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Firefighters put out a fire at the double-wide mobile home south of Chehalis on Saturday morning and had to return for fires there twice early Tuesday and then three times last night for grass fires nearby.

Updated at 5:40 p.m.

SOMEONE SETTING FIRES ON SALSBURY AVE.

• Firefighters were called out three times during the night to mysterious fires that continue to plague a vacant mobile home that burned early Saturday morning at the 2200 block of Salsbury Avenue in Chehalis. Lewis County Fire District 6 Assistant Chief Pat Smith said they were grass fires adjacent to the trailer, the largest of which was about 30-feet by 30-feet. “Somebody set it, it didn’t just happen,” Smith said. Chehalis police called out there this morning found no evidence but did locate a sock with unspecified items in it, according to Officer Linda Bailey. The fire is under investigation by the fire marshal’s office as well as the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT INJURES TARGET SHOOTER

• A 60-year-old was in his truck reloading his .22 when it discharged striking him in the thigh last night at a gun range on Cannon Road in Packwood, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to Morton General Hospital about 9:30 p.m. reported the Bonney Lake resident drove himself to a relative’s house and was taken to the hospital. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said it didn’t appear the gunshot injury was life-threatening, but the man was to be taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

ONALASKA HOUSE, FENCE, CHICKEN COOP STRUCK BY VEHICLE

• A 30-year-old man was arrested overnight after a deputy responded to a complaint at the 1600 block of Middle Fork Road in Onalaska that he was trying to crash his Jeep through a neighbor’s house. A deputy who arrived just before 1 a.m. was told Luke U. Hall had been outside yelling at the neighbors for hours, according to the sheriff’s office. The deputy found damage through a fence, into the yard, the side of the house and a chicken coop which was destroyed when the driver attempted to back up and got stuck, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Hall was arrested and booked for harassment and malicious mischief, according to Brown. Why he was upset was not noted, she said. A dollar damage estimate is pending, she said.

POLICE: THIEF CAUGHT ON CAMERA

• Officers who took a report of a lost wallet at Safeway in Centralia yesterday afternoon viewed security video that showed the victim left it at a self-service checkout stand and another customer picked it up and paid for some of his own items with the victim’s money. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and municipal court warrants following a short foot pursuit into an alley last night near the 1000 block of Alder Street in Centralia. When an officer made a traffic stop about 10:45 p.m., a passenger got out and came back to the patrol car with something in his hand and his arm raised, according to police. The officer yelled at him to stop and drop it, so he dropped something behind the patrol car but took off running, Sgt. Carl Buster said. When Travis L. Combs was taken into custody, an officer found a baggie of crystalline substance in his pocket, Buster said. Behind the patrol car, he left a package of chocolate chip cookies, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

GENUINE MALICIOUS MISCHIEF

• A 55-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday  after a complaint someone had pulled up flowers his girlfriend had planted and thrown them onto and into her vehicle. An officer called about 7:30 a.m. to the 700 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue in Chehalis observed shrubbery and other vegetation, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Benjamin J. Bartlett was arrested for for malicious mischief, Officer Linda Bailey said. The police report did not note any damage to the vehicle.

NOT A BOMB

• Chehalis police were called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday to Wells Fargo Bank on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard because a backpack was found sitting in the bank. An officer took it away, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Inside was only a handwritten note with no names on it, according to police.

WRECKS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they impounded a truck found Sunday morning that had skidded into a ditch along the 500 block of Cannon Road in Packwood.

• A 30-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence after she ran her Toyota into a ditch off Bunker Creek Road west of Centralia last night. A deputy called about 10:15 p.m. to the area near milepost 9 reported she said “she was going way too fast,” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her vehicle sustained major damage, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said she didn’t think the woman was injured. Nicole R. Piper was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

CENTRALIA WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO CRASH INJURIES

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the 33-year-old Centralia woman whose car crashed into a culvert on Jackson Highway last week died the following day. Tambra Keen was northbound when her car suddenly swerved to the left for unknown reasons at about 7:45 a.m. last Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office. Firefighters had to cut the roof from the Honda to get her out. Keen was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland where died on Friday, according to the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office. Her 26-year-old passenger was hospitalized with a possible broken leg.

Updated at 3:31 p.m.

TEEN GRABBED IN WAL-MART PARKING LOT

• A 26-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree kidnapping after a 16-year-old girl told police he came out from behind a car and grabbed her in the Wal-Mart parking lot late Saturday night. She somehow got away from him and contacted a police officer who happened to be driving through the area, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “It’s an ongoing investigation, but the victim felt the suspect was trying to take her,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. “We’re still looking into that.” It happened just before 11:30 p.m., according to police. “It obviously scared her a lot,” Kaut said, but noted the case could end up as an assault instead of kidnapping. Garrett L. Larson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

WOMAN’S PURSE SNATCHED IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT

• A 42-year-old Doty resident called police on Sunday to inform them she was mugged in Shop N Kart’s parking lot about 3:30 p.m. the day before. She told police she was parked away out in the lot and walking toward the store when two teenage boys approached her, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “One boy grabbed her purse, which was around her neck,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. The boys – described as light skinned and in their late teens – ran off around the building on the 2100 block of North National Avenue, according to Kaut. Among the missing items in her purse were cash, a debit card and her identification, Kaut said.

UNRULY RODEO-GOER ACCUSED OF HITTING DEPUTY WITH BEER CAN

• A 21-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly threw a beer can at a sheriff’s deputy and then punched an individual who pointed him out during a rodeo and concert at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Sunday evening. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning said the suspect had to be subdued by several deputies including being Tased. Jovanny Montenegro-Perez, 21, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault regarding the minor injury to the deputy’s elbow, according to the sheriff’s office. The witness wouldn’t cooperate with pressing any charges involving the punch to the head, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct will also be requested, according to Brown.

HEAD INJURY AT DOWNTOWN BAR

• Police and aid were called to an apparent assault at a drinking establishment over the weekend in which a 22-year-old Centralia man was bleeding from his head, unconscious and laying on the floor of a bar on the 300 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue. It happened just before 1:45 a.m. on Sunday at Paradise, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The victim told an officer he slipped and fell, but an officer had already been informed he was assaulted, according to police. He was checked at the scene by firefighters and did not go the hospital. No arrest was made. “At this point, since the victim is not cooperating, we’re not going to be able to do much,” Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said.

BROKEN FINGERS FOR GREEN HILL EMPLOYEE

• A 17-year-old detainee at Green Hill School faces a possible charge of custodial assault after a staff member ended up with broken bones when the teen grabbed the staff members fingers and bent them back, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The teenager had been told to go back to his room, Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said. It was reported to police on Friday afternoon after the injury was confirmed but occurred previous to that, according to Kaut.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SLAPPING NEIGHBOR

• A 73-year-old man who allegedly slapped a resident of a neighboring apartment at the 300 block of West Pine Street was arrested yesterday morning for misdemeanor assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert K. Stone was cited and then released, according to police.

VANDALISM WITH BB GUN

• Chehalis police were called Monday afternoon and again early this morning to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where someone had been shooting a BB or pellet gun at businesses and vehicles. At least some of the shots may have come from a window of an apartment in the St. Helens Apartment building, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FIREARMS THEFT

• Centralia police yesterday evening took a report from a residence on the 700 block of K Street of the theft of three handguns. It apparently occurred sometime during the past month and since there was no forced entry into the home, the culprit may be someone the victim knows, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called on Saturday evening about a 9 mm pistol in a box stolen from a vendor table behind the Packwood Community Center.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 11 a.m. yesterday morning to the 2200 block of Jackson Highway where a resident found a window next to a front door open and the door unlocked. Nothing appeared to be missing, possibly because a dog scared off the intruder, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PIECES OF FORKLIFT STOLEN

• Parts from a forklift valued at $1,800 were reported stolen from the 400 block of Northwest Prindle Street in Chehalis on Sunday.

HATCHERY SHOP BROKEN INTO

• Someone stole a red Honda ATV plus a chainsaw sometime between 9 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. on Friday when they broke into the Fish and Wildlife Hatchery building on the 200 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Mossyrock. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is wondering if a dark-colored Astro van seen in the area that evening might be involved. The van was occupied by two females, two Pit Bull dogs and a young boy, according to the sheriff’s office.

FISHING GEAR PILFERED

• A deputy took a report on Saturday from the 800 block of Davis Lake Road near Morton of the theft of five fishing poles, a large tackle box and two non-operating motors from a boat. The break-in to the outbuilding apparently occurred sometime since August 4, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BATTERIES REMOVED FROM BULLDOZER

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office this morning reported someone stole batteries from a bulldozer left parked on a logging site at the end of Blue Road in Centralia sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning.

BICYCLIST VERSUS TRUCK IN PACKWOOD

• A 14-year-old bicyclist ended up with a broken ankle when he attempted to cross U.S. Highway 12 at an intersection in Packwood last night and ran into the side of a passing pickup truck, according to the Washington State Patrol. A trooper called about 8 p.m. noted $750 damage to the 2007 Dodge Ram. The investigating trooper reported Jacob A. Kiehn, of Packwood, was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital by his parent. No citation was issued, the trooper blamed the collision on inattention.

PAIR HURT IN MOPED WRECK

• A man and a woman were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital after a moped wrecked into a ditch about 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the 2000 block of Little Hanaford Road outside Centralia. They were subsequently flown out to different hospitals, according to Capt. Casey McCarthy of Riverside Fire Authority.

CAR VERSUS POLE NEAR TOLEDO

• A 2007 Toyota Camry was totaled but its driver escaped serious injury about 6:30 a.m. on Friday at the the 800 block of Jackson Highway South near Toledo when the car ran into a telephone pole. The driver, a 37-year-old Castle Rock woman, said she heard a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle, lost control and crossed the centerline hitting the pole, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

HEAD-ON WRECK IN CHEHALIS

• A mother and two young children were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure after a low-speed head-on crash on South Market Boulevard at 13th Street in Chehalis on Sunday.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 2:30 p.m. yesterday at Harrison and Belmont avenues in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, according to the Centralia Police Department. Jonathan L. Dunn was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

BITE AND RUN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information about a large black and white dog that ran out of the woods in Curtis and bit a 15-year-old boy on the shoulder. It happened Sunday at about 3 p.m. along Lost Valley Road – about a mile west of Boistfort Road – in an area where there are no homes, according to the sheriff’s office. After it happened, a male voice called the dog which returned to the woods, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The teenager was treated for a puncture wound, Brown said.

DOG BITES CHILD’S THROAT

• An 11-year-old Salkum girl ended up getting nine stitches after a family pet got startled and bit her in the chin and throat on Saturday night when she was sitting on a porch on the 100 block of Jordan Road in Salkum, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CHEHALIS, CENTRALIA RESIDENTIAL FIRES SUSPICIOUS

• Twice overnight fires broke out at the vacant mobile home in Chehalis that burned early Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to the double-wide mobile home at the 2200 block of Salsbury Avenue at 2:36 a.m. today and then again at 4:42 a.m., according to Lewis County Fire District 6 Chief Tim Kinder. “They found fire in the unburned side of the building and put it out,” Kinder said. The fire is under investigation by the fire marshal’s office as well as the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Kinder said. Crews stayed at the site through the morning on a fire watch. Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said both it and yesterday morning’s house fire on the 1900 block of Van Wormer Street outside Centralia are being treated as suspicious, although he’s not thinking they are related.