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This was updated at 3 p.m.

ASHFORD RESIDENT KILLED IN WRECK

• A 41-year-old woman from Ashford and her companion were both killed in a single-vehicle collision yesterday evening on state Route 7 in Pierce County, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 6:15 p.m. to the area near 260th Street were told by witnesses the driver of the 1982 Chevrolet pickup truck was northbound and ran a red light, the state patrol reported. The driver tried to steer around a southbound vehicle making a left turn, but ran off the road and struck a light pole, according to troopers. Dead at the scene were Eugene R. Qillan, 42, of Spanaway and his female passenger. The pair were seat-belted, but the impact to the pole was so strong, it moved the foundation, the state patrol reported. The truck was described as totaled. While the state patrol reports the female is from Ashford, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office said today they hope to confirm this afternoon she is who they think she is.

PIRATE SUPPORTERS VANDALIZE ADNA SCHOOL?

• Deputies are looking for information about who spray-painted graffiti at the baseball and softball fields at Adna High School over the weekend. A deputy called about 9:15 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Adna School Road found “Go Adna Pirates” and the initials T.W.R. or T.W.A. painted in places such as the outside of a concession stand, as well as the the inside and outside of the visitors dugout, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown. The damage is estimated at $400. Brown is asking anyone who knows anything about the incident to call Lewis County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-748-6422.

BURNING CAR FOUND IN ONALASKA DRIVEWAY

• Onalaska firefighters called around 5 o’clock this morning found a car fully engulfed in flames off Kruger Road in a driveway leading to an old barn, according to fire investigator Jay Birley. The Honda Civic was destroyed and the cause is under investigation, Birley said. The property is uninhabited, according to Birley. The car’s owner was not around, he said.

DRUGS

• Detective Sgt. Rick McNamara’s tip for the day: “If you’re going to commit a misdemeanor, don’t carry felony drugs in your pocket.” Chehalis police arrested a 21-year-old Clatskanie, Ore. woman for shoplifting yesterday and subsequently found her to be in possession of suspected heroin, according to police. Rachael N. Strand was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning about the theft of a wallet from an unlocked vehicle on the 1200 block of Lincoln Street.

SEX CRIME

• A 42-year-old Napavine man was arrested yesterday for third-degree rape following an incident that reportedly occurred in Chehalis over the weekend. Craig R. Garrison was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

This was updated at 6:15 p.m.

THREATS WITH GUNS

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was jailed last night after police were told he pointed a sawed off shotgun at three individuals at apartments on the 100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia and threatened to shoot them. Officers were called about 7 p.m. and took Samuel Ponce-Ruiz into custody without incident, according to the Centralia Police Department. It began as an argument between neighbors, according to police. Ponce-Ruiz was booked into the Lewis County Jail for three counts of first-degree assault, according to police. The landscaper who works in Rochester was subsequently charged today with three counts of first-degree assault and ordered held on $100,000 bail. Ponce-Ruiz’s fiance was reportedly arguing with neighbors across the street from their apartment about the father of her 10-year-old son who had come around asking about the child, according to charging documents. The three un-named individuals said Ponce-Ruiz pulled up his shirt to show a long gun with a brown handle, the documents allege. The three witnesses said he pointed it at them, saying they were lucky there were children there; he denied it to police, according to the documents. Centralia police found a 20-gauge firearm in a couch cushion in his apartment when they searched, the documents state.

• A 24-year-old Glenoma man was arrested for second-degree assault after he allegedly assaulted his wife and brandished a pistol on Saturday afternoon in Glenoma. A family member took the gun away and then Evan L. Blake produced a rifle which he pointed at himself and his wife, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Blake was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

SIGN TAPED ON COURTHOUSE DRAWS POLICE

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to investigate a sign taped to the front door of the Lewis County Law and Justice Center with a rambling note mentioning District Court Judge R.W. Buzzard. The judge was informed and police are asking their city attorney to determine if the message constituted harassment, according to Chehalis police. “It looks like the writing of somebody who has mental issues,” detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. The sign included statements such as “The Law and Justice Center is a lie,” he said. A 63-year-old woman who apparently authored the note signed it, he said.

JUVENILE ESCAPES FROM PARK WORK CREW

• Centralia police were called about 9 a.m. on Saturday when a inmate from the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center ran away from a work crew in Fort Borst Park. The 14-year-old boy, picked up within a few hours at a Chehalis apartment, said he was sorry for running away, Chehalis police said this morning.

THEFTS

• A Ford Ranger stolen from Longview was recovered yesterday at property on the 700 block of Rhoades Road in Winlock, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A 43-year-old man at the address is being referred for a possible charge of possession of a stolen vehicle, the sheriff’s office reported. A stolen hay baler thought to be on the premises was not found, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown.

• A deputy took a report Friday night of the theft of dark blue 1991 Plymouth acclaim from the 200 block of Mattson Road west of Centralia. The victim believed the $650 car was towed from the end of his driveway sometime between Feb. 15 and last Tuesday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A four-wheeled ATV valued at an estimated $1,500 was reported stolen from the 200 block of Plomondon Road near Toledo, according to a report made yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing is a 1996 Yamaha Warrior 350, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police took a report of unauthorized charges to a woman’s credit card on Friday morning from the 1200 block of Lum Road in Centralia. The victim was reportedly the subject of a recent vehicle prowl, according to police.

• Police were called about 6 a.m. on Saturday morning to a burglary on the 600 block of Main Avenue in Morton. Somebody got in the residence through a window and stole an estimated $700 of “miscellaneous personal items”, according to the Morton Police Department.

• Morton police took a report about 1 p.m. on Thursday of a recreational vehicle being broke into at a storage facility in the 700 block of Airport Way. The value of the items taken is not yet available, according to the Morton Police Department.

DRUGS

• Centralia police arrested a 52-year-old Centralia man early this morning for possession of methamphetamine. Steven M. Yoke was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue about 2:45 a.m. today, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center on Southwest Pacific Avenue yesterday about damage to a cell by one of the detainees. An officer was told the 17-year-old boy cracked a light and carved on the toilet seat, door and wall, according to police.

• Chehalis police took a report of BB gun holes in a window at the Eugenia Center on the 100 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue on Friday morning.

• Chehalis police were called about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday about a car being “egged” on the 1000 block of 20th Street.

• Police took a report on Friday morning of graffiti on a shop building in the 1500 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia.

TEENAGE ADNA PARTY BUSTED

• Deputies broke up an underage drinking party on Friday night in Adna where at least 13 individuals were cited or potentially will be cited, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called about a dispute about 11:45 p.m. on the 700 block of Twin Oaks Road found no dispute, but did find 10 juveniles and three 18-year-olds at the party, according to Chief Deputy Stacy Brown. The juveniles were turned over to their parents, Brown said.

COLLISIONS

• Deputies called about 8 p.m. last night to the 3200 block of Jackson Highway in Chehalis found a truck with an estimated $750 damage and a cow with a broken leg, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver said it was dark and she didn’t see the animal in the middle of the road, the sheriff’s office reported. She was reportedly unhurt.

• A 32-year-old Chehalis man was treated for a minor head injury after his vehicle ran into a tree off state Route 6 near River Road west of Chehalis early Saturday morning. Troopers called about 3:45 a.m. reported James M. Greenwood III would be cited for driving under the influence. His 1998 Toyota pickup sustained an estimated $4,000 damage, according to the Washington State Patrol. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and has since been released.

Toyota Tacoma truck/ Courtesy photos by Brad Bozarth

Tree on Middle Fork Road

TRUCK VERSUS TREE

• A 39-year-old Chehalis man was flown by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle yesterday with suspected internal injuries after his truck crashed into a tree on Middle Fork Road near Jackson Highway south of Chehalis. Aid and deputies called about 2:15 p.m. found the 2006 Toyota Tacoma truck totaled but the driver was up and walking around, according to responders. The driver, Richard M. Axtell, was cited for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He remains hospitalized this morning in satisfactory condition.

ROLLOVER CRASH ON MILITARY ROAD

• Aid and police called 5:15 p.m. yesterday to a single-vehicle rollover accident on the 1700 block of Military Road in Centralia found a pickup truck on its side with nobody inside. The 28-year-old driver, Richard A. Lange, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested for negligent driving, hit and run and obstructing for fleeing the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department. He also was operating with a suspended license, police reported.

SUSPECTED HEROIN AND METH FOUND IN CAR

• A 28-year-old Cinebar man was arrested last night when Chehalis police found an estimated 80-plus grams of drugs in his car. It began around 10 p.m. when an off-duty Centralia police officer reported seeing a person he knew had a warrant at the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis. Officers then went looking for a vehicle connected to that person which they believed had drugs in it, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. The car was found near the Labree Road freeway exit and impounded. Police found suspected methamphetamine and heroin, Kaut said. Christopher Chrisman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for intent to deliver, Kaut said.

TRESPASSING

• A 25-year-old man who was found hiding in the shower in an otherwise vacant motel room in Centralia yesterday was cited for trespassing and then arrested for a misdemeanor warrant, according to police. Matthew L. Emery, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, after the incident at the Peppertree Motel on the 1200 block of Alder Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police arrested a 21-year-old man yesterday at Centralia College who allegedly went onto the campus and took down a flyer with his picture on it – a flyer warning students to be on the lookout for him because he was prohibited from being at the school. Nicholas A. Claudio, of Centralia, was arrested for second-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department. Claudio had reportedly assaulted a student previously.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to a report of a residential burglary on the 600 block of Yew Street. Someone had forced open the back door and then stolen several gaming units and a camera, according to police.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of pain medications stolen from the 900 block of West Pear Street.

• A deputy took a report about 7:30 p.m. yesterday of a break-in to a shop at the 700 block of Gish Road in Onalaska. Exactly what was missing wasn’t yet available. The padlock was cut off the door sometime between Feb. 21 and Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.