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POLICE SEIZE MARIJUANA GARDEN IN CENTRALIA

• A 24-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday after police found more than 90 marijuana plants growing at his home. Officers served a search warrant at the residence on the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia and also discovered several “bindles” of suspected methamphetamine, according to the Centralia Police Department. Donald J. Greene was booked into the Lewis County Jail for manufacturing marijuana and possession of methamphetamine, police reported this morning.

MUGGER’S VICTIM FIGHTS BACK

• A woman confronted by a knife-wielding stranger on a Centralia street who tried to take her purse yesterday pulled out her own knife thwarting the attempted robbery. According to the Centralia Police Department, the woman was walking along the 500 block of Harrison Avenue about 4 p.m. when the unidentified male demanded her purse. Upon seeing her weapon, the male stepped back and she ran to safety, according to police. Further details were not readily available.

SOLES SAVED FROM SNEAKERS SET AFIRE NEAR CEMETERY

• Firefighters said yesterday they bagged a pair of shoes found burning in an alley next to a Centralia cemetery to check for traces of gasoline or similar substances. A neighbor near Washington Avenue saw the tennis shoes on fire and called 911 late Thursday afternoon, according to Riverside Fire Authority Capt. Ken Colombo. The man doused the flames with a bottle of water, Colombo said. They appeared to be about a size 9, but all that was left were the soles, Colombo said.

ASSAULT OF CHILD

• A 21-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for first-degree assault yesterday morning after she allegedly threatened to drown her 5-year-old son and forced his head under water during a bath. A family member fought the child away from his mother and took him to the hospital, where he was found not to be seriously injured, according to the Centralia Police Department. Mercedes K. Lopez was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

NEAR MISS

• A speeding driver passing another vehicle on Jackson Highway outside Chehalis nearly ran head on into a deputy sheriff’s patrol car  last night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy clocked him at 68 mph in a 40 mph zone and subsequently arrested Jeffrey D. King, 27, of Centralia, for reckless driving, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza. The deputy had to slam on his brakes and turn to the right and King swerved at the last moment, Snaza said. It happened about 9 p.m. on the 2800 block of Jackson Highway. King was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday about a pressure washer stolen from a carport on the 200 block of Tilley Avenue. A suspect was later contacted by Chehalis police and found to be in possession of the item, according to the Centralia Police Department. Christopher D. Buck, 25, of Chehalis, was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Centralia police reported.

• Centralia police arrested a 34-year-old man yesterday for possession of methamphetamine and an outstanding warrant. Subsequently, an officer learned a computer Matthew W. Rackley had in his possession had been stolen from an apartment. Rackley was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and second-degree burglary, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 2 p.m. yesterday about a small dog stolen from a vehicle parked at the 1300 block of South Gold Street.

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning o the 1500 block of View Avenue where they learned several items – such as a bicycle, a drill and wrenches – had been stolen from a porch and a car.

• Chehalis police arrested an employee at Home Depot for allegedly stealing some $3,700 worth of brass fittings. An officer called Wednesday evening to the home improvement store on Louisiana Avenue arrested John C. Baker, 45, of rural Chehalis, for second-degree theft, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. Baker returned the items he said he thought were destined for the trash, McNamara said. He was not booked, but the case was referred for charging, McNamara said.

DRUGS

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested for a warrant and possession of heroin about 6 p.m. yesterday. Mical S. Ryan was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer on the 1000 block of Roosevelt Avenue, according to police.

WRECKS

• A 20-year-old driver was cited for texting while driving after her vehicle left the roadway and rolled over about 10 p.m. last night on McClure Road near Toledo. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said neither the Winlock woman nor her 18-year-old passenger were injured, but the Chevrolet Blazer sustained an estimated $1,500 damage.

• A 16-year-old driver suffered what were described as minor injuries when her vehicle rolled over an embankment yesterday morning outside Chehalis. The Chehalis teenager was traveling along Shorey Road near Rogers Road when she took her eyes off the road to adjust the visor, according to Sgt. Rob Snaza.

THREAT ABOUT JUDGE SENDS WOMAN TO JAIL

• A woman who apparently didn’t like the way her case went was arrested yesterday after she made a statement to the bailiff “to the effect that somebody should shoot the judge,” according to Chehalis police. Jammie A. Carpenter, 26, of Rochester, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for harassment following the incident at Chehalis Municipal Court, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. She is set to be released, without charges, pending further investigation.

DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Chehalis man was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday evening following an interview with officers at the Chehalis Police Department. The case of Drake A. Lorber was referred for possible charges of delivery of marijuana that resulted from an ongoing investigation, according to detective Sgt. Rick McNamara. The jail log shows he was arrested and booked for felony possession of marijuana.

• A 25-year-old Kelso woman was arrested late yesterday afternoon when she arrived to pick up her car from Centralia police after it had recently been impounded. Officers had been investigating a shoplifting incident from the Centralia Outlet Mall and were looking for stolen property, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Instead they found heroin and morphine inside her vehicle, he said. Jaci M. Ireland was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for felony possession of marijuana and an outstanding warrant after contact with police on Kearney Street in Centralia. Alejandro Morales-Meza was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called just before 1 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of North Pearl Street about a window being broken out of a vehicle, possibly by a BB.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a tire punctured and vehicle scratched in the 1100 block of South Gold Street.

• Centralia police were called yesterday morning abut gang graffiti spray painted on a fence in the 1100 block of Cobra Lane.

NEIGHBORS EVACUATED FOR BROKEN GAS LINE

• Nearby residences were evacuated after a natural gas line ruptured last night at the 2100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Riverside Fire Authority called about 9:10 p.m. established a safe zone and stood by so Puget Sound Energy could come and shut off the gas. The line had been broken by a lawn mower, according to fire Capt. Greg Schwartz. Firefighters were on the scene until about 10:30 p.m.

THREAT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon after a man allegedly told a collection agency employee he was going to burn down their building. He was contacted but not arrested, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for trafficking in stolen property yesterday evening after officers concluded she sold somebody else’s bicycle to a business on Tower Avenue in Centralia. Jinney Unger was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 38-year-old man was arrested for misdemeanor theft yesterday afternoon after his image was recognized on a video of a security camera stolen from a building on the 500 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Michael Kauer of Centralia was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia where someone had cut the convertible top and a tire on a vehicle.

NOT AN ATTEMPTED LURING

• Police were called on Monday after a 9-year-old child told their parent two males offered the child candy near a school bus stop in Chehalis. Police said a detective happened to be in the area when it occurred and found the candy-offerers were teenagers who were joking and messing around, according to the Chehalis Police Department.