Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 5:11 p.m.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• Centralia murder defendant Weston G. Miller pleaded guilty yesterday to four firearms charges to “clear up some issues” before his upcoming trial in the death of 43-year-old David Wayne Carson, according to Miller’s attorney. Miller, 30, remains charged with first-degree murder. His trial is scheduled in Lewis County Superior Court for the week of April 15. On March 13 of last year, Miller allegedly used a 9 mm pistol to shoot his house guest, who died at the scene. When detectives searched his home on B Street, they found a silencer, a laser site for a gun, a bullet-proof vest, a Walter 9 mm pistol, a Walter .22 caliber pistol, a Rohm revolver, a MAC-10 semi-automatic and a Winchester model 275 .22 caliber long rifle, according to charging documents. He is prohibited from owning firearms because of conviction two years earlier for  domestic fourth-degree assault. Prosecutors dropped one of the gun charges because police were afraid to test fire one of the guns in order to prove it was functional. In a very brief hearing yesterday afternoon, Miller pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. The standard sentencing range for the offense is one to three months in jail. Neither attorney nor the judge made any mention of when he would be sentenced.

STOLEN STUFF

• A 59-year-old man from Eatonville contacted the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office yesterday after finding someone had broken into his weekend home (trailer) at the 100 block of Fairview Drive in Ashford since Monday and left with food, a microwave, a heater, a bandsaw and a propane tank.

• A Vader property owner called the sheriff’s office yesterday after she returned from her home in Nevada to discover someone had stolen numerous tools from a shed and items from her house during the past year while she has been away, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A family member currently lives at the home on the 200 block of Tara Lane, but an acquaintance is suspected of taking the items, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday morning by a business on Northwest Louisiana Avenue about an employee allegedly stealing thousands of dollars by committing fraudulent refund transactions. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report of an attempted vehicle prowl about 7:45 p.m.. yesterday at the 1000 block of North Scheuber Road. Someone damaged a lock to the car’s door but didn’t get inside, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WRECK

• A 17-year-old girl escaped serious injury but totaled her car early this morning when she missed a curve and collided with a concrete bridge barrier west of Chehalis. A deputy dispatched around 4:40 a.m. to the 100 block of Chandler Road learned the Centralia motorist suffered a possible injury from her seatbelt according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was cited for speed too fast as well as being behind the wheel between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. in violation of her intermediate license, according to the sheriff’s office.

ONE OF MEDICS FROM ADNA CRASH HEALING FROM CONCUSSION

• Lewis County Fire District 6 Firefighter-Paramedic Matt McCoy was off work for a couple of days after he and an AMR medic were tossed around inside the back of an ambulance during a rollover wreck early Friday morning in Adna. They were caring for a patient when the AMR ambulance left the roadway and rolled down an embankment on Twin Oaks and Cousins roads. District 6 Chief Tim Kinder this morning said McCoy got a slight concussion and also bruises on his lower extremities. He’s due to return back to work in a few days, Kinder said. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, with the help of the state patrol, is investigating the crash. A spokesperson for AMR said he believed the vehicle hit a soft spot at a curve and that while their two employees suffered minor injuries, the patient  was strapped in tight, so suffered no injuries.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting; calls about domestic dispute, misdemeanor assault, suspicious circumstances, found bicycle; report of stolen garbage can … and more.

THEFTS

• Centralia police responded just before 10 a.m. yesterday to the laundry business on the 500 block of North Pearl Street where an undisclosed amount of money was stolen during the night. A door was found unsecured, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A woman called Centralia police yesterday from E Street after she got a credit card bill from Victoria’s Secret of more than $400, according to the Centralia Police Department. She hadn’t ordered anything from them, according to police.

• A generator, several hand-held radios and a GPS device were among the items believed to be missing from an airport hangar in Morton, according to a report made to the Morton Police Department on Saturday.

• Someone removed a window from the Morton school bus garage, siphoned diesel from a bus and stole a Gateway laptop computer as well as a red “jump” box used for jump starting the busses, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

• Police were called to Morton Junior-Senior High School about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday when a siphon hose and a five-gallon can were discovered near two school district vehicles parked near the boiler rooms. No fuel seemed to be missing, according to police.

• Morton police were called about 6:45 p.m. on Friday to a possible burglary to a residence on the 400 block of Oniell Road. Police reported yesterday the case is still under investigation.

• Morton police reported yesterday they arrested 40-year-old Patricia M. Horrace a week ago Monday in connection with a burglary at a home on the 100 block of Westlake Avenue. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail where she is being held on $5000 bail. She has pleaded no guilty.

DRUGS

• Morton police reported yesterday they contacted three girls at Morton Junior-Senior High School on Wednesday morning in connection with possession of a controlled substance. The cases are being referred to Lewis County juvenile prosecutors for charging decisions, according to the Morton Police Department.

• Centralia police arrested a 30-year-old man and 23-year-old woman yesterday each for possession of heroin and methamphetamine. The arrests came after police got back the results of tests of white residue from a pipe and a tarry substance from a tea candle tin, items that were handed over to police who went to visit the couple at their Centralia home last August, according to charging documents. Officers went to the residence looking for other subjects who were suspected of selling stolen property, asked the two if they used drugs and asked if they had any drug-related materials in their home, according to the documents. Carlina F. Anderson and Jeffrey C. Sitton, were booked into the Lewis County Jail and appeared before a judge this afternoon. Neither has any past felonies and were released on signature bonds pending trial.

• A 45-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested by Centralia police yesterday for drugs based on a visit to her residence three weeks ago when police were looking for two of her relatives who had arrest warrants. Those subjects weren’t found, but officers allegedly spotted several hypodermic needle and a digital scale inside, according to charging documents. Rhonda I. Russell “was told if she was honest and cooperative, she would not be arrested and the defendant agreed,” Lewis County prosecutors wrote in charging documents. “In addition the defendant agreed to help law enforcement apprehend additional suspects in the near future. That, apparently, did not occur and the defendant was arrested.” Russell was charged today with possession of methamphetamine. Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer said Russell has no criminal history and asked she be allowed to be released pending trial on a $25,000 signature bond. Judge Richard Brosey asked why she wasn’t arrested earlier this month if police had probable cause then, or conversely, why she was jailed yesterday instead of being summonsed to court with a letter. Meyer indicated that police decided how to handle it.

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE FIREARMS?

• Lewis County Crime Stoppers is looking for tips on the locations of eight guns and 2,000 rounds of ammunition that were stolen in a residential burglary three weeks ago on the 700 block of Chandler Road west of Chehalis. Also taken sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. on March 11 from the home were a 36-inch Peerless flat screen television, a green Dell laptop computer, a black and gray Netbook laptop and a FireSAFE safe, according to Crime Stoppers. The missing ammo were 10 boxes of 9 mm and a 1,000-round box of .22LR, according to Crime Stoppers. The firearms are as follows: Marlin .22 rifle with scope, Ruger .22 rifle with scope, Remington 9mm rifle with scope, 25-20 lever action rifle, Remington 30.06 pump action rifle, Colt .22 antique revolver and a Ruger .22 pistol, serial #21359540. Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 for information leading to the clearance of crimes. Anonymous calls can be made to 1-800-748-6422.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with a suspended license,; responses for domestic disturbances, non-injury collision, stolen bicycle, possibly intoxicated driver, suspicious person; complaint that someone “keyed” a vehicle, noisy neighbors … and more.

POLICE: CHEHALIS MAN SPRAYS ANOTHER WITH BEAR MACE

• A 24-year-old Centralia man called 911 on Saturday afternoon after he was attacked with bear mace in north Centralia, according to police. Police called about 3:20 p.m. were told he was invited to a residence on the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue and when he arrived, was met outside by someone and as they walked toward the rear of the home someone else jumped out of the bushes and sprayed him. The substance is like pepper spray used on bears, and is much more potent than even the spray police officers use in their work, according to Sgt. Kurt Reichert. Damen Kroll, 23, of Chehalis, was subsequently arrested for fourth-degree assault, and booked in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PACKWOOD FIGHT SENDS ONE TO HARBORVIEW

• Deputies were called about 2 a.m. on Saturday to Packwood after a 26-year-old man from Auburn was stabbed, allegedly during a fight with a 25-year-old man from University Place. It happened at a gathering at a home on the 100 block of Terrace Way, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he was in stable condition last night, according to detective Sgt. Dusty Breen. It’s unclear if it was done in self defense and is under investigation, according to Breen. Breen declined to say what the alleged implement involved was. The 25-year-old suffered some minor injuries, he said.

CENTRALIA SWORD THREAT LANDS MAN IN JAIL

• A 52-year-old man was arrested on Friday evening after allegedly pushing his ex-girlfriend and threatening to cut her up with a sword, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers called about 7:30 p.m. to the 1000 block of Long Road in Centralia booked Edward A. Morgan, of Chehalis, into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to police.

ONY FIGHT ENDS WITH ARREST

• A 21-year-old Onalaska man was arrested for taking swings at a large group of people who attempted to break up a fight between him and another subject at about 7:50 a.m. on Friday at the 300 block of Carlisle Avenue, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Connor F. Green allegedly refused to identify himself, lied about having a gun and was resistive when deputies tried to detain him. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, for disorderly conduct, resisting and obstructing, according to the sheriff’s office.

BAD TEXTS AND PHONE CALLS

• Centralia police were contacted about 10:15 p.m. yesterday on West Third Street about a girl receiving sexually explicit text messages from a man. They are investigating.

• A mother called Centralia police on Friday to report her daughter received more than 300 phone calls from a male the daughter has a protection order against, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

• Chehalis police were called about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard where a man complained he got a harassing text from the grown son of the woman he is dating. He was asked to make a formal report after he sobered up, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

INTOXICATED 20-YEAR-OLD STUMBLES ACROSS DEPUTY

• A 20-year-old Chehalis man found about 2:33 a.m. on Saturday drunk and staggering down the side of the roadway at the 600 block of Forest Napavine Road West south of Chehalis was given a citation and then a ride home. Gregory S. Albright, who said he’d been drinking Bacardi and Jack Daniels, was cited for minor in possession and / or consumption, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone stole the steering wheel (and ignition) to a 1987 Jeep pickup at the 1300 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police just before noon yesterday.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 1800 block of North Pearl Street where they were told a home had been broken into and video games stolen.

• Police took a report yesterday about 1:15 p.m. of a break-in to a basement of a residence on the 600 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. It’s not clear if anything is missing or how or even if someone got inside, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called about 9:15 p.m. on Saturday regarding the theft from an enclosed back porch on the 600 block of Southwest Pacific Avenue of two chainsaws, a leaf blower and a weed eater sometime during the day.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they identified a possible suspect through security video in the theft of a ski bag with gear valued at more than $1,100 from the White Pass Ski Lodge on the 13000 block of U.S. Highway 12 that occurred last Tuesday. The victim is a 63-year-old Longview man, according to the sheriff’s office.

DRUGS

• A 24-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and heroin when they were allegedly found on her after she was picked up on a warrant at the 1000 block of South Gold Street in Centralia Saturday afternoon. An officer contacted Chantel Latour just after 1 p.m. at the same time as contacting another person with a warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. Latour and 27-year-old David Lindsay were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 51-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a stolen motorcycle on Friday at North Gold and Marion streets in Centralia. Martin W. Gallagher was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

OOPS

• Chehalis police were contacted by security personnel at Wal-Mart about 7 p.m. last night who said they received a call from a woman who said she’d just arrived home and realized she left her toddler in a shopping cart in the parking lot. A spokesperson for the police department said there was no arrest and no report written, so she didn’t know any more details or even if it truly occurred.

AND MORE

• And as usual, arrests for warrants, driving with a suspended license (or allowing a suspended driver behind the wheel of one’s car), misdemeanor domestic assaults; complaints of loud music, loud dog; responses for non-injury collision, misdemeanor thefts, lost purse, runaway child, request for a check on a relative who didn’t take her meds and didn’t come home … and more.