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MAN’S “BEST FRIEND” LEADS POLICE TO THEFT SUSPECT

• A suspect’s dog left behind at a burglary in Centralia yesterday led to the arrest of a 19-year-old man, the Centralia Police Department said this morning. Police were called yesterday morning to three different incidents on the 1400 block of Jensen Avenue. In one case, someone entered a house and a garage and took two GPS devices, a wallet, a checkbook and a garage door opener, according to police. Two other garages and sheds in the same area were burglarized, with items such as a chainsaw and a pressure washer among the stolen goods, according to police. One of the victims told an officer a Pit Bull sitting in his yard did not belong to him, according to Officer John Panco. The officer recognized the pet as a dog seen earlier being walked down the street – with a rope around its neck – by Raymond C. Rhodes, 19, of Chehalis, according to Panco. Later in the day, police contacted Rhode at an undisclosed Centralia address where they served a search warrant and recovered some of the stolen goods, according to police. Rhodes was booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary.

TALL TALE LEADS TO ARREST

• A man who was apparently impatient about getting law enforcement to respond to fireworks being set off in his driveway in Toledo was arrested for making a false statement after he allegedly told a 911 dispatcher there was a body lying on his property. The call to the 200 block of Boone Road was about 11:20 p.m. on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies responded, the 31- year-old Toledo resident said he was sorry about saying there was a body, but he, Jeffery D. McGeary, was still arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

ASSAULT

• A 41-year-old man was arrested over the weekend for second-degree assault after he allegedly pushed his wife down and choked her at the Rainbow Falls State Park on state Route 6 west of Chehalis. Richard B. King, of Lacey, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT

• A deputy was called yesterday evening about a burglary on the 800 block of Gore Road in Onalaska in which almost $4,000 of items were stolen. Among the missing goods were a Winchester rifle, a miter saw, a table saw, knives and a jade necklace, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they took a report of a burglary in Glenoma in which a brush cutter, a generator, a rototiller, a nail gun and other items were stolen. It happened at the 100 block of Wright Road sometime between last Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report at mid-day yesterday of a theft from the 700 block of Leudinghaus Road west of Chehalis. Somebody took a wood stove, six radiators, the fuel tanks from three vehicles and copper wire as well as other items, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. It happened sometime on Saturday or Sunday, Brown said.

• Centralia police were called about 9:15 a.m. yesterday about a burglary on the 1300 block of West Main Street. Missing were prescription medications and cash, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called on Saturday to a residential burglary on the 100 block of Dorning Road outside Winlock. A woman had been making repairs at the house and when she left as unable to secure the house; and when she returned she discovered several items missing such as knives and German beer steins, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a deputy was called Friday night to a burglary on the 2800 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. Missing were two fishing poles and vice grips, according to the sheriff’s office.

VEHICLE PROWLS

• A deputy was called yesterday afternoon about windows to an RV being broken out on the 1100 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood.

• Centralia police took two reports about 9 a.m. yesterday of vehicle prowls that occurred sometime in the night at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue.

• Chehalis police were called about 10:45 a.m. yesterday to a car prowl on the 300 block of Southwest Eighth Street. The window of the vehicle had been smashed out, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about 6 p.m. on Friday about a car prowl in the Wal-Mart parking lot on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Tools were taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BAD BILL?

• Chehalis police were called on Friday evening to a business in the Twin City Town Center about a fake $2 bill they had received. Deputy Police Chief Rand Kaut said he hasn’t seen it yet, but people don’t usually make counterfeit bills in denominations that small.

TWO ARRESTED AFTER CHEHALIS RUCKUS

• Two people were arrested about 2 a.m. on Sunday for disorderly conduct on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis. A passing officer saw an individual jump out of a vehicle and try to hit a man standing on the sidewalk, and then a woman went up to the assailant and tried to hit him, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. Arrested were Faleesha G. Reynolds, 22, of Centralia and Marc T. Vetters, 23, of Onalaska, according to Kaut. They were then released.

MOTORCYCLE WRECKS

• A Chehalis man in his 20s was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday after his motorcycle ran into the back of a car on Interstate 5 just south of the Main Street interchange in Chehalis yesterday. The Chehalis Fire Department called just before 3 p.m. said it appeared he had an injury to his shoulder or collarbone.

• A 53-year-old Chehalis man was hospitalized on Saturday after he wrecked his motorcycle trying to avoid an approaching train at the 700 block of Twin Oaks Road west of Chehalis. A deputy was called about 5:30 p.m. to the Chehalis Steam Train crossing and learned the man had locked up his brakes, laid his bike down and was ejected. The man, whose name was not released, suffered scrapes and an injury to his ankle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 6 o’clock this morning to the 1400 block of Jensen Avenue where someone had burglarized a garage and a house. Missing were two GPS devices, a wallet, a checkbook and a garage door opener, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police arrested two people for second-degree burglary on Friday evening for allegedly entering a vacant home on the 900 block of B Street and stealing wire. Daren C. Penfield, 48, of Winlock, and Jarred C. Penfield, 26, of Centralia, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called to a cemetery in northwest Centralia on Friday about the theft of a graveside awning and other items. The goods from the 1800 block of Van Wormer Street were later recovered at a nearby property, according to the  Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of another car prowl on the 2500 block of Fords Prairie Avenue. Sometime in the previous few days someone stole CDs and other items from the vehicle, according to police.

• Police were called yesterday to the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia where sometime during the night someone broke into a vehicle and took jewelry and an MP3 player, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police reported yesterday an officer took a report the night before of a vehicle broken into on the 1100 block of Brotherson Road. Somebody smashed the driver’s side window and stole two 12-inch “Rockford sub-woofers” and a 500-watt Rockford amplifier, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called yesterday to the 1100 block of Marion Street in Centralia to a report of a car window that had been broken.

DRUGS

• A 19-year-old Rochester man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine late Friday afternoon in Centralia. Billy D. Powell was booked into the Lewis County Jail following his contact with an officer on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to police.

MAN ARRESTED NAKED ON STREET

• Centralia police were called about 7:20 a.m. on Friday to a report of a man walking around naked on the 1300 block of South Gold Street. An officer subsequently arrested 57-year-old James K. Hayes for felony indecent exposure and possession of a controlled substance, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

WRECKED TRUCKLOAD OF FISH BLOCKS HIGHWAY

• The Washington State Patrol reported yesterday a 62-year-old Centralia truck driver was uninjured when his semi loaded with fish wrecked on state Route 101 just north of Ilwaco blocking the highway for almost 10 hours the evening before. Ronald K. Bruneau was traveling northbound about 15 miles north of town when his Peterbilt tractor and trailer crossed the centerline, jack-knifed and slid on its side into the southbound guard rail, according to the state patrol. It happened about 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Bruneau’s truck was described as totaled.