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SUSPECTED LITTLE ARSON

• Firefighters called about flames last night at a vacant business on the 700 block of Main Street in Centralia found someone had lit on fire a no trespassing sign on the door. It basically burned itself out and the door was just scorched, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The two-story building was otherwise unharmed, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan said.

MALE ROBBED BY COUPLE IN PARK

• Centralia police say they have a suspect after a strong-armed robbery yesterday in Fort Borst Park. Officers called about 12:30 p.m. were told a 22-year-old male went to meet a female in a secluded area of the park for “relations”, but a male showed up with her, and grabbed the victim’s wallet before the two fled, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WOMAN TRIES TO CLAIM STOLEN CAR

• A 21-year-old woman was arrested when she arrived to claim what deputies thought was an abandoned vehicle last night. A deputy responding about 7:15 p.m. to the 3300 block of Jackson Highway learned the 2005 Nissan Sentra had been reported stolen on Friday from Seattle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. While waiting for the tow truck, a taxi pulled up and a woman carrying a gas can informed the deputy it was her car, she was going to fuel it up and leave, the sheriff’s office said. Shelley A. Hartfield, 21, said she had purchased the vehicle from someone named Alex, according to the sheriff’s office. Hartfield was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

HIT AND RUN

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested overnight after allegedly crashing a vehicle into a light pole on the corner of Alder and Cherry streets and leaving the scene. Police called about 12:05 a.m. subsequently contacted Ancelina Ramirez Lamas, 21, a short distance away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lamas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for hit and run as well as driving under the influence, according to police.

• Police were called about 9:35 a.m. yesterday when a log truck struck a light signal and kept on going. It happened at Southwest Second Street and Market Boulevard and will cost about $1,500 to repair because it’s one of the older-style lights, according to police.

TRUCK INTO BUILDING

• Police said it was apparently a mechanical malfunction that led to a pickup truck driving into the side of the Eagles building on the 1900 block of South market Boulevard on Friday evening. Nobody was hurt, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The driver put it in gar an it just took off, according to police. The engine was still “revving” when it did stop, according to police.

THEFT

• A short foot pursuit of an individual wanted in connection with vehicle theft ended with the arrest about 10:20 p.m. yesterday of Ruben A. Inman, 21, of Centralia. It happened in the area of South Silver and West Walnut street in Centralia, according to police. Inman was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for allegedly resisting arrest and escape, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was released from jail with no charges filed.

• A 72-year-old Ethel man reported yesterday afternoon that someone used his debit card to make an online purchase of $140 from Forever21.com, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 600 block of Rock Street of the theft of medication, a wallet and debit cards.

• Chehalis police were called just after 3 p.m. on Saturday when someone loaded a shopping full of various alcohol and liquor, pushed it out the door and drove off from Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard.

• A 31-year-old Chehalis woman who wanted to report the theft of her mother’s ashes to police yesterday afternoon was told it was not a crime because apparently the father had told the daughters they could each keep the urn for a year a time, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called just before noon yesterday about a boy with clippers cutting flowers out of a yard on the 200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue. The 13-year-old was told he couldn’t do that and his parents were talked to, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ANIMAL INNARDS ABANDONED NEAR CHURCH

• Police were called over the weekend about a cardboard box containing what looked like animal parts left on the sidewalk in front of St. Joseph Church on Southwest Cascade Avenue. It was like the guts from a cow – tongue, heart, kidney, the parts you may or may not want back when you get an animal butchered, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. Police tossed them into the garbage, she said.

ASSAULT ALLEGED

• An 11-year-old boy went to Chehalis police on Friday to report his father slugged and choked him the day before. The case is under investigation, according to police. There were no marks on the child, but he placed in protective custody by Child Protective Services, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said.

NAUGHTY PICTURES

• Chehalis police took a third-party report on Friday of someone sending inappropriate pictures to the phone of a 13-year-old Chehalis girl. Officers have not been able to reach the child’s parent to confirm the report, according to police.

KIDS LEFT ALONE IN CAR

• A 55-year-old woman was issued a citation after police were called Sunday afternoon about two children left alone in a vehicle parked at Yard Birds in Chehalis. The Port Orchard woman came out of the store with two other small children and was cited for leaving a 3-year-old and a 19-month old unattended in a vehicle, according to Chehalis police.

DRUGS

• An 18-year-old Centralia man was arrested last night for possession of methamphetamine, burglary tools and a dangerous weapon, according to police. Zachary K. Konoske was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer about 10:20 p.m. at the 1100 block of Elm Street,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis where someone had stolen an Alpine CD player from an unlocked vehicle parked at a residence.

VANDALISM

• A deputy was called last night to the 2300 block of Jackson Highway where someone had spray painted graffiti on the east side of an empty building.

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WIRING CUT FROM MACHINERY, SUSPECTS FLEE

• Deputies were called about 1 o’clock this morning to a Toledo area heavy equipment storage lot when after an individual tried to stop a pair of thieves by firing a gun and yelling freeze. The 51-year-old Castle Rock resident at the property on the 900 block of Jackson Highway said because of ongoing thefts of copper wiring from heavy machinery the past few days, he hid out on the property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. At about 12:30 a.m., he observed a male cut through the fence and begin cutting wiring, the sheriff’s office said.  He watched for about 30 minutes until a second subject arrived and then confronted them, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He yelled freeze and fired two shots into the ground as the men ran off, according to Brown. The loss to the rock crushers and conveyor belt is estimated at $24,000. Brown. Brown said the sheriff’s office would like to remind the public if they call 911 when they observe a crime in progress, deputies may be able to catch the culprits. Bolt cutters, wire cutters, a mountain bike and other evidence were collected, Brown said.

POLICE: MAN WITH KNIFE HOPS FENCES

• A 30-year-old man was arrested for possession of cocaine and other alleged offenses after police were called to a reported dispute about 10:15 a.m. on Friday at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Police say they learned Rueben L. Gallardo, 30, of Burlington had threatened a female with a knife, a female who had a restraining order against him.  When officers arrived, he reportedly fled and jumped several fences but was found behind a mobile home trying to hide himself in a roll of tar paper. Centralia police say they used pepper spray on Gallardo because he would not comply with their demands. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the drugs, resisting and violation of a protection order, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN WHILE FAMILY SLEEPS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says somebody stole a laptop computer and a smart phone from just inside the front door of a Centralia home while a family slept. A deputy called just before 6 a.m. on Friday to the home on the 1200 block of Long Road noted the loss was estimated at $500.

UNWELCOME WINDOW SMASHERS

• Centralia police were called about 8:45 p.m. on Saturday to the 1000 block of West Chestnut Street where they were told a  group of males smashed out a window in the front door and then fled. The victim said he didn’t know the subjects or why they would do that, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR VERSUS LOG TRUCK

• A 47-year-old Chehalis woman was cited for second-degree negligent driving after her car crossed the centerline and struck the tires of an oncoming log truck at about noon on Sunday on the 2600 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis. The car was only moderately damaged when it landed in a ditch and nobody was injured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman told a deputy she was extremely tired and may have fallen asleep or looked away from the road momentarily, according to the sheriff’s office.

DUI WRECK

• A 27-year-old Toledo woman was arrested for driving under the influence after her vehicle collided with a parked car on J and West SIxth streets in Centralia about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. Kayla L. McDonald was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Someone stole copper pipe from property on the 200 block of Walker Road near Toledo sometime between 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A neighbor saw what was possibly a gray Toyota Forerunner near the property around 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Some 35 gallons of gasoline were stolen from a vehicle on the 200 block of Keasling Road south of Chehalis sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Someone stole an old Sthil chainsaw and two trout fishing poles from an unlocked shop building on the 100 block of Young Road in Mossyrock sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A Stihl weed eater was stolen from a yard on the 200 block of Taylor Road in Chehalis sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy was called Sunday morning to the 1900 block of Rice Road outside Chehalis where a resident said a neighbor had found 14 pieces of mail – some of it his – laying on the side of the road near Stan Hedwall Park. Mail was returned to two other Rice Road residents; it had apparently been stolen sometime between 9 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police yesterday took two reports of bicycles stolen; one from the 700 block of Euclid Way and another from the 2000 block of Borst Avenue. Earlier in the day an officer took a report of two bikes found in the area of the 1000 block of K Street.

• Centralia police on Friday afternoon took a report of unspecified items stolen from the back of a truck at the 500 block of Woodland Avenue.

LAUNDRY STOLEN

• Centralia police were called about 2:20 p.m. yesterday about laundry being stolen out of a dryer at a public laundry on the 1200 block of South Gold Street in Centralia.

CAMERAS MISSING

• Chehalis police took a report just afternoon yesterday of two digital cameras being stolen from an office on the 2000 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue.

DRUGS

• A 28-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday morning for possession of methamphetamine. Christopher A. Randle was booked into the Lewis County jail following the traffic stop on the 2300 block of Harrison Avenue,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police took a report just before 6 p.m. yesterday from the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue about a vehicle prowl. Electronic equipment was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRUCK FIRE

• Riverside Fire Authority was called about 1:30 a.m. today to a report of a burning tow truck on Reynolds Avenue. Firefighters extinguished the fire.

WRECK

• A deputy was called about 9 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Cannon Road in Packwood after a 67-year-old motorist turned in front of a truck and the momentum of the collision caused both vehicles to crash into a parked Ford Ranger. All three vehicles sustained major damage, but nobody was injured,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The first driver received a citation.

Updated at 5:57 p.m.

HARD LIQUOR HEIST

• A 16-year-old boy allegedly ran out of Wal-Mart last night with a gallon of gin, a gallon of rum and a fifth of tequila. Police called about 10:50 p.m. to the store on the 1600 block of Louisiana Avenue found their suspect hiding in a dumpster across the street and arrested him for third-degree theft. He was not booked.

IMAGINARY FIGHT WITH REAL KNIVES

• Chehalis police called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday about a possible dispute in the area behind Kit Carson restaurant on Southwest State Avenue subsequently found five kids and three illegal knives. At least one of them was as long as six inches with a blade on both sides of it, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Sgt. Gwen Carrell said she thought they may have been horsing around, but the knives were still seized. The cases involving three of the youngsters – ages 11, 13, and 15 – were referred to the prosecutor for possible charges of possession of a dangerous weapon. One was on probation so was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to Carrell.

TINY TRAINS STOLEN

• Somebody stole three model trains and several boxes of train parts from a storage unit at the 600 block of Jorgensen Road near Onalaska, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called there yesterday morning learned the theft occurred sometime in the previous few months. There was no sign of forced entry, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old woman was arrested yesterday for possession of heroin after a search of her vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Misty R. Braun is the registered owner and was a passenger in the vehicle that police said nearly ran down Sgt. Gwen Carrell on Monday, according to police. The car was impounded and searched, according to Carrell. Braun was booked into the Lewis County Jail but is to be released without charges pending further investigation.

• Pamela A. Clark was arrested yesterday for possession of methamphetamine and marijuana after her impounded car was searched, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She is to be released without charges pending further investigation.

• Kari L. Johnston was arrested last night for two counts of delivery of methamphetamine, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took another report of graffiti on a fence yesterday on Rainier Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning about graffiti on the side of a building on South Market Boulevard.

ANOTHER SCAM

• Morton police took a report on Tuesday from a resident about a phone scam involving someone claiming they were sending a supplementary Medicaid card, the police chief said this morning. An individual with an accent asked the woman a few questions, such as where did she do her banking and then claimed they needed to verify her account number, Chief Dan Mortensen said. She refused to give her number and called police instead, he said.

WRECK

• A Chehalis truck driver was reportedly uninjured when his Freightliner was hit by a Honda Civic last night on Interstate 5 in Woodland. The 33-year-old Vancouver woman driving the Honda subsequently died, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers were called about 7:45 p.m. to the southbound lanes noted the driver of the car lost control for unknown reasons and struck the rear corner of another car and then the big rig. Both cars were totaled and the Freightliner driven by James M. Foulke, 36, sustained an estimated $2,000 damage, according to the state patrol. Melissa M. Kelso, 33, of Vancouver, was taken to  at PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center where she died, according to the state patrol.

TOLEDO TEENAGER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULTING DAD

• The 16-year-old Toledo boy charged in adult court for allegedly striking his father in the head with a baseball bat pleaded not guilty today in Lewis County Superior Court. The teenager is represented by court-appointed attorney Chris Baum, who asked the judge today to reduce bail to an unsecured bond, noting the boy has two grown brothers who could take him in, one who works at the Cowlitz County Jail and another who works at Green Hill School for boys. Judge Richard Brosey said no. Bail remains at $75,000. The Toledo High School student is charged with first-degree assault, a class A felony with a maximum penalty of life in prison but a standard sentencing range of somewhere around 93 to 113 months, according to Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Shane O’Rourke.  A trial date will be selected next week.

Updated 1:37 p.m.

ESCAPE PLAN FOILED AT GREEN HILL

• A pair of inmates at Green Hill School for boys are in trouble after they reportedly crawled out a window of an education building there yesterday. The instructor told them to stop, but they continued and were stopped by security outside the building, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The 16-year-old boys had homemade ropes fashioned from laundry bags and pillow cases tied around their waists and were dressed in multiple layers of clothing, police Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. The extra clothes could have been for wherever they thought they were going, or maybe as an attempt at protection for climbing over the razor wire fence, according to Carrell. “It doesn’t sound like they got very far,” Carrell said. The case will be referred to prosecutors for a possible charge of attempted escape, according to police.

BIKE HITS CAR THEN FLEES SCENE

• Centralia police responded to a bicycle versus vehicle accident about 4:25 p.m. yesterday at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. In this case, a bicyclist ran into a vehicle which was stopped for traffic and then the individual got back on their bike and fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. A 51-year-old woman said she was traveling eastbound and had to stop for traffic when a male on a westbound bicycle tried to cut between her Volvo and the vehicle in front of her, according to police. “He crashes and falls onto the hood of her car, she rolls down her window and asks if he’s alright,” Sgt. Carl Buster said. The male who could have been in his early 20s, wearing a white tank top and a dark hat, got up and drove off without giving his name, Buster said.

VEHICLE VERSUS BICYCLE

• Police and aid were called about 4:10 p.m. yesterday to an accident involving a vehicle and an 18-year-old man on a bicycle at the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. The injury to the bicyclist was minor and he was able to ride on his way, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

THEFT OF AUTO PARTS

• A deputy was called early yesterday morning to a burglary at a business on the 100 block of Barnes Drive near Toledo. Sometime between 5 p.m. on Monday and 5:30 a.m. yesterday, somebody forced their way inside and left with a radiator, two alternator cores and miscellaneous wire,  according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office.

THEFT OF GARDENING EQUIPMENT

• Someone stole a hedge trimmer, a leaf blower and a two-gallon gas can from a garage on the 500 block of Northeast Adams Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 3 p.m. yesterday.

PRESCRIPTION MEDS MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 10:10 a.m. yesterday to the 600 block of Gold Street about stolen medications. Missing were Oxycodone, Opana and Xanax, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Sometime between 4 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. yesterday, someone broke into a vehicle parked at the 100 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis and stole a wallet, clothing and makeup. This is near the trail head for the Rails to Trails trail, a place the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office cautions is a magnet area for car prowlers.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took two reports of graffiti to fences yesterday, one at the 1300 block of Delaware Avenue and another at Rainier Avenue and J Street.

LOST AND FOUND

• Morton police reported on Monday someone brought them a found wallet on July 10. It can be identified and claimed at the police department.

Updated at 1:40 p.m.

“RAGING” MOTORIST TASED AFTER NEAR MISS OF POLICE OFFICER

• A 22-year-old man was taken into custody after he allegedly nearly ran down a Chehalis police officer yesterday who was walking downtown. Chehalis police said the car was driving the wrong way when Sgt. Gwen Carrell told him to stop. “According to her, he swerved at her and she had to jump out of the way,” Sgt. Rick McNamara said. It happened about 12:15 p.m. When Carrell and Chief Glenn Schaffer subsequently contacted the driver at the Jackpot on Main Street, he was agitated and raging and wouldn’t comply with their commands, so a Taser was deployed, McNamara said. The man, from Olympia, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital for an unspecified reason and has not yet been arrested or booked, according to McNamara. “I don’t really know what was wrong with him,” McNamara said.

PET RABBITS KILLED IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called just after 6 p.m. yesterday to a home on the 100 block of Southwest 11th Street when a woman discovered someone had taken her pet rabbit out its cage, killed it and left it in the yard. A hole was ripped in the cage,  according to the Chehalis Police Department. The woman said it’s the second time this has happened, according to police. “She said she has no idea of who could have done it or why,” Officer Linda Bailey said.  How the animal was killed isn’t clear, there was no blood, Bailey said.

COPPER WIRE HEIST

• The sheriff’s office is investigating a break-in at a business storage area in which a spool with 2000 feet of three-strand insulated solid core copper wire was stolen. It happened at Avery Road East and Keasling Road south of Chehalis sometime between July 1 and Wednesday but was reported yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $15,000, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust.

FIREARM THEFT

• Someone stole a 9 mm pistol from an unlocked vehicle parked on the 1200 block of Long Road in Centralia sometime between midnight and 10 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office. A deputy was told the SCCY Industries semi-automatic had been tucked between the seats of the vehicle parked at a residence.

BICYCLIST FLEES WITH SHOPLIFTED BEER

• Centralia police suspect a 48-year-old Centralia man stole beer from a store and fled on his bicycle yesterday afternoon. An officer called about 2:30 p.m. to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue did not find the suspect, but will issue a summons for third-degree theft for him, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PINK-HAIRED SHOPLIFTER SOUGHT

• Police took a report about 10 a.m. yesterday of a pink-haired female and 6-foot tall male shoplifting clothing from a store on the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia.

WHEELS AND TIRES TAKEN

• Centralia police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Caveness Drive where tires and wheels from a vehicle had been stolen sometime during the previous week.

GRAFFITI

• Police were called around 12:45 p.m. yesterday to a report of graffiti painted on a building a the 400 block of South Iron Street in Centralia.

TATTOO INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning alleging child abuse related regarding a father allowing his children to get tattoos. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department. Sgt. Stacy Denham said police were called by the parent of the Centralia boy’s friend about a dragon tattoo on his chest and a little heart on his ankle. The boy is believed to be between the ages of 12 and 14, Denham said. Whether a crime occurred or even if it occurred in their jurisdiction is something officers are communicating with prosecutors about, Denham said.

Updated at 6:51 p.m.

THWARTED SCAM

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to Safeway when an employee got suspicious about a transaction a woman in her early 70s was attempting to conduct. The woman was apparently selling a time-share in Hawaii and she was wiring a buyer money and the buyer said he was going to mail her a check, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An arriving officer phoned the buyer who immediately hung up on him, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. When the buyer then phoned the woman and the police officer answered, the man hung up again, Carrell said.

RECOVERED VEHICLES

• Centralia police yesterday afternoon recovered a Honda stolen last week. It was found abandoned in a parking lot with its ignition “punched,” according to the Centralia Police Department

• A 2009 Audi reported missing about 12:40 a.m. Sunday from Panisco Road near Cinebar was found just after 1 a.m. in the parking lot at Wal-Mart in Chehalis, according to police. The 49-year-old roommate of its owner was sleeping in the car and arrested and booked into jail. He is to be released from jail pending further investigation.

SHORT POLICE CHASE

• A 45-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for attempting to elude after a brief pursuit by police abut 11:40 p.m. on Friday that began near Fair Street in Chehalis. The pursuit was terminated but the officer soon came upon a trooper with Scott R. Mullins who had wrecked near Kresky Avenue and Summa Street, according to Sgt. Gwen Carrell. Mullins was released from jail yesterday afternoon.

THEFT

• Police took a report around noon yesterday about plywood stolen from a residence under renovation at the 400 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia.

TOLEDO FIRE

• Three fire departments were dispatched just before 11 o’clock last night to a mobile home fire near Toledo. Lewis County Fire District 2 Capt. Tracy Summers said when they arrived to the 200 block of Kangas Road, flames were rolling out a window on one end. He described the trailer as a complete loss. Nobody was living in it, but the woman on the property used it as her sewing house, he said. No injuries were reported. Summers said it appeared to have originated near the circuit box.

MORTON RESIDENT SCAMMED OUT OF $6,000

• An elderly Morton man was tricked into sending thousands of dollars to an individual pretending to be from a law enforcement agency in Canada, who claimed the Morton man’s grown daughter had been arrested and needed $2,000 bail money. The man contacted the Morton Police Department last week after he realized what happened, Chief Dan Mortensen said. The victim got the first phone call about two days earlier telling him his grown daughter was in jail for driving under the influence and possessing marijuana, according to Mortensen. “They actually put him on the telephone with a person who identified herself as his daughter,” Mortensen said. “She sounded like his daughter, and called him a name she calls him.” Then the Morton man, whose name was not released, was called a second time and told something went wrong, so he needed to send another $2,000, the chief said. He was told to send it to Puerto Rico, because “the bail bondsman were all at a conference there.” A third phone call asked for $2,000 more for airfare so she could get home, he said. “I think at the time, the light came on,” Mortensen said. The man’s real daughter was on vacation, according to Mortensen. The chief said it’s a scam that’s been been going on for quite some time. The money is gone, the chief said. He had no expectation the Morton Police Department or any law enforcement agency could help the victim get it back, since the money was sent out of the country, he said.