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POLICE: THREE ARRESTED WHEN CENTRALIA DRUG HOUSE SEARCHED

• Centralia police arrested three people yesterday afternoon at a residence on the 1000 block of Yakima Street following a month-long drug investigation. Police Sgt. Carl Buster said when detectives searched the home they found an unspecified amount of drugs. Arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for delivery of drugs were Fred Isaacson and Arthur Haller-Heilman, Buster said. The woman whose house it was, Kathy G. Challender, was arrested for maintaining a building for controlled substance purposes, according to Buster. The case involved methamphetamine, heroin and undercover purchases, according to police.

EMERGENCY LANDING IN HAYFIELD

• A small plane that lost power to its engine landed in a hayfield just south of Toledo airport yesterday afternoon, with no injury to the pilot and no damage to his Cessna 152, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the 29-year-old pilot from Hillsboro, Ore., glided to the ground, landing in the area of the 5400 block of Jackson Highway shortly before 2:45 p.m.

TWO ARRESTED FOR STOLEN SUV

• A teenager who apparently escaped detection by a police dog looking for her overnight was spotted by an officer and arrested about 6 o’clock this morning in Chehalis. Ashley L. Earhardt, 18, was found in the area of Cascade Avenue and Southwest 11th Street, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She said she had been hiding in a bush when the dog and officer walked by her earlier, Officer Linda Bailey said. It began about 2:45 a.m. when a Chehalis officer observed a Ford Explorer covered in graffiti parked at Safeway on South Market Boulevard and learned the vehicle was stolen out of Port Angeles, according to Bailey. The occupants were ordered out at gunpoint, but Earhardt fled, according to Bailey. The other occupant, Nathan Terry, 23, was arrested and booked for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to police. Earhardt was booked for the same offense this morning,  Bailey said. Both are from Port Angeles.

MAN HIT IN HEAD WITH RATCHET

• An 18-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested last night after allegedly beating another 18-year-old with a ratchet. Chehalis police called just before 8 p.m. were told the male victim was struck in the side of the face and on the forearm while at Ryan A. Emery’s home on the 500 block of Southwest William Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim went to the hospital, Officer Linda Bailey said. The incident was sparked by name calling, according to Bailey. Emery was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to police.

DUI ARRESTEE “ESCAPES” INSIDE JAIL

• A 36-year-old woman arrested for driving under the influence late yesterday afternoon in Fort Borst Park in Centralia found herself in more trouble after she reportedly slipped out of handcuffs while waiting to be booked at the jail and stepped into an elevator there. A staff member quickly locked the elevator and Janelle L. Butterfield was additionally booked for third-degree escape, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The handcuffs had been chained to a bench. The Port Hadlock woman said she was “only kidding around,” authorities said. She had allegedly backed over two wood posts at the park.

MAN WITH STICK

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office was called about 6:40 p.m. yesterday to Onalaska where a man reported a stranger walked onto his property, waving his arms and threatened to kill him. When the suspect picked up a two-foot long stick, the 51-year-old man went inside his house, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies discovered George A. Dillon, 44, of Des Moines, has walked to Brenda’s Market where he left his stick before returning to the property on the 1700 block of state Route 508. He was found in a camper there, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown, mumbling incoherently about hippos and peanut butter sandwiches. Brown said it is unknown why Dillon was in Onalaska, where he was staying or who he was with. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment. Dillon, however, is to be released without charges pending further investigation.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report about 4:25 p.m. yesterday from the 1000 block of B Street about stolen jewelry.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a black Jeep Liberty was stolen from the 700 block of Winlock-Vader Road sometime between Friday and Monday. It had been left unlocked, according to the sheriff’s office. It has a license plate reading 464 WBD.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said they got a call last night that someone broke into a home on the 100 block of Galaxy Road in Chehalis on Monday sometime after 8:30 a.m. and left with a Playstation and $35 cash. A deputy subsequently concluded it was the victim’s ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old Tyler Geist, according to the sheriff’s office. Geist was already in jail, having been arrested yesterday afternoon after allegedly fleeing Wal-Mart with a pair of Dr. Scholes shoe inserts he shoplifted. He was re-booked with an additional offense of second-degree burglary, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Spring Lane in Centralia about testing equipment stolen from a cable van.

• Centralia police were called about 10:20 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of North Gold Street when an individual observed somebody inside their truck parked in the front yard of a residence. Arriving officers found a 47-year-old Seattle man sitting in the driver’s seat and arrested him for vehicle prowl as well as trespass, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police think he was trying to steal a pair of boots. David W. M. Humbalt was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report of graffiti on a business on the 800 block of North Tower Avenue yesterday morning.

• Chehalis police took a report about 8 o’clock yesterday morning of a blue Swastika painted on the backdoor of Napa Auto parts on South Market Boulevard.

PUDDLE OF BLOOD

• Chehalis police were called about 7 o’clock this morning after a business owner found small pools of blood and droplets on the patio sidewalk outside his business. An officer went to the location on the 100 block of Northeast School Street and could not determine what occurred, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A check indicated there had been no 911 calls in the area, Officer Linda Bailey said.

WRECK

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man was hospitalized after his motorcycle took out several mailboxes at a sharp curve on the 300 block of Coal Creek Road in Chehalis and then both bike and rider came to rest in a ditch on the opposite side of the road yesterday afternoon. A deputy who arrived to the area about 1 p.m. were told the Honda 1100’s foot peg had touched the ground, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The man had a possible back injury, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

GO, GO, GO!

• Chehalis police chased down a group of individuals who fled after one of them allegedly fought with security personnel trying to hold on to the Dr. Scholes shoe inserts he shoplifted from Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon. It happened about 2:40 p.m. when the suspect hopped into a vehicle and they all began shouting, “Go, go, go,” according to police Sgt. Gwen Carrell. The female driver headed to the Twin City Town Center where she parked and all four bodies scattered to the wind, Carrell said. Carrell said she believed one woman was caught running towards K-Mart, another over on Louisiana Avenue and Tyler Geist, 26, of Centralia, was found behind the building. Geist was arrested and booked for second-degree robbery, Carrell said; robbery instead of misdemeanor theft because he struggled with a store employee. Rosa M. Sanchez-Anderson, 21, of Chehalis was arrested for a warrant plus obstruction and Desiree Prue, 30, of Centralia, was arrested for a warrant, according to police. It happened at shift change, so there were twice as many officers as usual out and about, according to Carrell.

UNSAVORY FRIENDS?

• Chehalis police were called to a residence on Southwest Pacific Avenue late Saturday afternoon where a woman reported her laptop computer and money were missing. The victim said other items had disappeared as well, such as five silver rings as well as a white gold ring with a purple stone, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “She doesn’t know if it’s the company she keeps or someone is breaking in,” police Sgt. Gwen Carrell said.

BURGLED IN WINLOCK

• A deputy took a report last night of a burglary at the 800 block of King Road in Winlock. Two metal detectors with headsets and a camera tri-pod went missing from just inside a sliding glass door sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

PAIN MED THEFT

• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Centralia Avenue on Sunday about Oxycontin pills stolen from an individual.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report of unauthorized charges to an individual’s credit card on Sunday afternoon from a person at the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road.

YOU CAN RUN, BUT SO CAN LOBO

• Police responding to a night time call about a prowler seen on a roof in the area of St. Joseph Church in Chehalis early yesterday morning subsequently caught up to a 29-year-old Centralia man wanted on an outstanding warrant. It happened just after 1 a.m. around Southwest Cascade Avenue. Russell E. Charnell reportedly ran from Centralia Officer Ruben Ramirez but was apprehended by Ramirez’s K-9 partner Lobo as he tried to jump a fence into someone’s yard, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME …

• A business on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia called police about 11 p.m. last night following the discovery it had accepted a phony $20 bill from a female customer whose first name is known to them.

PARK PRANKS

• Police took a report of vandalism at the skate park on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia yesterday morning. Several signs were pulled up, bushes damaged and graffiti left there, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR GONE

• Centralia police took a report of a blue Honda missing from the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia at about 4:30 a.m. yesterday.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Two power drills were stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Southwest 20th Street in Chehalis sometime between Saturday night and Sunday, according to police.

READY-TO-GO CAMPING KIT

• Police were called just before 10 a.m. on Saturday to the Best Western motel on Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis where a bunch of camping gear was stolen from the the back of a canopied truck. A window was broken, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Among the missing items were a Coleman stove, an orange backpack with clothing in it, two Marmot sleeping bags and an REI orange and white dome tent, according to police.

CAR PROWL CENTRAL

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said today people should just not leave their cars parked around the 200 block of Highway 603 near the Rails to Trails trailhead. It’s an area that car prowlers target, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. A deputy was called last night by a man who said broke a window out of his Hyundai while his son was winning there. Missing is a cell phone, a key and a iPod with charger, Brown said.

THREAT TO KILL AND OVERDOSE

• Centralia police spent more than a half hour yesterday morning trying to talk a barricaded subject out of his bedroom on the 600 block of South Rock Street. The 44-year-old man had allegedly attempted to kill his brother with a knife, and also taken an overdose of pain medication, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police Sgt. Carl Buster said the brother had locked himself in a bathroom and escaped out the window. An officer was able to get in his room to talk further, and the man was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to police. Police are referring the case to the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office for a possible charge of first-degree assault.

BURNING BUG, SUV

• A Dodge Dakota SUV and an older VW bug burnt up yesterday morning inside the fenced property at Prairie Storage on the 100 block of Washington Way in Centralia. Riverside Fire Authority called about 9:50 a.m. found one vehicle fully involved in flames spreading to the second vehicle, according to Fire Chief Jim Walkowski. It was a challenge to put out because the fire was behind a locked security fence, according to Walkowski. The cause is under investigation but not suspicious, Walkowski said.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated and corrected to reflect that Centralia resident Tyler Geist, who was arrested after a shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart is 26 years old, not 27 as Chehalis police erroneously reported.

Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority