Archive for August, 2011

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

TOMATOES AND EGGS

• Centralia police said this morning they took multiple reports of vehicles being hit with eggs overnight in the area of the 1300 block of Delaware Avenue and the Logan District.

• Morton police took a report on Friday morning from the 300 block of O’Neill Road that someone had thrown tomatoes at a home and knocked over a no trespassing sign.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 9:45 p.m. last night to the 200 block of Willow Lane where someone had broken into a residence and stolen money and jewelry. It looks like they got in through a window, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report yesterday of an estimated $4,000 of copper and aluminum stolen from PUD on the 1400 block of Falls Road southeast of Glenoma. Someone cut through two fences to get inside the compound, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was told it happened sometime since last Wednesday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• Police were called about 8:15 p.m. last night about a 1998 Volkswagen Jetta stolen from the 300 block of Centralia College Boulevard. It was found just before 1 o’clock this morning in Fife, Centralia Officer John Panco said.

• Police were called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl at the 1400 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Missing was a black Kodak digital camera and GPS unit, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ASSAULT

• A deputy took a report of a second-degree assault that occurred last month near White Pass, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday. The victim, a 44-year-old man from Everett, said he and some acquaintances were returning home from camping and stopped at a scenic lookout on U.S. Highway 12 when a dispute broke out about somebody’s driving on July 22, according to the sheriff’s office. The man was punched in the face by a friend of a friend and he subsequently discovered his jaw was broken, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

DRUGS

• A 24-year-old Centralia man was arrested yesterday for an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine, according to Centralia police. Samuel P. Davies, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer about 12:45 p.m. at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Somebody used blue and gray spray paint to leave what appeared to be the letters “NOSE” on a building on the 300 block of Centralia College Boulevard, according to a report made to Centralia police yesterday.

• A pair of 25-year-olds were arrested in Morton last week for purposely running over two “squeegees” belonging to a local business, the Morton Police Department reported yesterday. The man and woman were arrested for third-degree malicious mischief, according to police.

WRECK

• Three people were hospitalized after a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 12 in Rochester yesterday. Troopers and aid were called just before 9 a.m. to the two-car collision near Denmark Street. All the patients were adults and none had life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. It’s a stretch of roadway West Thurston Regional Fire Authority has seen enough accidents on that they are talking with the state Department of Transportation about what might possibly be done to make it safer, Fire Chief Robert Scott said. Both lanes were shut down about an hour. The Washington State Patrol says one of the drivers fell asleep.

LEWIS COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS

• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for information about a residential burglary outside Chehalis in which appliances and other items were stolen. It happened about 6 p.m. on July 8 at the 100 block of Fircrest Road. Crime Stoppers says the culprit could drive a dark blue Chevrolet pickup with a box trailer. Taken were a GE refrigerator and washer, a Whirlpool dryer, a Delta table saw and a Jotul brand wood stove. Crime Stoppers pays for information leading to the clearance of crimes and takes tips anonymously at 1-800-748-6422 or online at www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org

Tied up teen rescued from Randle garage

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A 45-year-old Randle man was arrested for unlawful imprisonment after deputies found his 16-year-old girlfriend tied up inside his garage yesterday afternoon.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was called around 4 p.m. about a dispute on the 100 block of McKay Street, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

A deputy could hear a male and female shouting from the street and discovered the teenager in the open building with her hands tied behind her back with tape, Brown said.

The girl said Jeffrey S. Plaas had thrown her on the ground and would not let her go, Brown said.

Brown said it’s not clear exactly how long she had been there, but about 20 minutes earlier, deputies had taken a call about the pair walking past a Randle cafe, with the male pushing and shoving the female.

The 16-year-old told deputies he had over the previous 24 hours pulled her hair and slapped her, Brown said.

She had swelling on her face, including a bloody nose, Brown said.

Plaas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for unlawful imprisonment and fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, according to Brown.

The girl declined treatment and was returned to her parents in Ashford.

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Monday, August 8th, 2011

SMASHING WINDOWS

• Centralia police were called about 3:20 a.m. yesterday to a report of several males in a van who got out and used baseball bats to break the windows out a residence and a vehicle on the 1200 block of View Street in Centralia.

• Someone broke the windows out of two vehicles on the 1200 block of West Walnut Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

GUN DISPLAYED

• Chehalis police are investigating an incident yesterday of an individual brandishing a firearm at the park and ride lot off exit 77 in Chehalis. Chehalis Police Chief Glenn Schaffer said it appeared someone had made remarks about a woman and then later at the park and ride one of four individuals contacted the woman and her family and the individual was holding a gun behind his or her back.

BEER THEFTS

• Chehalis police were called about 3:20 a.m. yesterday to Safeway on South Market Boulevard after two males stole beer and pushed down a clerk as they fled the store. One of them was about 6 feet tall and the other around 5 feet 7 inches, according ton police. Officers will be looking at the store’s security video to try to identify their suspects, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police responded about 3 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue where security camera captured images of two males breaking a door and leaving with beer and cigarettes.

SAFE STOLEN FROM RESIDENCE

• Centralia police were called yesterday about the theft of safe from a home on the 100 block of Jalyn Street. It contained money and documents, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident report did not note how much money had been inside the safe, according to Officer John Panco.

SUV WITH KEYS INSIDE STOLEN

• A 34-year-old Olympia resident who got a flat tire Thursday at the 300 block of Ingalls Road outside Chehalis on Thursday night returned the next day to find his 1989 Chevrolet Suburban missing, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The owner had left the vehicle unlocked with the keys in the ignition, according to the sheriff’s office

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 2 p.m. yesterday about lug nuts being removed from a wheel of a vehicle on the 100 block of East Bridge Street in Centralia.

• A deputy took a report on Saturday of a door being kicked in to a water pump house on the 200 block of Hyak Road in Onalaska. The victim is Lewis County Water District 2, and nothing inside the pump house was damaged or missing, according to the sheriff’s office.

NEARLY NAKED WOMAN ARRESTED OUTSIDE MOTEL

• Officers called about 1 a.m. on Sunday to a motel on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia arrested a 46-year-old woman who was intoxicated and mostly unclothed walking around outdoors. Juliann M. Pinson, of St. Helens, Ore. was wearing only small-type underwear and nothing else, according to Officer John Panco. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for indecent exposure, according to police.

MYSTERY ASSAULT

• Police were called to the 1200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia about 6 o’clock yesterday morning about a woman trying to get into a residence. Officers found the woman had been assaulted – she had bruises and scrapes on her legs – and she as taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Centralia Police Department. The 19-year-old woman would not tell police what had happened and left the hospital without getting seen, according to Officer John Panco.

Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called yesterday to a report of several mailboxes damaged sometime during the night on the 1600 block of Military Road.

• Somebody slashed tires on a vehicle at the 700 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

THEFT

• Chehalis police said yesterday a subject attempting to steal a boat motor on Southwest Cascade Avenue was confronted by a neighbor and then fled on his bicycle. It happened about 11 p.m. on Thursday night, according to Police Chief Glenn Schaffer.

• Chehalis police took a report on Wednesday of a residential burglary on South Market Boulevard. Missing were a phone, prescriptions, clothing and other items, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

Two teens held on high bail for alleged Mossyrock firearm thefts

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – A pair of teenagers accused of stealing a half dozen guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from a Mossyrock resident who was out of town have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to a week-end long crime spree.

Eighteen-year-olds Anthony S. Depuisaye-Greene his girlfriend Dezarai B. Johnson are being held in the Lewis County Jail on bails of $250,000 and $150,000 respectively.

Police believe the pair and a 17-year-old girl burglarized a home on the 200 block of Court Street repeatedly beginning Friday July 22.

Charging documents and Mossyrock police allege the girls acted as lookouts while Depuisaye-Greene crawled through an upstairs window that was open and removed from its hinges a door to a secured room where some of the firearms were stored.

Depuisaye-Greene also allegedly stole a $3,000 diamond ring from a residence on East State Street, not far from the home where he had been staying.

The 18-year-olds fled in a stolen Toyota RAVE to Sequim, where Johnson lives, according to charging documents.

Johnson and Depuisaye-Greene were picked up by police in a convenience store east of Sequim and arrested without incident on July 25. The 17-year-old female was arrested in Mossyrock the day before.

Along with the six loaded pistols, other items stolen included a Bulova watch, gold dollars and several knives, according to charging documents.

One of the guns and the Toyota were recovered in Sequim. Police were told the ring was pawned in Chehalis, according to charging documents.

The 18-year-olds appeared in Lewis County Superior Court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the numerous charges.

A trial was scheduled for Depuisaye-Greene the week of September 26. A date has not yet been set for Johnson’s trial.
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Read “Ammo, half dozen guns stolen in Mossyrock break-ins” from Monday July 25, 2011, here

News brief: Chehalis man pleads not guilty in Monday attempted armed robbery

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Benjamin S. Alaniz, 26, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges related to allegedly trying to fire a gun repeatedly into the face of an acquaintance on Monday.

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Benjamin S. Alaniz

Alaniz is charged with first-degree assault, first-degree attempted robbery, unlawful imprisonment, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine.

The Chehalis man is being held on $500,000 bail following the events that were reported to have occurred in the back of a car near the Centralia Outlet Mall west of Interstate 5 on Monday afternoon.

Police were told Briana L. Carrothers picked up Nicholas J. George to go buy drugs and Alaniz jumped into the car, put the gun to George and demanded money. Both George and Carrothers said they then heard the gun click several times as if being fired but no shots discharged.

The Lewis County Prosecutors Office said it is contemplating increasing the charges to include attempted second-degree murder.

A trial date was set for the week of September 26.
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Read background here

Farmer loses cows on Interstate 5 south of Chehalis

Friday, August 5th, 2011

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A farmer taking his cows to market lost some out the back of a trailer on Interstate 5 this afternoon south of Chehalis.

The Washington State Patrol said no vehicles were hit by the animals or vice versa.

Traffic slowed down when it happened, Sgt. Ted DeHart said.

Most of the cows got up and walked away and headed to the shoulder to graze, he said.

It happened about 1 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the freeway just south of the U.S. Highway 12 and Avery Road interchange.

DeHart didn’t know how many cows were involved for sure but said he thought it was less than five.

A latch to a door had broken and the driver of the truck pulling the livestock trailer was beginning to pull to the shoulder when it occurred, DeHart said.

No animals were hurt.

“All of them were fine, we’re in the process of getting the last one – that kind of got away – wrangled up as we speak,” DeHart said.

The sergeant didn’t expect a citation would be issued as it was purely an accident, he said.