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WILD RIDE TO WAL-MART

• A 23-year-old bus rider who allegedly punched a woman in the stomach and spit on another passenger before slamming his own head into a window causing it to shatter yesterday may have been under the influence of something, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers called about 6:30 p.m. were told the man was kicked off the bus from Centralia for using filthy language and getting in the driver’s face, but at the stop near Wal-Mart, boarded a second bus, according to police. He was told to get off and got back on the first bus, where the assaults occurred, police said. Arriving officers took Travis P. Bullard into custody, and arrested him, police said. The Olympia man was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief, as well as two counts of fourth-degree assault, according to department spokesperson Linda Bailey.

OUT-OF-CONTROL IN SILVER CREEK

• A 47-year-old Silver Creek resident was arrested overnight after he allegedly punched his neighbor in the ribs at the neighbor’s home and punched his live-in girlfriend in the arm, after she fled to the neighbor’s trailer to avoid him because they’d been arguing. A deputy responding to the 2900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Silver Creek about 12:20 a.m. today concluded Cleve D. Allison was under the influence of alcohol and possibly something else as well, and had barged in to the 56-year-old neighbor’s home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Allison was was booked into the Lewis County Jail for two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of first-degree burglary, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• A 46-year-old Chehalis man was victimized by a burglar yesterday, losing his Xbox 360, his Grand Theft Auto 5 Xbox game, and Airsoft pistol, three iPods, cell phone and a hatchet, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the home on the 100 block of Kennicott Road yesterday afternoon learned someone got inside through an unlocked garage door sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is more than $1,000.

CAR PROWL

• A debit card and ID were stolen from a parked vehicle at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:40 a.m. yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called about 6 p.m. yesterday by someone in the parking lot at Wal-Mart who witnessed a vehicle prowl. A lunch box was stolen, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

NEW OWNER FINDS RESIDENCE BROKEN INTO

• Someone vandalized a recently purchased home outside Mossyrock, tearing a large section from a mural on the living room wall, breaking a mirror in a bedroom, and leaving dents and holes in walls from throwing coffee mugs at them, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 6:30 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Madison Drive learned from a 64-year-old Onalaska woman that she planned to move in soon and had been watching the property for about a year, checking on it daily, the sheriff’s office reports. It appeared the intruder came in through a garage window and left a sliding door partially opened, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. Someone also had set fire to a pile of real estate business cards left on a granite kitchen counter, Brown said.

INMATE MAY GET EXTENDED STAY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says a 32-year-old inmate did an estimated $772.87 worth of damage when he kicked out the metal ceiling in a cell as he lay on a top bunk. A deputy advised yesterday of the incident arrested Luke U. Hall for second-degree malicious mischief and re-booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

THEFT OF LIQUOR

• A bus driver alerting police to a seemingly drunken man waiting at a Chehalis bus stop yesterday morning led to the recovery of a pint of vodka stolen from Safeway. Police called about 7:40 a.m. subsequently arrested 69-year-old Alvin Matuska, of Hollywood, Calif., for third-degree theft and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

WOMAN RELOCATED FROM PARK TO CELL

• Centralia police arrested a 34-year-old Centralia woman they found camping in Fort Borst Park at about 1:40 a.m. today, saying she lied about her identity. Mindy M. Ferguson was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for obstruction and for an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disputes, suspicious circumstances; complaints of too-tall-grass, property unreturned to a rental business … and more.

Updated

HASH OIL PRODUCING SUSPECT ARRESTED AGAIN

• The man arrested last week for allegedly setting up a hash oil-making operation in the basement of a Centralia home was arrested again yesterday afternoon for allegedly breaking into the police impound yard and into his fifth-wheel trailer which police had seized. Centralia police say Dale R. Brotherton, 52, cut a hole in the chain link fence at the city impound lot on the 2600 block of Reynolds Avenue. “He wanted to get some things, and he was caught,” Officer John Panco said. Brotherton, who was out on bail, was arrested for second-degree burglary and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PRETENDING GETS OAKVILLE MAN IN TROUBLE

• Centralia police responding to a dispute just after 6 p.m. yesterday at the 400 block of South Pearl Street between a male and a female came across the same man they’d arrested four hours earlier for shoplifting at the 500 block of South Tower Avenue and discovered he had used his older brother’s name. He gave his name again but the woman with him told an officer he was lying and he really was Daryl P. McCrory, a 24-year-old Oakville resident. He had two outstanding warrants. McCrory was arrested for criminal impersonation first-degree and booked into the Lewis County Jail. The unemployed and homeless man was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with identity theft second-degree with criminal impersonation. His bail was set at $5,000.

CAR WRECK

• Two people from Elma were hospitalized yesterday after a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma in which the driver fell asleep and left the roadway, striking a ditch or culvert, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 11:30 a.m. to the scene near Mead Hill Road report the 2002 Saturn was towed and transported to Morton General Hospital were the driver Randy M. Krueger, 56, and passenger Sheila K. Krueger, 48 years old. Neither were wearing seat belts, according to the state patrol. Both were treated and he was released but she was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she is listed in serious condition, according to hospital spokespersons.

TODDLER HIT BY CAR

• A 2-year-old child on a tricycle escaped with bumps and bruises when he was struck by a car yesterday evening in Morton. Police called about 7:30 p.m. to the 300 block of Westlake Avenue said the tricycle ended up under the fender and bumper. It was simply an accident, Chief Dan Mortensen said. “The aunt came out and got in the car and was backing up,” he said. “The kid had come out and was on the tricycle behind her, unbeknownst to her and was knocked off the bike.” The toddler was taken to the hospital to be checked out, was treated and has been released, Mortensen said today.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for disputes, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … dogs observed alone in parked cars … and more.

Updated at 6:15 p.m.

FINGER GUN GETS OFFICER’S ATTENTION

• A 33-year-old Centralia man ended up in jail after he was walking along the 1600 block of Kresky Avenue just before 5 o’clock this morning and reportedly pointed his finger at a passing police car and made a trigger-pulling gesture. Officer Ruben Ramirez stopped to speak with the man who at one point tried to walk away and when Ramirez grabbed his arm, the man grabbed Ramirez’s arm and wouldn’t let go according to the Centralia Police Department. Other officers arrived and Jeremy J. Phillips was taken into custody, Officer John Panco said. Nobody was hurt, but Phillips was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, Panco said. He had been drinking, Panco said, although he wasn’t sure how much.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ARRESTED

• A student at W.F. West High School in Chehalis was arrested yesterday in connection with an attempt to steal a winch from the school shop and an alleged threat made to a fellow student he was trying to get to help him. Chehalis police were called to Southwest 16th Street where they were advised of the incident and told that 19-year-old Brady A. Jenkins was being expelled, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Jenkins was arrested at his home in Pe Ell and booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment and theft, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

ANGRY CLIENT

• Chehalis police responded to the Lewis County Mall yesterday after a phone caller to the veterans clinic said not to hang up and threatened they would blow the person’s f****** head off, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The line disconnected and there was no way to learn who had called, or why they were upset, police said.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called at noon yesterday to a home on the 1400 block of Logan Street about a burglary in which two computers and some jewelry were stolen.

• Centralia police were called about 10:15 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of West Cherry Street in Centralia where someone had kicked in the back door to a home. It’s unknown if anything was missing,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were told yesterday of a vehicle prowl which had reportedly occurred days earlier at the 1300 block of Louisiana Avenue. A wallet was missing from the vehicle which had been left unlocked, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNRULY PATIENT

• A 43-year-old woman was cited for fourth-degree assault and then released after an incident when the fire department was called about 7:50 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of South Pearl Street. Someone there had called 911 for aid because they felt Brenda V. Jones-Gonzalez was in some kind of medical distress and the fire department asked police to come for what was described as an out-of-control female, according to the Centralia Police Department. Police say that for no apparent reason, Jones-Gonzalez grabbed another female there by the throat and hair, Panco said. “She was having some issue of some type,” Panco said.

WRECKS

• A 38-year-old Napavine man was cited for traveling too fast when his log truck trailer tipped onto its side as he was making a left turn to head north on Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday. Troopers called at 1 p.m. to the onramp at Main Street noted Jason L. Dunn was uninjured and the onramp was blocked for a time. The loaded trailer was damaged, but the truck was able to be driven from the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol.

• Troopers concluded an unsafe lane change started the multiple vehicle collision on Interstate 5 in Centralia yesterday that left a sport utility vehicle straddling the concrete center barrier and a minor injury to another motorist who rear-ended a car that stopped short of the scene. Troopers called about 1:20 p.m. said the wreckage just beyond the northbound onramp at Harrison Avenue happened when a vehicle entering the freeway swerved to miss another vehicle and then shoved a GMC Yukon onto the divider. The Washington State Patrol reports four vehicles were involved but only the SUV had to be towed. It was totaled, according to the state patrol. One person with shoulder and knee pain was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Once the SUV was taken away, southbound traffic was stopped for a time while a large front end loader shoved the jersey barrier back where it belonged, according to the fire department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, violation of no contact order; responses for disputes, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, collision on city streets, report a child smacked another child in the face, an individual who got a “pop up” on their computer that prevented access to files unless they paid $500 … and more.

Traffic moved slowly in both directions after four vehicles wrecked on Interstate 5 in Centralia. / Courtesy photo by Krystin-Hernandez

Updated at 8:31 p.m.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SLOW MOVING SERVICE ANIMAL

• Centralia police were called just before 8 p.m. yesterday about a 30-pound pet turtle believed to have been stolen from the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue, just north of Reynolds Avenue. Its owner said he was visiting a friend at work and put the animal outside in the grass about 6:30 p.m. but went back out at 7 o’clock and it was gone, according to police. The 28-year-old Chehalis man said there was no way it could have escaped, Officer John Panco said. It’s actually a Desert Sulcata tortoise, a female, and is a service animal, providing emotional support, according to Panco.

POLICE: TALL TALE LANDS WOMAN IN JAIL

• A woman who reported to police on Sunday night that she was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of Rite Aid in Centralia was arrested yesterday for allegedly making up the story when she didn’t have money for rent. Centralia police say Kimberly S. Jones, 47, had gambled away her rent money at the casino. Jones called 911 about 11:20 p.m. on Sunday and an officer interviewed her at her home, according to the Centralia Police Department. She said a male dressed in dark clothing, wearing a hoodie sweatshirt, stole $600 from her, but she wasn’t able to describe the weapon or offer some other details, Officer John Panco said. An officer was able to view some security video of the victim and confronted her about the story, Panco said. Jones was then booked into the Lewis County Jail last night for false reporting, he said.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A 37-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree assault yesterday after police were called about 6:30 p.m. to a home on Northwest Lafayette Street, where his girlfriend said he’d threatened to kill her, slammed her head against the floor and choked her. They had been arguing, police said. The woman was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and Keith J. Rose was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CROSSWALK RAGE

• Police were called about 9:25 a.m. yesterday to the intersection at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis after a pedestrian called 911 to say he was crossing the street when a motorist rolled down his window and punched him in the face. It wasn’t clear, or confirmed, if that really happened, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ARREST FOLLOWS SHOOTING COMPLAINT

• A 41-year-old rural Chehalis resident was arrested yesterday when a neighbor complained he was firing a high-powered rifle from his front porch toward Chilvers Road. A deputy noted he’d been warned about it in the past, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened just after 5 p.m. along the 200 block of Chilvers, according to the sheriff’s office. The 31-year-old neighbor told a deputy he, his wife and small child were in their backyard when Robert A. Brown began firing his gun, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown was arrested for reckless endangerment and booked into the Lewis County Jail, she said.

BAD IDEA

• A Chehalis man was arrested for misdemeanor assault after he allegedly forcibly tried to evict a 26-year-old woman from her apartment on Sunday evening. Police called just before 7 p.m. to the 1300 block of Northwest Airport Road learned the woman lived there with her boyfriend, but returned home to find the locks changed. She had some kids help her get inside and then the boyfriend’s father who said he was the landlord showed up and tried to remove her, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Robert E. Stocking, 64, of Chehalis was arrested for fourth-degree assault and then was released pending a court hearing, according to police.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police took a report about 12:30 p.m. yesterday from the 200 block of Inglenook Drive after a resident returned home to discover someone had forced their way inside and stolen a laptop computer and jewelry. The investigation is ongoing,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

NOT STOLEN AUTO

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 a.m. today about a car stolen from the 300 block of Southwest Third Street. The car came back by about 3 a.m. and its owner may have forgotten she’d given someone permission to use it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An iPad, a laptop computer and various banking documents were among the belongings stolen from an individual’s vehicle while parked at the Lewis County Mall, according to a report made to police about 5:10 p.m. on Sunday.

• Someone stole assorted tools and a vehicle battery from the bed of a truck on the 1400 block of Southwest Mills Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police on Sunday morning.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police took a report that someone threw a rock through the large front window at the laundry business on the 800 block of South Market Boulevard on Saturday morning.

DRUNK DRIVING

• A 28-year-old Toledo man was arrested for driving under the influence after he was pulled over in part for traveling about 10 mph along North National Avenue in Chehalis and then as an officer went to contact him, didn’t realize his car was in reverse and backed into the police car. It happened about 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said the initial breath test for Matias Lopez-Lucas came back more than three times the legal limit and the test at the jail showed he was almost four times over the limit. There was no damage to the patrol vehicle and the damage to the man’s car was minimal, Wilson said.

WRECKS

• An 81-year-old Chehalis motorist said she must have fallen asleep when her car left the roadway, crossed the oncoming lane, went into a yard, striking a power pole and a fire hydrant along the way yesterday afternoon. Deputies called about 3:30 p.m. to the 1800 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis learned the woman had a head and neck injury but declined aid, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Her Toyota Camry sustained some front end damage, the sheriff’s office said.

• The trailer frame broke as a log truck driver was making a left turn off of Harrison Avenue onto Kuper Road about 8:40 a.m. yesterday, causing the load to partially separate and pulling down power lines. Deputies, personnel from Lewis County Public Works and from Lewis County PUD responded to the morning incident in north Centralia, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The driver was a 47-year-old Montesano man; damaged was a utility pole and a section of fence, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor assault; responses for alarms, disputes, suspicious circumstances, collision on city streets, questions about custody issue, complaint of unmowed neighbor’s lawn, a report an inmate spit on staff at Green Hill School, 15-year-old girl taking her mother’s Ford Explorer without permission, a 4-year-old child reported missing who turned up asleep on her bed, a request for help because a stray cat got inside a clothing store, “sprayed everything” and was still hiding … and more.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to reflect the correct age for Kimberly S. Jones. Centralia police provided erroneous information that she was much older than 47.