Lewis County Sirens.com

NICE CATCH

• Chehalis police were called about 12:35 p.m. yesterday when a woman caught a small boy wearing only a diaper and a shirt on the sidewalk next to South Market Boulevard and kept him from crossing the busy street. Twenty to 30 minutes later, officers were contacted by a resident around the corner and down the block whose 3-year-old vanished from his sandbox, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The child was returned to the home safely, according to police.

GLENOMA HOME BURGLED

• A 64-year-old Glenoma woman got home from work yesterday afternoon to find her front door kicked in and a wooden jewelry box missing from her dresser. The break-in on the 8300 block of U.S. Highway 12 occurred sometime between 6:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT

• Police were called just after 3 p.m. yesterday regarding a garage burglarized at the 600 block of Warsaw Street in Centralia.

• Centralia police were called yesterday to the 1200 block of Mellen Street to a complaint about three computers being stolen. It turned out to be a civil matter, not a criminal matter, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy took a report yesterday that someone stole about 20 gallons of diesel and small hand tools from a tractor belonging to the Lewis County public works department at U.S. Highway 12 and Meade Hill Road in Glenoma. The theft occurred sometime since last Wednesday afternoon, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Police were called just after 11 a.m. yesterday about an overnight car prowl at the 1500 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis. Someone ripped the stereo out, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called yesterday afternoon to the 1500 block of Delaware Avenue in Centralia where someone had spray painted on the wall of a building.

WRECK

• Two young people in a Jeep escaped injury when a tarp flew off a load in front of them on Interstate 5 south of Napavine yesterday afternoon and landed on their vehicle prompting a rollover wreck. A trooper called at 2:30 p.m. to the southbound lanes near milepost 66 reported the driver swerved in an attempt to dislodge the tarp, striking the concrete barrier before rolling over, according to the Washington State Patrol. Kaitlyn R. Corral, 20, and John Shannon Jr. 23, both of Kent, were unhurt, but the 2005 Jeep Liberty was totaled, according to the state patrol. The driver of the semi which was hauling a dump truck on a flatbed trailer was cited for an unsecured load, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting; responses for alarms, stolen bicycle, other misdemeanor theft, parking lot fender bender, suspicious circumstances such as person sleeping outside someone else’s house, subject passed out next to railroad tracks … and more.

Updated at 6:59 p.m.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• Police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia where someone had broken the back door to a home and stolen a television, a computer and other electronics.

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT

• Police called just after 3 a.m. yesterday when subjects were seen pushing a motorcycle down the street on Southwest Wilson Avenue in Chehalis subsequently found it on the 200 block of 14th Street. Nobody at that location knew how it got there and it was returned to its owner on the next block, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A utility truck belonging to Century Link was reported stolen from the 100 block of Tahoma Street in Packwood on Friday morning. The 2012 Ford F450 was taken sometime after 8:30 p.m. the night before, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. The loss is estimated at $73,000. It has a license plate reading B24820V, according to the sheriff’s office.

BARNYARD DISPUTE

• A deputy was called to the 300 block of Hale Road West near Winlock on Friday morning when a 47-year-old man caught his neighbor’s German Shepherd with a chicken in its mouth. The poultry owner shot the dog in the shoulder with a .22 rifle and the dog ran home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The man said the animal had killed a rooster as well, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The German Shepherd is recovering fine from being shot but his owner was cited for the dog being off his property, Brown said.

THREATS

• A 26-year-old Centralia man who allegedly destroyed a mailbox and tried to fight his neighbor was arrested after deputies were called abut 8:45 p.m. yesterday to the 1600 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia. Henry Herrera-Montealegre was booked into the Lewis County Jail for disorderly conduct, trespass and malicious mischief, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 72-year-old Chehalis man contacted police about a threatening phone call he received on Friday. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BARN THEFT

• A 22-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested just after 8 a.m. on Saturday after she was found allegedly taking unspecified items from a barn near the 1400 block of North Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Shila Brennan was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Someone broke a car window on the 500 block of North Rock Street in Centralia and took CDs, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon.

• Chehalis police took a report of a vehicle prowl about 9 p.m. on Friday night at the 600 block of Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue. Someone rummaged around inside but nothing appeared to be missing, according to police.

DISPUTE AND DRUGS

• Centralia police were called about 6:45 a.m. yesterday to a dispute on the 1200 block of West Main Street where they arrested a 39-year-old Centralia man. Brian L. Feist allegedly shoved his girlfriend down and repeatedly punched her in the face, according to police. He was searched and suspected methamphetamine found, police said. Feist was booked in to the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FAKE BILLS

• A Chehalis business on Southwest Interstate Avenue called police on Friday about three counterfeit $20 bills it had taken in.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• The rape trial in which the prosecutor is afraid the victim’s bad heart won’t hold out having to face her alleged attacker began this afternoon, with testimony from the victim. Leo B. Bunker III, 53, of Winlock, is charged with two counts of second-degree rape, one count of harassment and two counts of violating a protection order in connection with a woman who says he physically abused her during their short marriage in late 2011. He was charged in December of that year and has been locked up since awaiting trial. Prosecutors last week unsuccessfully attempted to allow the victim to testify via video, because her doctors have said the stress could kill her. Defense attorney Michael Underwood last week was denied a request to get the trial postponed because his client who is recovering from throat cancer and treatment doesn’t have a very strong voice with which to assist his attorney in the courtroom. The trial in Lewis County Superior Court took an early recess after the victim had been on the stand about an hour and half today. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Joely O’Rourke and Underwood spoke to the judge at his bench while the jury was on a break. Judge James Lawler afterward said only that given the situation, court would reconvene at 9 a.m. tomorrow. O’Rourke said she expects to finish questioning the victim in the morning.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with a suspended license, violation of a protection order, shoplifting; responses for fender benders, suspicious circumstances, burglar alarms, misdemeanor assault, stolen bicycle; complaints of barking dogs, noisy neighbors … and more.

CEMETERY VANDALISM

• Centralia police are investigating a report of graffiti on a tombstone at Greenwood Cemetery on Van Wormer Street. Officer Corey Butcher said it appeared it was originally painted bright green and someone spray painted on top of it, “White paint dummy.”

VACANT HOUSE BREAK-IN

• Police were called about 10:20 a.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Sunset Way in Centralia where a vacant home being remodeled was broken into. Someone kicked in the back door, according to the Centralia Police Department. It wasn’t immediately clear if anything was missing, according to police.

WALLET STOLEN

• An individual who left his backpack on a curb at the 600 block of Centralia College Boulevard while he went for a run yesterday afternoon  returned to discover his wallet was missing, according to Centralia police.

NURSE ARRESTED FOR THEFT FROM PATIENTS

• Kirotv.com reports a search of the Tenino home of a nursing assistant turned up jewelry including rings she allegedly stole off the fingers of Alzheimer’s patients at her workplace. Richard Thompson writes that Kerrina Koch, 41, was arrested for first-degree theft and has been fired from the Olympia facility.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant; responses for misdemeanor assaults … and more.