, according to Lewis County Fire District 13 Chief Gregg Peterson. The chief went out there yesterday afternoon where firefighters from the state Department of Natural Resources and from Weyerhaeuser were working to put it out. “What they ended up doing was back burning up to the edges,” Gregg Peterson said. The terrain was too dangerous to put people on the hillside, he said. The fire is on land clear cut some time ago, according to Peterson. The cause is unknown, he said.

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CORRECTION: A news item above has been corrected to reflect that Rafael M. Pantoja was released after his arrest and not booked into jail.

TAVERN DISPUTE ERUPTS WITH “BEAR SPRAY”

• A 23-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night after he allegedly used bear spray inside a Chehalis drinking establishment. It’s like pepper spray, but for use on bears and several people were affected by it, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. It happened at Garbe’s Tavern on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue just before 11:20 p.m. An arriving officer saw a suspect running down the street with people chasing him and arrested him for disorderly conduct, according to police. Kaut said he didn’t know the details of whatever dispute led to the discharge of the chemical. The individuals affected by the spray declined aid, he said. Jeremy D. Barnes was released after getting his citation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MACHINERY STRIPPED OF WIRING

• A deputy was called about 7 a.m. yesterday to the 800 block of state Route 507 in Centralia where someone had done about $30,000 damage to heavy equipment by cutting wiring. The 70-year-old man who called 911 said he thought his Ford Ranger was stolen as well, but he found it elsewhere on the property with its steering column broken and a screwdriver jammed in the ignition, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR MISSING

• The owner of a white 1993 Mazda MX3 reported yesterday their car was stolen from the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis. It had been loaned to someone and was left in the parking lot at the Chehalis Eagles when that someone was arrested in a drug incident the other day, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PROWLING OUTSIDE WAL-MART

• Police called to the north end of the Wal-Mart parking lot about 11 p.m. yesterday found two vehicles had been prowled. Someone stole cologne, a GPS device and collectible sports cars from a car and took an electrical cord and the stereo faceplate from a Jeep, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SLASHING SPREE LEAVES NUMEROUS VICTIMS

• By the time the day ended yesterday, the number of victims of the tire slashing spree in the south end of Centralia grew to more than 30. Centralia officers got their first call about 5:15 a.m. to the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue and continued responding to similar complaints all day long, according to Officer John Panco. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, which patrols a portion of the area, were dispatched about 8:30 a.m. for a report of tire slashing and were greeted by eight victims on South Street. Panco said yesterday most likely a pocket knife was used to flatten the tires. Deputies will be reviewing surveillance video to look for clues, but are asking anyone with information to please call Lewis County Crime Stoppers, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

SUDDEN SWERVE, CULVERT, LEAD TO CRITICAL INJURIES

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports the Honda that wrecked yesterday morning on the 3000 block of Jackson Highway struck a culvert. The driver was northbound when the car suddenly swerved to the left for unknown reasons, according to the sheriff’s office. Firefighters had to cut the roof off the car to extricate the driver, who was severely injured, responders. said The 33-year-old Centralia woman was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, according to the sheriff’s office. Information about her current condition was unavailable. Her passenger, a 26-year-old Centralia man, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with a leg injury, and has been released, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

Responders cut the roof from a 1997 Honda Accord to get the injured driver out on Jackson Highway.

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SERIOUS INJURY CRASH JACKSON HIGHWAY

• A 33-year-old Centralia woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a single vehicle collision this morning south of Chehalis. Aid was called about 7:45 a.m. to Jackson Highway at Panorama Drive for a vehicle accident with entrapment, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. The woman who was driving was taken to to Providence Centralia Hospital for transport to a trauma facility in Oregon, Fire Lt. Laura Hanson said in a news release. The male passenger, age unknown, was taken to Providence for with a possible broken leg, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The Honda Accord was northbound when it drifted into the oncoming lane and ran into the ditch, according to the sheriff’s office. The car was totaled

TRAIN VERSUS CAMARO

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 a.m. today after an individual’s car left their driveway without them and shortly after was found struck by a train at North Washington Avenue. They turned on their car, went inside briefly and went back outside when they heard something, Officer John Panco said. Whoever stole the Camaro may have gotten stuck on the tracks and abandoned it there or fled the scene after it was hit, Panco said.

ROCK CRUSHER IDLED

• Someone stole as much as 200 feet of copper wiring from the main unit at a rock crushing business in Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Employees arriving about 7:30 a.m. yesterday to Dulin Construction on the 3000 block of Foron Road told a deputy they found the door open on the control shack and the lock cut, the sheriff’ office reported. The loss is estimated at $8,000 to $12,000, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. She is asking anyone with information on the theft to consider calling Lewis County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-748-6422.

SLASHING SPREE

• Centralia police responded to four incidents of slashed tires this morning before 7 a.m. and the calls just kept coming, according to Officer John Panco. Panco had lost track the number, but said they were predominantly in the south end of town and seemed random. “The size of the punctures indicates it was probably a pocket knife,” he said. Some of the victims also found rocks tossed through their vehicle windows, according to Panco.

CAR PROWL

• Someone stole the face plate from a stereo inside a vehicle parked on the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 4:45 p.m. yesterday.

• Police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to a car prowl on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A cell phone was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole a woman’s sweatshirt and her WIC checks from her vehicle while it was at the Wal-Mart parking lot between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a report made to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday.