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POLICE: TWO ARRESTED AFTER BEATING TEEN FOR $25 CASH

• A 16-year-old boy ended up with a broken jaw when he was mugged overnight in Centralia. Officers responding about 12:30 a.m. to the area near West Cherry and South Pearl streets report two males were located a short distance away and arrested for first-degree robbery. They stole $25 from the teen, who was alone walking to the store, according to police. The boy was taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital. He is from east of the mountains and was in Centralia visiting, according to police. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Tyler R. Stelzner, 18, and Pedro S. Beltran-Palomares, 21, both of Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY VICTIM FIGHTS OFF INTRUDER WITH BOX CUTTER

• Centralia police are looking for a subject after an incident at the 1200 block of Alder Street  last night in which an unknown male entered a residence and demanded pain medication. The victim, a 63-year-old man, fought back, chasing the intruder away with a utility knife, according to the Centralia Police Department. The male, who fled on foot, was described as weighing as much as 240 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, according to police. The call to 911 came just before 11 p.m. Further details were not readily available.

CENTRALIAN FINDS STRANGER SLEEPING IN HOME

• Police arrested a 31-year-old Centralia man yesterday morning after he was found sleeping on the couch of someone who didn’t know him at the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. It’s not clear how Daniel Lopez-Cuevas got inside the home, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lopez-Cuevas was arrested for criminal trespass and then released, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police were called about 9:15 a.m. yesterday to the 1900 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where someone had thrown a folding outdoor table through the window of a garage.

STATE PATROL CAR STRUCK IN CHEHALIS

• A state trooper was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital yesterday after his vehicle was struck on the shoulder of Interstate 5 in Chehalis. The trooper was treated for neck and back pain and has been released, according to a spokesperson for the Washington State Patrol. The incident around 10:45 a.m. at southbound Interstate 5 near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange involved three vehicles, Trooper Will Finn said. Further details were not readily available.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor assault, calls for shoplifting, suspected theft by family members, missing bicycle … and more.

ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN INTERRUPTED

• A 60-year-old Centralia woman called 911 just before 8 a.m. yesterday after she spotted a male on her back patio at the 2400 block of Seminary Hill Road. She told a deputy the trespasser fled when he realized he was seen, ran down her driveway and got into an older small black car with a loud muffler, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Two of her window screens had been removed, according to the sheriff’s office.

WOMAN’S SCOOTER STOLEN

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning to the Vintage Apartments on the 1500 block of North National Avenue where a resident said someone stole her black with red trim motorized scooter the day before. She had parked it where she usually does when she leaves in a car with someone, according to police. The loss, to an elderly woman who needs it, in dollars is $3,000, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BUSINESS OFFICE BURGLED

• Someone crawled through a window at an Onalaska business and stole a camera, a Toshiba laptop computer, two credit cards and five W-2 forms, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called yesterday morning to Butteville Lumber Co. on the 1600 block of state Route 508 discovered it occurred between 8 p.m. the night before and 6 a.m., according to sheriff’s office. The window had been left partially open, the sheriff’s office said.

DOG-NAPPED

• An individual called 911 yesterday after discovering his Pit Bull mix was stolen from his yard on the 200 block of East Van Buren Street in Centralia during the night. He had placed some bricks against the gate and they were moved and the dog was gone, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PATRONS CONFRONT SHOPLIFTER

• Centralia police arrested two people about 2:30 p.m. yesterday after one of them allegedly walked out of a pawn shop on Main Street with a Wii game console she didn’t pay for and was stopped by other customers. Jennifer N. Hedgecock, 26, from Idaho, was arrested for theft, according to police. The name given by the man with her who had been driving came back with a suspended license so he was arrested for that, however the officer didn’t believe it was really him, so the man was booked into the Lewis County Jail until he can be identified, according to police.

FRAUD

• An Idaho resident called Centralia police yesterday after getting a bill from a medical facility on the 900 block of South Scheuber Road for treatment he never received. The issue is being investigated as an identity theft, as the victim said he’s never been to Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A female who discovered her wallet was stolen while shopping in Centralia called police yesterday, and said when she cancelled the card, she was told it had already been used to purchase items online, according to the Centralia Police Department.

POLICE: EMPLOYEE STOLE MERCHANDISE, RESOLD IT

• Chehalis police are in the process of contacting individuals who purchased phones reportedly stolen by an employee at Verizon Wireless on Northwest Louisiana Avenue. An officer called on Wednesday to the business is referring the case against the 24-year-old Yelm man to prosecutors for a charge of first-degree theft, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It appears 18 phones plus accessories totaling more than $11,000 were stolen and sold on eBay and Craigslist, according to police. Officer Linda Bailey said the buyers will have to return the merchandise. They may have recourse through whatever payment plan they used, such as PayPal, Bailey said.

ASSAULT

• A caregiver called Chehalis police on Wednesday after she was punched in the face by a male she takes care of. She told police she didn’t want to them to pursue charges, but would no longer be taking care of him, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WRECK

• A 20-year-old Centralia driver escaped with just minor cuts to his face when he swerved to miss a deer and ended up flipping his car into a utility pole on the 200 block of Big Hanaford Road outside Centralia just before 2 o’clock this morning. The Honda Accord was totaled and the driver cited for speed too fast and no insurance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assaults; responses for non-injury accident, shoplifting complaint, suspected fraud, intoxicated disorderly woman breaking things at a relatives home, intoxicated homeless guy laying on a sidewalk … and more.