Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 3:34 p.m.

THEY BITE IN MOSSYROCK TOO

• A 24-year-old Mossyrock woman was bit in the arm while trying to break up a fight between her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend, who allegedly barged into her home overnight, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding about 3 o’clock this morning to the residence she shares with her mother on the 100 block of state Route 122 were told James W. McMillion, 36, showed up and first tried to get inside by breaking a back window, according to the sheriff’s office. She opened the front door to tell him to leave and McMillion shoved past her and began hitting her new boyfriend, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. That’s when the young woman tried to intervene and McMillion bit her, according to Brown. The new boyfriend, whose name was not released, sustained an injury to his forehead when he head butted McMillion, Brown said. McMillion then left, but was located not far away near his vehicle. Brown said he tried to kick and head butt deputies. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for resisting arrest, two counts of misdemeanor assault and burglary, according to the sheriff’s office.

BROKEN JAW

• Centralia police are investigating an incident that may have occurred on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue on Saturday night that left a male with a broken jaw and nose. Officers were advised yesterday by the victim of the assault and his injuries, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details will be available as the investigation proceeds, according to police.

LITTLE ONE HURT

• An officer was called about 1:30 p.m. yesterday by a mother who said her 5-year-old was assaulted by another child at the playground on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis. No police action will taken against the 7-year-old, as it’s a parental issue when it involves children that young, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Gary WIlson indicated since no report was written, further details were unavailable and he didn’t know the extent of the injury, but said a photo he viewed  suggested what looked like a black eye.

FRAUD

• Centralia police responded yesterday morning to a report from an individual at the 1900 block of North Pearl Street regarding a fake check they received after conducting an online sale. The payment for the unspecified item came from a buyer in another state, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called just after 1:30 p.m. yesterday after the discovery by a woman from her bank that it held two accounts in her name. She told the bank, and police, she had only one account, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police don’t know who created the phantom account at the Centralia business.

THEFT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

• UPS confirmed the date they delivered to the 1300 block of Rose Street in Centralia, but the theft victim didn’t receive the package of medication, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Someone signed for the package, which contained Oxycontin, according to police.

ARREST FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS

• A deputy responding to a report of suspicious activity at the 300 block of Haliday Road at about 1:15 p.m. yesterday encountered three subjects cutting the windshield out of a Honda and learned the car and a deer had collided, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It wasn’t an accident required to be reported, but after checking the information on the individuals, the deputy found one was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant and it turned out he had suspected methamphetamine on him, according to the sheriff’s office. Christopher L. Lee, 25, of Rochester, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

POT TALK: CENTRALIA ADVISED TO ALLOW THE BUSINESSES, OR TABLE ISSUE

• City officials in Centralia are scheduled to talk, again, tonight about whether to allow recreational marijuana businesses within the city limits, and the rules that would govern them. City staff are recommending the council either vote to approve a drafted ordinance, or table the issue further by extending a moratorium. They are suggesting that council members should not vote against the proposal nor should the council declare an outright prohibition, according to a memo from Emil Pierson, the director of community development. The ongoing issue arose following the passage in November 2012 of Initiative 502, allowing such enterprises for the first time, legally, in Washington state. The city rejected an ordinance earlier this year, but since then an opinion issued by the state Attorney General’s Office indicated municipalities are free to ban marijuana business within their boundaries. However, according to Pierson, the state Liquor Control Board announced that would not prevent it from issuing permits in those places. As a consequence, municipalities would be forced to deal with any legal actions that may come from a business inside the city limits which is licensed by the state but disallowed by the city, Pierson advises. The proposed ordinance limits siting of retailers, processors or producers to certain zoning districts, but the copy of Pierson’s memo distributed to news media doesn’t include a map illustrating where those locations are. The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Centralia City Hall.

DEER WRECK

• A 27-year-old Centralia man was hospitalized after the driver of the car in which he was traveling swerved to miss a deer, causing the vehicle to roll over two times along U.S. Highway 12 about four miles west of Oakville this morning. Troopers called just after 7:30 a.m. found the 2002 Acura RSX on its top and totaled. Zachary C. Cline, 27, was transported to Summit Pacific Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol.  The driver, Jessica D. Towns, 23, from Elma, was reportedly uninjured. Both had been seat belted in, according to the state patrol. The roadway was partially blocked or about an hour. The car was impounded.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarms, found wallet, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, a 13-year-old boy who allegedly pulled up a loose tile from his cell at the juvenile detention center; complaint of a car following too closely behind other motorists; request for help making a roommate to move out … and more.

GIRL FIGHT GETS REAL

• Talking smack about a teenage girl’s family on Facebook led to an online dispute and then a real one yesterday in Centralia. Police called about 5:48 p.m. to the 2200 block of Cooks Hill Road were told by a 14-year-old girl that a 17-year-old girl had made disparaging comments about her relatives, so she did it back to her. The younger teen said as she was headed to a friend’s place, a vehicle pulled up, the older girl leapt out and slapped her several times, according to the Centralia Police Department. The injuries were minor, but a case of possible misdemeanor assault remains under investigation, according to police.

INTRUDER BIT BY BROTHER, POLICE DOG, THEN JAILED

• One adult brother is jailed and the other faces possible arrest for misdemeanor assault after a Saturday night fight inside an Onalaska home that included the older man allegedly biting his younger sibling three times. Deputies called about 8:15 p.m. to the 100 block of Hogue Road learned that 32-year-old Luke U. Hall showed up at the residence, even though a permanent protection order prohibits him from going there, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His brother, Bow F. Hall, 34, told him to leave and punched him twice in the face trying to make home go, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said Bow went into a bedroom to phone 911 and his brother piled up furniture outside the door. Furniture was broken, wrestling ensued and the biting occurred before Bow fled to a neighbor’s and Luke took to the woods, according to Brown. A deputy and his K-9 partner subsequently located Luke, who reportedly resisted the canine as well as deputies. Luke Hall was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital to be treated for dog bite wounds to his hand, shoulder and upper arm before he was booked into the Lewis County Jail for violating the order, Brown said. The sheriff’s office is asking prosecutors to charge him with resisting arrest and malicious mischief as well, she said. The sheriff’s office is also recommending that Bow Hall be charged with fourth-degree assault, Brown said. The victim connected with the protection order, a 61-year-old woman, was not present during the melee.

REPORT FROM OUTSIDE JAIL LANDS ONE BACK INSIDE

• A 29-year-old homeless woman was arrested for allegedly stabbing tires of a vehicle belonging to a former significant other following an incident reported about 9:40 a.m. on Saturday at the 300 block of Southwest Third Avenue. Jessica M. Corporan, from Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Around 4 p.m. yesterday after she was released, Corporan called 911 to report her boyfriend had pulled a knife on her, however an officer concluded that didn’t happen, according to police. She was located outside the jail, where she was arrested for having violated a no contact order, and was walked back into the facility where she was booked again, detective Sg. Gary Wilson said.

FIREARM MISSING AFTER BURGLARY

• Sometime between 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and 8 o’clock the following morning, someone got into a 93-year-old Vader man’s home on the 400 block of 10th Street and stole his 38 Smith and Wesson revolver, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

HANDBAGS STOLEN

• Police were called about 3:35 p.m. yesterday to a residence on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis where a woman reported someone had made off with medication, her purse and it contents.

• Centralia police took a report about 4:30 p.m. yesterday about a purse missing after it was left inside the bathroom of a business on the 200 block of South Pearl Street.

TAX FILING FRAUD

• Chehalis police took a report on Friday from a parent with children who attend St. Joseph School that their tax return was rejected from the IRS because one had already been filed in their name. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said it may be related to the issues involving the apparent data breach at the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle.

ATTEMPTED THEFT

• Centralia police responding about 1:35 p.m. yesterday regarding an individual seen inside a fenced area at the 600 block of Harrison Avenue and apparently attempting to to take items which did not belong to him arrested a 22-year-old Centralia resident for second-degree burglary. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was James V. Mitchell, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file charges.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 6:45 p.m. on Friday from an individual who said while they were at parked outside the theater at the Lewis County Mall on the 100 block of Northeast Hampe Way, someone attempted to get into their vehicle, damaging a lock. Nothing appeared to be missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just after 9 a.m. on Friday from an individual who said while he was parked on the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue outside of the ABHS drug and alcohol treatment center, someone got into his vehicle and stole medication.

DRUGS

• Morton police report this morning they arrested a 50-year-old Onalaska man last Thursday night for possession of methamphetamine. Officers conducted a traffic stop about 9:20 p.m. in the area of Collar Avenue and First Street leading to the arrest of Dale D. Carter, according to the Morton Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violations, shoplifting; responses for alarm, dispute, disorderly person, misdemeanor domestic assault, stolen bicycle, shoplifting and other misdemeanor theft … and more.

Suspect exits Wal-Mart following high-dollar theft.

MAN GRABS JEWELRY FROM DISPLAY CASE

• Police are on the lookout for a thief who has targeted the jewelry department at Wal-Mart in Chehalis, making off with an estimated more than $3,400 of earrings and other valuables. He’s described as a heavy-set male and an image captured by store security video is being distributed by Crime Stoppers of Lewis County in hopes someone might recognize him. It was about 5:35 a.m. on Feb. 2 when he entered the store on Northwest Louisiana Avenue, approached a countertop spinnable display case and used a tool to break the lock and steal the merchandise, according to Crime Stoppers. Authorities say he was picked up and dropped off by taxi at the Pepper Tree Motel in Centralia. The same subject is believed to have committed the same crime at the same place the day before. Crime Stoppers asks anyone with information about the location of the property or the identity of the person responsible to contact them.  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 or information may be shared online at www.lewiscountycrimestoppers.org

AUTO THEFT

• Police took a report last night of a 1995 Nissan Maxima stolen from the 100 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The four-door car is described by the Centralia Police Department as gray, almost black, with zebra-striped heart stickers in the back window. It has a license plate reading AOU 3246, according to police.

• Centralia police took a report about 1:30 p.m. yesterday of a vehicle stolen from the 1000 block of Scammon Creek Road which was subsequently located in an unspecified area “out in the county.”

CAR PROWL

• A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia, according to a  report made to police about 6:25 p.m. yesterday.

DRUG INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police say they located methamphetamine when arresting Jacob R. Woods, 39, for an outstanding warrant about 7:30 p.m. yesterday at the 1200 block of Alder Street. The Chehalis resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the warrant, but officers continue to investigate the drug aspect of the case, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BENEFIT FOR THEFT VICTIM IS TONIGHT

• Tickets to the annual crab feed hosted by the Tenino area fire department are among the auction items donated for tonight’s event to benefit stone carver Keith Phillips whose livelihood was threatened when his tools were taken in a burglary. The dinner is set to take place at the Tenino Eagles at 349 Sussex Ave. W. from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for misdemeanor assault, collisions on city streets … and more.

POSSIBLE THIEF SCARED AWAY

• Deputies and a police dog responded about 5:10 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Belleville Road west of Chehalis when a resident headed to his shop to check on his cats discovered an individual trying to break in to the building. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the dark-haired male in his late teens or early 20s was “pulling and prying” on the shop, trying to make entry, but ran off into the woods when he saw the victim. The dog track was unsuccessful, Brown said.

FIREARMS STOLEN

• Someone broke into a home on the 300 block of Cinebar Road between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. yesterday stealing two rifles, a red toolbox and other valuables, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said the front door was forced open and the victim is still compiling a list of property that was taken. The sheriff’s office has suspects, as a witness saw a vehicle leaving with two subjects in it, Brown said.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 5 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of West Pear Street about a theft in which tires stored in a basement were missing.

• A Centralia police officer took a report yesterday of someone stealing an ashtray from a backyard on the 700 block of West Chestnut Street.

DRUGS

• He said it was’t his, and it was sea salt used for cooking, however, an officer concluded 38-year-old Jamey R. Smith, of Chehalis, would be arrested for possession of methamphetamine. The arrest took place around 10 p.m. on Wednesday after police were called about a couple arguing at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street in Chehalis, according to police. Smith was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

ARMED ROBBERY IN TENINO

• The Olympian reports The Whistle Stop Grocery at the 12000 block of Old Highway 99 in Tenino was robbed at gunpoint around 8 p.m. yesterday. Nobody was hurt and a track with a police dog failed to locate a suspect, according to news reporter Jeremy Pawloski.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as responses for protection order violation, disorderly person, collisions on city streets, a male grabbing a female’s butt as she walked by … and more.