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HIT AND RUN AT BANK

• A 22-year-old Chehalis driver was arrested last night after reportedly crashing into a brick planter in front of Sterling Savings Bank and leaving a trail of bricks strewn up the block. It happened just before 7 p.m. at the 400 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis. No injuries were reported. Richard E. Engel was cited for hit and run and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SCHOOL BUS AND JEEP COLLIDE

• Chehalis police were called a little after 4 p.m. yesterday to the intersection of 13th Street and William Avenue when a school bus and a Jeep Cherokee collided. There were no children on the bus and no injuries, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officer Linda Bailey said the bus was eastbound and preparing to turn left onto William when the driver of the Jeep  behind it tried to turn as well.

BURGLAR MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME

• Police were called to a residence on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue about 5:30 p.m. yesterday when a woman returned home after being away a couple of days and found it appeared someone had been staying there, according to Centralia police. A computer was missing. It’s not clear how the intruder got inside, Officer John Panco said.

ENGINES STOLEN

• Two Centralia residents were arrested yesterday in connection with three engines and various scrap metal stored under a tree on property on the 1900 block of Seminary Hill Road in Centralia that were stolen on Monday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested and booked yesterday for second-degree theft were Jordan C. Yocum, 28 and Daniel G. Church, 50, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Deputies are looking for a third suspect. The loss is estimated at $1,100.

‘SOMEONE’S BEEN LOGGING ON MY PROPERTY’

• A 48-year-old Winlock man was arrested yesterday in connection with someone cutting down maple trees on 65 acres near Toledo owned by an Onalaska man. A deputy was called Tuesday to the 200 block of Bill Creek Road when a neighbor observed someone using a chainsaw on the property and took down a license plate, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Dave W. Sohrakoff was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday for first-degree malicious mischief, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The loss of six trees is estimated at $6,000, Brown said.

UNRULY RESIDENT ARRESTED

• A 68-year-old resident of an “assisted care facility” in Centralia was arrested after police were called yesterday afternoon and told he was being disorderly. An officer called about 2:45 p.m. to the location on the 900 block of South Schueber Road reported when an officer tried to talk with Donald L. Cowan, he refused to answer and when an officer tried to detain him, Cowan tried to get away, Officer John Panco said. Cowan was arrested for disorderly conduct and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Updated at 5:50 p.m.

STOLEN TRUCK

• Police were called to the 800 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia yesterday afternoon about a stolen truck and trailer. The vehicle is a red 1993 Chevrolet with a license plate reading A05994P, according to the Centralia Police Department. The license on the car trailer is 7933UY.

SHED BURGLARY

• Police were called just after 10 a.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia where a shed had been broken into. The victim did not know if anything was missing, according to police.

FRAUD

• Centralia police are investigating after a call yesterday from an individual who said someone wrote a fraudulent check on his disabled brother’s account for $86.

STOLEN BICYCLE

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report yesterday of a bike stolen from where it had been parked at a church on the 1000 block of Boistfort Road sometime between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. a week earlier.

DRUGS

• A 20-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with a police officer about 8:30 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of South King Street in Centralia. Tanner Z.R. Russell was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 42-year-old driver from Ketchikan, Alaska stopped for speeding on Interstate 5 in Chehalis was booked into the Lewis County Jail early Tuesday after troopers found more than four and half pounds of marijuana and more than a half pound of dry hashish in his vehicle. John D. Murphy was traveling 80 mph in a 70 mph zone and when he rolled down his window, a trooper smelled the “distinct oder of fresh marijuana,” according to charging documents. Murphy was arrested and then charged later Tuesday with felony possession of marijuana, according to charging documents. The traffic stop was just before 1 a.m. near milepost 76, according to Trooper Ryan Tanner. Murphy said he was traveling to Mount Hood and a friend had left a bag in his vehicle, charging documents say. Bail was set at $10,000.

DRUGS

• A 40-year-old woman and  48-year-old man were arrested for possession of methamphetamine after they were detained on outstanding warrants about 2:45 a.m. today on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Felicia F. Harris, of Centralia, and Gregory A. Brown, from Castle Rock, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. They are being released with no charges pending further investigation.

• A 33-year-old Rochester man was arrested about 4:45 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis for a suspended license warrant and possession of suspected heroin was booked into the Lewis County Jail, and released a few hours later.

• A 27-year-old woman from Auburn was arrested for alleged illegal possession of prescription morphine and other drugs following a traffic stop on Friday night at the 1100 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Jennifer D. Anderson was released without charges pending further investigation.

• The case of a 28-year-old Centralia woman was referred for a possible charge of possession of heroin following a traffic stop about 4:15 p.m. on Friday at the 400 block of South Market Avenue in Chehalis, according to police.

CAR PROWL

• A cup holder containing some change was stolen from a vehicle parked on the 1900 block of Southwest Snively Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 6:30 a.m. today. The vehicle may have been left unlocked, police were told.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the parking lot at Wal-Mart on Friday morning where someone had smashed out the window of a vehicle parked there overnight, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CRASH

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 51-year-old Randle man was unhurt but intoxicated when he rolled his Chevrolet pickup truck off the 600 block of Cispus Road in Randle just before 2 o’clock on Saturday morning. The vehicle sustained extensive damage and James J. Sharples was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

HOUSE WARMING INTERRUPTED

• A 77-year-old woman’s Toledo-area barn was apparently home – even if only briefly – to an otherwise homeless person who was arrested Saturday for allegedly making and using a fire pit inside of it. A deputy called early Saturday morning to the 100 block of state Route 506 noted what looked like a bed of hay and a smoldering pit just feet from a stack of firewood, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was extinguished. The woman said she had seen smoke coming from the barn the day before as well, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. An arriving officer detained a man covered in ashes who smelled of smoke and was walking away from the area, Brown said. Forty-nine-year-old Hoa Minh Trang was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for trespass and reckless burning, according to the sheriff’s office.

BAD HOST

• A 34-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun in a friend’s face and then fired it into the floor toward the friend’s feet at an Adna home over the weekend. It happened Saturday on the 200 block of Bunker Creek Road and both men were believed to be intoxicated, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jeffrey Evans was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday, also for unlawful possession of a firearm, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

ASSAULT

• A 51-year-old Winlock man was arrested after he allegedly punched his girlfriend in the head at least 10 times and pushed her down early on Sunday morning at the 700 block of Frost Road in Winlock. A deputy was called to Providence Centralia Hospital where the woman was being treated and Gerald W. Allison was subsequently arrested for second-degree assault, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman had a possible broken finger as well as bruises, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.

IDENTITY THEFT

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday from a woman who told them her sister used her name during a traffic stop six month’s ago that led to the victim’s license being suspended. The case is under investigation, according to police.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 8:20 a.m. yesterday about a gray 1993 Honda Accord stolen from the 1800 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia.

• A deputy was called to the 200 block of Dorning Drive in Winlock on Saturday after a 70-year-old man discovered his bottle of Hydrocodone tablets was empty. He had no idea where the 42 pills had gone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office.

• A 2500 watt Coleman generator was reported stolen from a vacation cabin on the 100 block of Rainier Vista Drive in Mineral sometime between Dec. 6 and Friday, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning.

• A burglary was reported about 3 p.m. on Friday at a home on the 1100 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. Exactly what was taken wasn’t available at the time, according to police.

• Centralia police took a report on Friday about copper pipes removed from a vacant residence on the 1000 block of South Pearl Street sometime since August.

• A snowboard went missing from a garage on the 900 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia sometime in the previous two weeks, according to a report made to Centralia police yesterday morning.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday that a vehicle had been rummaged through at the 300 block of West Pine Street in Centralia.

DRUGS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a deputy learned over the weekend who had been causing all the damage at the Packwood Fire Department over the previous month – a 45-year-old local man who said he didn’t have a problem with the fire department, he was only trying to quiet the voices in his head. A suspected meth pipe was found in his vehicle when he was pulled over on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss to the fire district is estimated at $4,300, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The office is referring the case for possible charges of three counts of malicious mischief.

• A 52-year-old Randle man was arrested for possession of heroin after contact with a police officer about 12:40 a.m. today on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Brian E. Bridges was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and outstanding warrants after contact with a police officer on the 2300 block of North Pearl Street about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Centralia Police Department. Christopher A. Caulfield was booked into the  Lewis County Jail, according to police.

WRECKS

• A 31-year-old Toledo man was arrested for hit and run last night after he reportedly drove into a neighbor’s fence and drove away, but left his license plate behind. A deputy called just after 9 p.m. to the 200 block of Collins Road outside Toledo tracked the plate to Aaron R. McKenzie, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. McKenzie was cited and then released.

• A driver reportedly avoided any injury when he totaled his car crashing it into a tree on the 100 block of Coal Creek Road in Chehalis on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 11:15 a.m. to the scene reported the 19-year-old Bellingham resident was given a citation, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning.