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ASSAULT

• Law enforcement officers are looking for a 39-year-old Chehalis man who allegedly ran into his wife with a car over the weekend, as well as choked her until a bystander hit him with a gun to make him stop. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said Darrin D. Workman drove into his wife hitting her in the legs on Sunday following an argument in the Doty-Dryad area. He then followed her home where he threw a child’s scooter through the front window and kicked in the front door, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. A witness pointed a gun at him and told him to stop, and subsequently struck Workman with the gun, Brown said. Workman is wanted for two counts of second-degree assault.

THEFT

• Police were called yesterday morning to the 1500 block of Logan Street in Centralia where a silver 1996  Dodge Caravan was missing. The vehicle, taken from in front of the residence, has a license plate reading 727 YYA, according to Centralia police.

• Someone broke the window of the backdoor at a residence on the 100 block of McKay Street in Randle and went inside, but nothing appeared to be missing, according to a report taken by a sheriff’s deputy on Saturday evening.

• Deputies and police responded to an alarm to an outbuilding at the Lone Yew Cemetery on Ferrell Road in Toledo on Saturday evening. Nothing was missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy took a report of a vehicle prowl on Monday in which a handicapped sticker, a AAA card and other items were taken. The victim believed it had occurred sometime the previous week, possibly when she was parked at Brenda’s Market in Onalaska when  her car doors were left unlocked, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Chehalis police took a report of a rear license plate taken from a vehicle at Home Depot on Louisiana Avenue on Friday.

VANDALISM

• Somebody broke a window out of a vehicle Beach Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police Monday morning.

• Police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of East Maple Street about a hole punched in a swimming pool with an arrow.

DRUGS

• A 34-year-old Centralia man was arrested for a warrant and possession of heroin Monday night in Centralia. David L. Francis was booked into the Lewis County Jail following his contact with an officer about 8:30 p.m. on the 1200 block of Alder Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GANG VANDALISM

• Two men were caught yesterday morning breaking windows out of a vehicle parked on the 200 block of North Diamond Street, where a house had just been freshly spray painted with “LVL”, according to Centralia police. Five other homes on the same block had been “freshly tagged” with gang graffiti as well, according to police. Officers reportedly found Juan V. Vasquez, 25, and Adan Sanchez, 29, with paint on their clothing and bodies. The Centralia men were booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

STREET FIGHT

• A 27-year-old man was arrested about 5:15 p.m. on Saturday in Centralia for allegedly standing in the middle of the roadway and trying to start a fight with a 25-year-old man. Isaiah M.O. Davis, of Centralia, was arrested for disorderly conduct and then released after the incident on the 1300 block of West Main Street, according to Centralia police. The other man involved was arrested for being in possession of a dangerous weapon, and then released, according to police.

CAR PROWLS

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. last night to a car prowl on the 300 block of North Gold Street. A window was broken out and the car stereo was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 38-year-old man was arrested about 7:45 p.m. last night in Centralia for vehicle prowl and theft. Michael A. Kauer, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail in connection with goings-on on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue, according to Centralia police.

DRUGS

• A 51-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine late Saturday afternoon in Centralia. Deanna M. Frye was booked into the Lewis County Jail following her contact with an officer on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 45-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday for warrants and possession of heroin, according to Centralia police. Victor A.L. Whalen was contacted by an officer regarding a theft investigation at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia and then booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• A vehicle parked on Railroad Avenue near Maple Street in Centralia was found Saturday morning with its rear window broken out.

• Somebody broke a window out of a vehicle on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police Saturday morning.

BARN FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday to a burning barn in the Adna area. Lost in the blaze on Gold Creek Place were a car, a truck and some “taxidermy items”, according to Lewis County Fire District 6 Firefighter Brad Core. “It was a fully involved fire, just a big fire, hot, with lots of stuff inside,” Core said. There were a couple of explosions, he said, presumably from ammunition or small propane tanks inside. The two-story building was probably a total loss, he said. District 6 was joined by members of the Boistfort and Napavine area fire departments. A fire investigator is looking into the cause.

WOMAN WITH KNIFE

• A 25-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly pushed her way into a Centralia residence holding a large knife last night and threatened a resident. Officers called about 8 p.m. to the 400 block of Plum Street booked Laura L. Avery, of Roy, into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ASSAULT

• Centralia police are investigating an assault at the 1200 block of Alder Street from a call about 12:30 a.m. today. Further details were not readily available.

THEFT

• A green 1998 Volkswagen Jetta was reported stolen from the 1200 block of Lincoln Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Thursday night.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was called Thursday to the flea market in Packwood about a burglary the night before of a vendor’s tent. Taken between about 11:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. were about 50 used DVD movies, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police took a report of a residential burglary on the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue in which a camera and money were taken sometime since Monday.

BAD BUS BEHAVIOR

• Centralia police were called about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday after a male in his early 20s reportedly sat on a Twin Transit bus next to a female and began “touching himself inappropriately.”

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a warrant after contact with a police officer on North Pearl Street and Fremont Avenue in Centralia late yesterday afternoon. John C. Unterwegner, of Buckley, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 32-year-old Winlock man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop in Chehalis on Thursday night at Southwest 11th Street and McFadden Avenue. Christopher C. Tortorici was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Tortorici was driving with a suspended license and a search after he was arrested turned up some suspected prescription pain pills in his pants pockets, according to Deputy Chief Randy.

FLOCK BLOCKS ROAD

• Chehalis police were called about 5:30 a.m. yesterday to Southwest Newaukum Avenue near the Veterans Museum where some 30 to 40 sheep were in the roadway.