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Updated at 7:15 p.m.

FIRE BREAKS OUT IN CHICKEN HOUSE

• Firefighters were called just before 6 o’clock this morning to the 100 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis where a wooden chicken coop was burning. A neighbor was using a garden hose on the blaze which destroyed the structure, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. All the chickens survived, as they had been in the adjacent pen and were released into the yard, according to Capt. Kevin Curfman. A heat lamp had fallen to the floor and ignited the bedding, he said. The loss to what he called a very nice chicken house is estimated at $5,000.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday after the discovery of a burglary to an apartment on the 300 block of North Tower Avenue. The resident reported the home was ransacked over the weekend, while they were away, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT OF GARDEN

• A deputy took a report yesterday from the 100 block of McKay Street in Randle of numerous plants stolen from a flower bed. The 78-year-old victim told the deputy it happened sometime between 11 p.m. on Sunday and 4:30 the following morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing are about 60 miscellaneous plants, valued at $60, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

FRAUD

• A 72-year-old Centralia resident yesterday reported to Chehalis police he’d found checks written on his account that he did not write, one of which was for $600. The case involves multiple police departments in places where the transactions occurred, including Chehalis, Centralia and Thurston County, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A cashiers check was lifted from the glove box of a car parked at Wal-Mart yesterday morning. An officer called about 10 a.m. to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue learned the window had been left down, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAMPING OUT IN THE CAR

• A report to 911 about a suspicious occupied vehicle in the night at the 800 block of Main Avenue in Morton last week turned up only a medium-sized black dog, according to the Morton Police Department. Chief Dan Mortensen indicated the caller apparently saw movement inside and thought it was a person. An officer returned later in the morning to check again on the canine and contacted the vehicle’s owner, according to Mortensen.

YELLING CHILD TAKEN FROM STORE, NOT AN ABDUCTION

• Police responded to Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon after getting reports of an older man dragging a screaming child from the store, putting him in a car and hitting and kicking the little boy. They had left by the time officers arrived shortly after 3:30 p.m. but were told the child was yelling for the man to let him go, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Information from the license plate led a deputy to a residence west of Chehalis where he contacted a grandfather, Officer Linda Bailey said. He said the boy was acting out in the store because he couldn’t have a toy, Bailey said. The deputy contacted the 6-year-old boy and found no bruises or marks, she said. Bailey said there was no citation to be issued but information would be forwarded to Child Protective Services for review.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for dispute, disturbance, noisy neighbors, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street, a woman who seemed disoriented walking around an apartment building asking for drugs … and more.

TOLEDO BURGLARY SUSPECT FOUND WITH BAGS OF VALUABLES IN KELSO

• A man suspected in a Saturday morning break-in to a Toledo area home was arrested that night after an hour-long standoff at a Kelso home, with numerous large bags of suspected stolen jewelry, watches, silverware and coin collections. Deputies were called about 10:15 a.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of Schmit Road where a 52-year-old resident said she was returning from a walk when she saw two men get into a white Mitsubishi and speed off, according to the Lewis County Sherif’s Office. She discovered she had been burglarized of a small safe and numerous pieces of jewelry including a wedding band and an engagement ring, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy traveling north on Jackson Highway encountered the suspect vehicle heading south and pursued it, a chase during which a small safe was tossed from the car and shattered on the roadway in front of the deputy, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The pursuit continued, with assistance from other law enforcement agencies, and the Mitsubishi got onto Interstate 5 southbound and sped down the inside shoulder of the freeway but eventually got away, according to the sheriff’s office. Information from the license plate led police to the home of the suspect car’s registered owner, a woman in Kelso, Brown said. Later in the day, police got information their suspect was at the home and after an hour, at about 9:50 p.m., Kelso police accompanied by an officer with state Department of Corrections finally entered home and detained Todd E. Fears, 40, Kelso, on a DOC warrant, according to Brown. The Toledo woman’s loss is estimated at about $5,000, and Brown said she isn’t sure yet if her valuables have been recovered. Fears was brought to the Lewis County Jail yesterday where he was booked or burglary and eluding, according to Brown. Law enforcement is still looking for the passenger, described only as a skinny white male wearing a hat and backpack and ask if anyone has information that they contact the sheriff’s office. Kelso police over the next few days will be attempting to arrange for recent burglary victims to view the valuables from the bags, according to Brown.

ACCIDENTAL STABBING SEND TEEN TO HOSPITAL

• A 13-year-old girl Chehalis was hospitalized this morning after she found a steak knife embedded into her hip area. Officers called about 4:40 a.m. to the home on the 600 block of Northwest Gertrude Street learned the girl had been sleeping on a couch and rolled over onto the knife. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Spokesperson Linda Bailey said she did not know how the girl was doing today. “It was not just a little poke in the side, it was embedded,” Bailey said.

THE HONDA CAR BEAT

• A 1988 Honda Accord was reported stolen from the 100 block of Spring Court in Vader sometime between 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 o’clock yesterday morning. A red Honda Civic stolen from Kelso was recovered in the same area yesterday. A 28-year-old woman who called the sheriff’s office said it appeared someone may have tried to steal her car as well as she found its door ajar, however her car had a dead battery, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The missing car has a license plate of 322 ZAB, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

• A 1996 Honda Honda Accord was discovered about 10 a.m. yesterday, wrecked into some trees along the 400 block of Oppelt Road outside Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FRAUD

• Police were called to the 200 block of Southwest 14th Street in Chehalis on Friday where a 49-year-old resident said he had been expecting a check which never arrived and discovered it had been cashed, for $900.  The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ARRESTED, BOOKED, AND RELEASED

• A 39-year-old Centralia woman was arrested on Saturday when police were called to Wal-Mart and told she tried to return an item stolen from the store. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail but is to be released today without charges pending further investigation.

LOST AND FOUND

• An Onalaska woman who inadvertently left her wallet in a shopping cart yesterday at Wal-Mart told police she returned the cart after unloading groceries and then realizing the wallet was still in it quickly returned to discover the wallet was already gone. An officer called about 5:15 p.m. was able to track down a woman who said she found it and was going to return it to its owner, according to Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police took a report about 4 p.m. on Friday from an individual parked near the Grocery Outlet at the Twin City Town Center in the 1300 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue who found marks on their vehicle window as though someone had tried to break in.

PROM OVER

• A 17-year-old Onalaska boy was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center after a deputy found him unsteady on his feet with alcohol on his breath during the Onalaska High School prom on Saturday night, held at the railroad depot in Centralia. A deputy was working the event for the Onalaska School District, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving under the influence, shoplifting, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, theft of alcohol, collisions on city streets and in a parking lot … and more.

DOG TREATS AS WEAPON

• A 35-year-old Centralia woman was jailed after she reportedly threw a jar of dog treats at her boyfriend’s head during an argument. Police responding about 4:20 p.m. on Friday to the 500 block of South Diamond Street arrested Cristy L. Smiley for fourth-degree assault and booked her into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OFFICER SPIT AT

• A 16-year-old boy was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center overnight after an incident at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Police responding about 1:40 a.m. today say the teen spit on an officer, according to the Centralia Police Department. He faces possible charges of third-degree assault as well as resisting arrest and being a minor in possession of alcohol, according to police.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday to the 1800 block of Taylor Street regarding the theft of money from a garage sale.

FRAUD

• Centralia police took a report on Friday afternoon from the 600 block of Bengal Court about checks which had been stolen and are now being used.

SEX CRIME ALLEGED

• A 22-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested in Oregon on Friday for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl, a friend of his sister’s. Oregon State Police say Shane A. Ware was staying with relatives in Josephine County, and in March was texting with the girl, made arrangements to pick her up in Grants Pass, bought alcohol for her and later had unlawful sexual contact with her. He was booked into the Josephine County Jail for second-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and furnishing alcohol to a minor, according to Oregon State Police.

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN CHEHALIS

• Fire broke out inside an exterior wall in a Chehalis house yesterday, but someone was home and helped keep it in check until the fire department arrived. Firefighters called just after 11 a.m. to the 1400 block of Southwest Johnson Street learned the man was heading out through the back porch when he smelled smoke and then saw flames on the outside of the rental home. “He and his girlfriend tried to put it out with buckets of water, and then went next door and grabbed a hose,” Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Ted McCarty said. It was an older home with the old knot and tube wiring, McCarty said. He expects that had something to do with it, he said.

WINLOCK FIRE A MYSTERY

• Fire Investigator Ted McCarty said he could not find a cause for the fire on Thursday evening that destroyed an old detached garage and a larger outbuilding on Anterim Road next to Interstate 5 north of Winlock. “It’s a mystery,” he said. “I couldn’t find anything as to why it started.” Firefighters from four departments responded to the calls that came in just after 7 p.m., many of them from passing motorists. The 29-year-old resident had a car that didn’t run parked inside which burned and lost other belongings stored there, according to McCarty. There was an extension cord he used for power, which he would plug in at the house when he needed light out there, McCarty said. But it was unplugged.

AND MORE

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

BREAK-IN ONALASKA

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning someone forced open a back door to get into a home on the 2800 block of Centralia-Alpha Road in Onalaska and stole valuables belonging to the 63-year-old resident. The report made on Wednesday indicated it happened sometime since April 19, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim will be compiling a list of what is missing, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

THEFT TOLEDO

• Someone stole an 18-foot long flatbed car-hauling trailer and a 2006 John Deere riding lawnmower from the 2300 block of state Route 505 near Toledo. The 50-year-old victim who reported it yesterday said he had them parked beside his shop, and they disappeared sometime between 5 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $6,500.

WIRING STOLEN

• A deputy took a report yesterday afternoon of copper wire stolen from an outbuilding on property at the 2900 block of Sawall Avenue in Centralia. It was taken sometime between 3 p.m. on Wednesday and 12:30 p.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

FRAUD INVESTIGATION

• A 56-year-old Vader woman reported yesterday she received a late notice in the mail for a student loan that someone else took out in her name, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loan was from 2010 for a student at Lower Columbia Community College and the case is under investigation, according to the sheriff’s office.

RUNAWAY DRIVER FOUND, BOOKED FOR WARRANT

• A chase began with Chehalis Tribal Police yesterday and ended in a crash near U.S. Highway 12 in Malone resulted in the later arrest of a 31-year-old Lacey man wanted for outstanding warrants, according to the  Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle was occupied by an 18-year-old Oakville woman and a 24-year-old Tacoma man; he was arrested for providing a false identity to law enforcement officers. The car will be searched today, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Steve Shumate.

AUTO THEFT

• A light blue 1994 Honda Accord vanished from the parking lot at the Twin City Town Center yesterday, even though it had been locked and the victim had the keys. An officer called about 5:50 p.m. to the area near the Pet Sense store was told by its driver she parked it there in the morning at the beginning of her shift, according to the Chehalis Police Department.  A 2000 Honda stolen from Longview turned up in front of the same business, brought to the attention of an officer at about 9:40 p.m., according to police. It’s owner arrived and took it home, police department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Bailey said she didn’t have any information if the two incident might be related. The missing car has a license plate of AEP 5984, she said.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia were called about 10:40 p.m. yesterday regarding two inflatable rafts stolen from the bed of a pickup truck while their owner was inside a business on the 900 block of Harrison Avenue.

• Someone stole a small amount of change from a vehicle at the 600 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia during the night, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

ASSAULT REPORT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from an individual about an assault that reportedly occurred two weeks earlier.

FAKE BILL

• Chehalis police were contacted yesterday after an individual tried to deposit a $20 bill at the bank they had received from a local business and learned it was counterfeit.

WRECK

• A 2005 Mini Cooper was totaled and a 61-year-old Chehalis woman ended up with facial injuries when a Jeep Cherokee ran a stop sign at Bishop and Rush roads south of Chehalis just after 7 a.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 35-year-old Chehalis resident driving the Jeep was cited for second-degree negligent driving and not having insurance, according to the sheriff’s office. His vehicle sustained only minor damage, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

STRUCTURE FIRES

• Two outbuildings next to Interstate 5 near Winlock went up in flames last night, but nobody was hurt and the primary loss was an inoperable car. Firefighters from four departments responded to the calls that came in just after 7 p.m., many of them from passing motorists, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. “The first engine in saw a garage-type building fully involved in flames, and it had spread to other building,” Chief Russ Larson said. The second structure was a larger, older possibly former poultry house, but both had cedar shake roofs, according to Larson. “So they went up real fast,” he said. The fire was knocked down before it migrated through the brush to the freeway or spread to the adjacent house. The property sits on Anterim Road, about a mile south of the U.S. Highway 12 and Avery Road interchange. Larson said he had no idea what caused it. Twenty-nine-year-old Elliot Dodrill said he and his friend were inside playing Xbox and had no idea what was going on until fire engines came rolling up the driveway. A fire investigator went out and was to return this morning.

• Two cats were rescued but two others perished in a fire that destroyed a two-story home southwest of Littlerock on Wednesday. Eight fire departments responded to the 4:30 p.m. blaze along the 7600 block of Bordeaux Road Southwest, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. The owner was just arriving home from work and and tried to clear cats from inside but the residence was filled with hot smoke and flames were taking over, spokesperson Lt. Lanette Dyer said. Nobody was injured but the family’s house and its contents are a total loss, she said. The cause is being investigated.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, dispute, suspicious circumstances, hit and run, collision on city streets … and more.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to reflect the correct location from which a flatbed trailer and riding mower were stolen in Toledo.

The remains of an 1,800-square-foot home on Bordeaux Road. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority