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TAVERN DISPUTE ERUPTS WITH “BEAR SPRAY”

• A 23-year-old Chehalis man was arrested last night after he allegedly used bear spray inside a Chehalis drinking establishment. It’s like pepper spray, but for use on bears and several people were affected by it, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. It happened at Garbe’s Tavern on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue just before 11:20 p.m. An arriving officer saw a suspect running down the street with people chasing him and arrested him for disorderly conduct, according to police. Kaut said he didn’t know the details of whatever dispute led to the discharge of the chemical. The individuals affected by the spray declined aid, he said. Jeremy D. Barnes was released after getting his citation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MACHINERY STRIPPED OF WIRING

• A deputy was called about 7 a.m. yesterday to the 800 block of state Route 507 in Centralia where someone had done about $30,000 damage to heavy equipment by cutting wiring. The 70-year-old man who called 911 said he thought his Ford Ranger was stolen as well, but he found it elsewhere on the property with its steering column broken and a screwdriver jammed in the ignition, according to the  Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR MISSING

• The owner of a white 1993 Mazda MX3 reported yesterday their car was stolen from the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis. It had been loaned to someone and was left in the parking lot at the Chehalis Eagles when that someone was arrested in a drug incident the other day, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PROWLING OUTSIDE WAL-MART

• Police called to the north end of the Wal-Mart parking lot about 11 p.m. yesterday found two vehicles had been prowled. Someone stole cologne, a GPS device and collectible sports cars from a car and took an electrical cord and the stereo faceplate from a Jeep, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SLASHING SPREE LEAVES NUMEROUS VICTIMS

• By the time the day ended yesterday, the number of victims of the tire slashing spree in the south end of Centralia grew to more than 30. Centralia officers got their first call about 5:15 a.m. to the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue and continued responding to similar complaints all day long, according to Officer John Panco. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, which patrols a portion of the area, were dispatched about 8:30 a.m. for a report of tire slashing and were greeted by eight victims on South Street. Panco said yesterday most likely a pocket knife was used to flatten the tires. Deputies will be reviewing surveillance video to look for clues, but are asking anyone with information to please call Lewis County Crime Stoppers, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

SUDDEN SWERVE, CULVERT, LEAD TO CRITICAL INJURIES

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports the Honda that wrecked yesterday morning on the 3000 block of Jackson Highway struck a culvert. The driver was northbound when the car suddenly swerved to the left for unknown reasons, according to the sheriff’s office. Firefighters had to cut the roof off the car to extricate the driver, who was severely injured, responders. said The 33-year-old Centralia woman was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, according to the sheriff’s office. Information about her current condition was unavailable. Her passenger, a 26-year-old Centralia man, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with a leg injury, and has been released, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

Responders cut the roof from a 1997 Honda Accord to get the injured driver out on Jackson Highway.

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SERIOUS INJURY CRASH JACKSON HIGHWAY

• A 33-year-old Centralia woman was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a single vehicle collision this morning south of Chehalis. Aid was called about 7:45 a.m. to Jackson Highway at Panorama Drive for a vehicle accident with entrapment, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. The woman who was driving was taken to to Providence Centralia Hospital for transport to a trauma facility in Oregon, Fire Lt. Laura Hanson said in a news release. The male passenger, age unknown, was taken to Providence for with a possible broken leg, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The Honda Accord was northbound when it drifted into the oncoming lane and ran into the ditch, according to the sheriff’s office. The car was totaled

TRAIN VERSUS CAMARO

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 a.m. today after an individual’s car left their driveway without them and shortly after was found struck by a train at North Washington Avenue. They turned on their car, went inside briefly and went back outside when they heard something, Officer John Panco said. Whoever stole the Camaro may have gotten stuck on the tracks and abandoned it there or fled the scene after it was hit, Panco said.

ROCK CRUSHER IDLED

• Someone stole as much as 200 feet of copper wiring from the main unit at a rock crushing business in Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Employees arriving about 7:30 a.m. yesterday to Dulin Construction on the 3000 block of Foron Road told a deputy they found the door open on the control shack and the lock cut, the sheriff’ office reported. The loss is estimated at $8,000 to $12,000, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. She is asking anyone with information on the theft to consider calling Lewis County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-748-6422.

SLASHING SPREE

• Centralia police responded to four incidents of slashed tires this morning before 7 a.m. and the calls just kept coming, according to Officer John Panco. Panco had lost track the number, but said they were predominantly in the south end of town and seemed random. “The size of the punctures indicates it was probably a pocket knife,” he said. Some of the victims also found rocks tossed through their vehicle windows, according to Panco.

CAR PROWL

• Someone stole the face plate from a stereo inside a vehicle parked on the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 4:45 p.m. yesterday.

• Police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to a car prowl on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. A cell phone was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole a woman’s sweatshirt and her WIC checks from her vehicle while it was at the Wal-Mart parking lot between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a report made to the Chehalis Police Department yesterday.

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BUSTED

• A man who reportedly slapped his mother last night was arrested after he was found hiding under a comforter upstairs under some rafters. Deputies called about 12:30 a.m. today to the 600 block of Grove Street in Centralia reported the subject resisted attempts to arrest him all the way down the stairs and also spit in a deputy’s face. Emmanuel Martinez, 20, was arrested and booked for third-degree assault and his case will be referred for other potential charges such as fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BUSTED

• An officer responding to a complaint about a possible drug deal in the parking lot at the Eagles in Chehalis yesterday came upon a 20-year-old man who appeared to be shooting up heroin, according to police. He had a needle in his arm, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. Jence S. Sawyer was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of heroin, Carrell said. A 19-year-old Chehalis man, Nicholas A. Huston, was also arrested in connection with possession of a medication, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 24-year-old Rochester woman was arrested  after a traffic stop about 12:15 this morning on North Street and Cascade Avenue in Chehalis. A police dog sniffed around and “hit on some things” in the vehicle, including suspected heroin, according to police. Kira M. Fry was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning someone carried off 50-pound aluminum blocks from a business on the 100 block of Sears Road over the weekend. They also cut wires from a portable cement mixer, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is about $167.

• Chehalis police were called about 9 p.m. yesterday after a truck towed away from an apartment complex parking lot on Southwest 20th Avenue was found to have been stolen out of Olympia.

• Police were called about 11:40 a.m. yesterday to a car prowl on the 1000 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. Nothing was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Somebody smashed the windows and gauges of an excavator parked in a rock pit on state Route 508 near Morton, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday morning. Its hand controls were torn out as well, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

WRECK

• A passenger in a Ford Taurus was taken to the hospital after a two-car collision at North Fork and Lucas Creek roads outside Chehalis yesterday evening. Responders called shortly after 7 p.m. learned a 22-year-old Centralia man was at a stop sign and failed to see an approaching car because vegetation obscured his view, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Both vehicles sustained extensive front-end damage, but only the one female was hurt; she complained of soreness to her left side, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. No citations were issued, according to Brown.

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Correction: The news item about the arrest of Emmanuel Martinez has been updated to correctly reflect the events occurred at a home on Grove Street in Centralia, not Roe Road in Winlock.