PACK OF DOGS SUSPECTED IN MASS ALPACA ATTACK
• Six alpacas were killed yesterday at the 1400 block of South Schueber Road outside Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said a farmer heard noise and went outside early yesterday morning and saw something had attacked his animals. “He saw eyes, with a flashlight, he thought were dogs, we don’t know if it was dogs or coyotes or what,” Brown said. Six other alpacas were left alive, she said. Brown said she assumes it was more than one dog. A deputy took a report and notified the code enforcement people, she said. Unless they get reports of another incident or sighting of a pack of dogs, there isn’t much the sheriff’s office can do, according to Brown. “Sometimes, unfortunately, Mother Nature – the animals – takes it course,” she said.
TRUCK TAKEN OVERNIGHT IN CENTRALIA
• A blue 1984 Toyota pickup truck was reported stolen just before 5:30 a.m. today from the 500 block of North Iron Street in Centralia. The four-wheel drive vehicle has a black canopy and a black tube bumper and black aluminum wheels, according to police. It bears the license plate B38191L, according to police.
ROCK PIT OFFICE RANSACKED
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning somebody broke into a small office at the Hope Creek rock pit off the 400 block of state Route 6 and stole two generators, a CB radio and two five-gallon gas cans. The break in occurred sometime between Friday and Monday when it was reported, according to the sheriff’s office. Somebody cut a lock on a gate to get in. The loss is estimated at more than $1,400.
TEEN ARRESTED WITH METH
• Officers arrested a male juvenile on a warrant about 6 p.m. last night at a home on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue. The subject, whose age and name were not released, was also found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center.
TOOL BOX, CABLES TAKEN FROM VEHICLE
• Centralia police were called las night about 9:20 p.m. about a car prowl earlier in the evening on the 800 block of North Pearl Street. Jumper cables and a tool box were missing.
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