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Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

DOG SHOT AFTER CHICKEN COOP ATTACK

• A Centralia man shot and killed a Chocolate Lab after his chickens were attacked yesterday on the 500 block of West Seventh Street, according to police. The 33-year-old resident called 911 about 7:50 p.m. and said he had caught a pair of dogs in his chicken coop but they ran off, Officer John Panco said. Officers were told the dogs reappeared and went toward or charged his wife and daughter who were on their front porch, according to police. That’s when he fired his shotgun, Panco said. The other canine, a white and rust colored mixed breed, fled. There were 20 chickens, but 14 are either dead or missing, Panco said. Police don’t yet know who the dogs owner’s are, according to Panco.

VW BUG LANDS ON ROOF

• Police were called about 1:30 p.m. yesterday when an unoccupied car on a Chehalis hillside rolled onto the roof of a garage. Nobody was hurt and the damage was minimal, Sgt. Gary Wilson said. It happened near the intersection of Northeast Terrace Road and Washington Avenue. Wilson said it either jumped out of gear or the parking brake wasn’t set. The owner of the Volkswagen bug and the garage were the same person, so no citation was issued, he said.

MAN VERSUS CAR

• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly punched and dented a Honda Civic he said almost ran him over in a crosswalk on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis yesterday. Police called about 8:30 p.m. arrested Cory L. Hughes for second-degree malicious mischief and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNWELCOME PRUNING REPORTED

• A deputy was called yesterday to the 300 block of Sargent Road in Winlock following a discovery that someone had “topped” several trees belonging to a 82-year-old woman who lives there. A much as five feet had been cut from the upper portions of Sequoias and Alaska Blue Spruces, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman’s daughter said a neighbor had inquired about such work being done to improve their view, according to the sheriff’ office. Several no trespassing signs were torn down the night before, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Someone broke into a home on the 100 block of Nikula Road in Winlock and stole numerous valuables including a LG3D television with Blu-ray video, an iPad, Coach purses and a Leo the Lion gold necklace as well as the 3D movies “Thor” and “Sesame Street”. The intruders got in through a kitchen window sometime between Thursday and Monday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is almost $3,000.

• A resident on the 200 block of Tilley Road in Centralia returned from a trip yesterday to find the front door standing open and items scattered about inside, according to police. Someone had apparently broken in through a back door, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not available.

• Three teenagers were arrested last night after Toledo residents awoke to someone trying to kick in their garage door. Deputies called just before 2 a.m. to the 300 block of Collins Road stopped a suspect vehicle in the area and the 19-year-olds from Toledo were arrested for attempted burglary, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Michael R. Raphael, Devon C. Durrant and Drew L. Dailey, according to the sheriff’ office.

• Police were called to the 1400 block of Jensen Avenue in Centralia last night to a complain that three checks had been stolen, some of which have been passed locally, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The images of two girls were caught on security video stealing letters and numbers from a church sign by the road about 10:20 p.m on Monday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The thefts have been ongoing from the Trinity Christian Fellowship on the 100 block of Brockway Road outside Chehalis, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The pastor would like it to stop and want the items returned, according to Brown.

• Police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 400 block of South Silver Street in Centralia. A purse and an iPod had been taken overnight, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM TO VEHICLE

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man who reported Monday night his vehicle’s tires were slashed called police again yesterday morning to say two more were slashed. It happened on Northwest North Street near Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis. It doesn’t appear random, according to police. “They didn’t get ’em all the first time, so they did it again,” Sgt. Gary Wilson said. “That points to personal.”

MORE GRAFFITI AT PORT

• Centralia police were called back to the Port of Centralia off Galvin Road yesterday about more graffiti. The words “fear none” were spray painted on the outside of a building, according to Officer John Panco.

VEHICLE VERSUS TREE

• Centralia police and aid were called about 2 p.m. to the 900 block of North Tower Avenue yesterday when a pickup truck ran off the road and into a tree in someone’s front yard. The driver had no obvious injuries but was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital in case a medical issue may have caused the mishap, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

VANDALISM

• A deputy was called to the 100 block of Alpha Way in Onalaska about 3:20 a.m. yesterday after a 25-year-old Centralia man allegedly shattered the rear window of a Toyota Camry and then rammed it with his vehicle. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says he had gone to the place where his estranged wife was staying and when she told him to leave, he damaged the car belonging to a 42-year-old man.

SHOT IN THE PARK

• A 15-year-old boy walking near the Borst Home in Centralia yesterday afternoon was shot in the arm by a BB gun, according to police. He felt it but didn’t see anyone around, according to officer John Panco. He went to the doctor and had it removed, Panco said.

DRUGS

• A 32-year-old woman was arrested for unlawful possession of Oxycontin after pills were found in her pocket and her purse when she was taken into custody for an outstanding warrant last night at the 1100 block of Grand Avenue in Centralia. Officers had been called there just after 7 p.m. about a dispute, according to the Centralia Police Department. Kenda L. Burrow was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• Three people were arrested for possession of marijuana when they were contacted by police about 5 p.m. yesterday at South Silver and West Walnut streets in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. A 33-year-old man was arrested at the same time for an outstanding warrant, according to police.

VEHICLES DAMAGED

• Centralia police were called about 9 a.m. yesterday to a parking lot on the 200 block of West Main Street where three vehicles were “keyed”, according to Centralia Police Department Officer John Panco.

• Police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of South Pearl Street where the paint on two vehicles was damaged from getting “keyed” and a mirror was broken from a third, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GRAFFITI

• Somebody “tagged” a building and “tanks” at a business on the 2100 block of Foron Road in Centralia sometime between 3 a.m. Sunday and 10 o’clock the following morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Somebody spray painted the outside of a building a the Port of Centralia off Galvin Road over the weekend, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department yesterday.

TIRES FLATTENED

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man called police just after 8 p.m. last night when he discovered two of the tires on his vehicle had been slashed while it was parked on the 300 block of Northwest North Street in Chehalis.

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Read about still few leads on the missing Kayla Croft-Payne …

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The (Longview) Daily News writes that nearing the second anniversary of her disappearance, there have been few new developments over the past year in the case of the missing Kayla Croft-Payne.

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Kayla Croft-Payne

Croft-Payne was reported missing on May 5, 2010  by a friend who hadn’t seen or heard from her for several days. She was 18 years old and living outside Chehalis.

Last summer, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said it had followed tips up into Pierce County, and down into Cowlitz County, saying the last place they could verify she was seen was a trailer park in the Toutle area.

News reporter Natalie St. John reports a volunteer group conducted a search outside Winlock about a month ago that turned out to be  dead end.

Read St. John’s news story here

For background, read “Kayla Croft-Payne: Missing Lewis County teen’s parents still seeking answers” from Friday March 25, 2011, here

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Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

SKIER DIES AT WHITE PASS

• A skier died after apparently falling head first into a “tree well” at White Pass on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies called to the area learned the woman had been skiing with friends around 3 p.m. and she didn’t turn up at the bottom of the slopes, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The ski patrol found her buried in the soft snow beneath a tree in an area known as the West Ridge and life saving efforts were attempted but the 22-year-old woman from Yakima died, the sheriff’s office said. The Yakima-Herald Republic identified her as KyOna Hoff, an experienced skier who worked at the resort.

THEFT

• More than $4,000 of tools and other items were stolen from the B and M Logging shop on the 1900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Ethel over the weekend, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the items missing were a dozen or more aluminum wheels, 200 feet of welding wire, light cords, a drill and two power saws, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Three teenagers were arrested after the owner of a travel trailer on the 100 block of Beckie Lane near Napavine called 911 when he saw a burglary being committed on live security footage viewed remotely from Renton on Friday night, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A neighbor saw three subjects all wearing “hoodies” run north through the trees and one of the suspects was subsequently spotted walking on Romerman Road, the sheriff’s office said. Two 17-year-olds were booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for theft of a firearm an other related crimes, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. A 16-year-old was booked for burglary and a related offense, according to Brown.

• Police were called just before 7 a.m. yesterday to a burglary at a house on the 500 block of South Ash Street in Centralia. Someone had broken a window and left with two television sets, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone broke a window on door to get inside a house on the 400 block of Yew Street in Centralia and stole a game system and games, according to the Centralia Police Department. The burglary was reported about 10 p.m. on Saturday.

• Police were called just after 8 p.m. on Friday to the 700 block of Northwest Ohio Avenue in Chehalis where a computer, an iPod and their chargers had been stolen.

• Police took a report about 11:25 a.m. on Friday of a car prowl on the 400 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. A window had been broken out, according to police.

VEHICLE VERSUS PEDESTRIANS

• A man and a woman in a crosswalk on the 500 block of Market Boulevard in Chehalis were struck by a pickup truck around 9 p.m. on Friday, according to police. They were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to police. It’s not clear if the 50-year-old Chehalis driver was cited, according to a police department spokesperson.

FRAUD

• Police were called to the Bank of America on the 100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia about 10:35 a.m. on Friday because someone was trying to cash what was believed to be a forged check, and four Centralia residents were detained. Three women were arrested and booked for forgery, according to the Centralia Police Department. They are Rita F. Masters, 48, Janice M. Lester, 49, and Jessica D. Wilke, 34, Officer John Panco said. The case of a 53-year-old man with them was referred for the same charge, Panco said. The amount of the check they attempted to cash was not noted. Masters was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine, and Lester for possession of meth and heroin, Panco said.

HIT AND RUN SUSPECT APPREHENDED BY K-9

• A 20-year-old man was arrested for multiple offenses after he reportedly sped away from a police car and then crashed into two vehicles about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday in Centralia. An officer was going to pull over Galen R. Whitmire for a defective headlight when he was spotted near Yew and Main streets, but Whitmore headed north blowing a stop sign before hitting an SUV traveling on Alder Street and a parked vehicle and then fleeing on foot, according to Officer John Panco. Whitmire was subsequently found by a police dog hiding in some bushes along Long Road, Panco said. Because the Centralia man’s passenger had wanted out of his vehicle during the short pursuit, Whitmire was arrested for unlawful imprisonment as well as attempting to elude and hit and run, according to Panco. He was also booked for possession of suspected methamphetamine, according to Panco. The woman driving the SUV sustained only minor injuries, police said.

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