CENTRALIA MAN SHOOTS SELF IN HAND
• A 24-year-old Centralia man was hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in the hand yesterday at a home on the 100 block of Tri Mountain Lane outside Centralia. Aid and deputies called just before 1 p.m. were told he was taking apart his .40 caliber handgun and didn’t realize the magazine was in place and a round was in the chamber when he attempted to push the slide back with his left hand, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The gun discharged into a bathroom floor, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The man was transported to Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma for treatment, Brown said.
POLICE: CENTRALIA MAN GRABS OFFICER, SWINGS AT SECOND OFFICER
• A 57-year-old Centralia man was jailed yesterday for assaulting a police officer who responded to a report of a dispute at the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia. Police reported William L. Thomas was irate and grabbed the officer’s arm and slammed it into a gate. He then swung at another officer but missed, according to the Centralia Police Department. Thomas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault following the approximately 6:15 p.m. call, according to police.
BURGLARY AND THEFT
• A deputy was called yesterday evening to a burglary at a residence on the 1800 block of Little Hanaford Road in Centralia in which thousands of dollars worth of items were stolen. Among the household items missing are a flat screen television, a computer and gift cards, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police arrested a 40-year-old man yesterday for second-degree theft and forgery following a report he used someone’s bank card without permission. Ernest A. Calderon, of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon about an individual’s social security number being used at Grocery Outlet on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to police.
• A deputy was called early this morning after a truck was stolen from the 1000 block of West Reynolds Avenue in Centralia. The owner said it must have occurred sometime after 11 p.m. and before 3 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. When he woke up he discovered a latch on a gate was broken and the blue 1993 Chevrolet Cheyenne with a black rack on it and numerous stickers in the window was gone from where it had been parked, according to the sheriff’s office. It has a license plate of B91272E, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
• Chehalis police were called about 11:30 p.m. yesterday to Southwest Seventh Avenue where a resident spotted two men with flashlights prowling around his vehicle. No arrests were made.
DRUGS
• A 19-year-old Rochester woman was arrested for possession of suspected methamphetamine yesterday evening after she was taken into custody for a warrant after a traffic stop and subsequently admitted she had hidden something down her pants, according to Chehalis police. Kyrstin R. Daarud was a passenger in a vehicle stopped about 6:15 p.m. at Southwest McFadden Avenue and Eighth Street, according to police. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
FIRE BREAKS OUT INSIDE SEMI AT TRUCK STOP
• Firefighters called to Love’s Truck Stop on Rush Road in Napavine just after 4 p.m. yesterday found two pallets of used batteries burning inside a semi truck’s trailer. Nobody was injured and the damage was limited to the two pallets. according to Lewis County Fire District 5.
WRECK
• A 32-year-old Curtis man was arrested after a single-vehicle wreck on the 300 block of Middle Fork Road on Friday night in which he allegedly left his injured 28-year-old girlfriend at the scene. Deputies called about 9 p.m. found the woman with lacerations to her head and arm and were told the driver asked for a ride away, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. The driver, Benjamin J. Breitenbach, was later found at the hospital and booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicular assault, however he was released Sunday on $20,000 bail and a charging decision has not yet been made pending further investigation, according to authorities.
OTHER
• And local law enforcement officers yesterday responded as usual to a variety of misdemeanor assaults, misdemeanor thefts, misdemeanor marijuana possession and misdemeanor traffic crimes such as driving under the influence.
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