Lewis County Sirens.com

Updated at 2:35 p.m.

NOISY NEIGHBOR POULTRY AND A PELLET GUN

• A 52-year-old Toledo man and his teenage son were jailed yesterday for allegedly sneaking onto their neighbor’s property to silence their chickens’ squawking, with a pellet gun and death. At least six chickens from the 400 block of Toledo-Salmon Creek Road have been discovered either mortally wounded or dead since the end of March and beginning of April, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner, a 34-year-old Toledo woman, reported her suspicions they were being stolen on April 6 and a surveillance camera was set up in her barn area, according to the sheriff’s office. They captured images viewed yesterday of Michael L. Knight, 52 and Bryan M. Knight, 18, entering the barn in the night, armed with a pellet gun and shining flashlights on the poultry, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said this morning. A deputy contacted the men yesterday, and the son reportedly said the reason they were killing the animals is they were getting tired of the noise, Breen said. Two more are missing and presumed deceased, according to Breen. The Knights were arrested for second-degree burglary and also malicious killing of livestock, he said. The sergeant didn’t know if the birds were pets, show animals or raised for food.

POLICE: SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD THREATENS 10-YEAR-OLD WITH KNIFE

• A dispute at a school playground in Centralia ended with the arrest of a teen after he allegedly pulled out a knife and scratched a boy’s wrist with it last night. There were several juveniles and one thought the other kids were talking bad about him, Officer John Panco said. Police called about 6:10 p.m. to Edison Elementary School on the 600 block of H Street arrested the 17-year-old boy from Winlock, Panco said. The 10-year-old victim thought he was going to be stabbed, but he wasn’t, he said. The teenager was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Justice Center for second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department. The pocket-type knife valued at $5 was confiscated as evidence, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants,  shoplifting; responses for alarms, dispute, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, rollover on county road, vehicle getting “egged” in Centralia … and more.

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CORRECTION: This has been updated to reflect the correct school where the juvenile dispute took place.

Updated at 8:54 p.m.

NOT GOOD

• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he reportedly ran over a woman who was trying to stop him from driving drunk early yesterday morning in Chehalis. Officers called just before 3 a.m. to the scene on Northwest State Avenue found Tyler J. Edwards was intoxicated and when he put his truck in reverse, it lurched and struck the inside right leg of the 19-year-old woman, according to the Chehalis Police Department. And then he backed over her ankle, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said. Edwards was booked into the Lewis County Jail for vehicular assault and faces possible other charges, according to Wilson.

RIFLE TROUBLE

• A 22-year-old Centralia man was arrested for first-degree assault for trying to win an argument with his girlfriend by allegedly getting a rifle from a closet, loading it and pointing it at her last night in Centralia. Officers responding about 11 p.m. to the 1400 block of Lewis Street booked Enrique Ramirez-Perez into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to charge him.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called about 9:20 p.m. yesterday when a resident returned home to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane to discover a burglary. A number of items were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 8 o’clock yesterday morning regarding someone breaking through the back door of a vacant rental home on Southwest Seventh Street near Market Boulevard and stealing tools.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police responded about 6:20 a.m. yesterday for a break-in to a business on the 700 block of North Tower Avenue. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Someone stole a reddish-orange 1989 Chevrolet pickup from the 3100 block of Ives Road outside Centralia yesterday sometime between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The approximately $5,000 truck was unlocked and missing its driver’s side mirror, according to the sheriff’s office. It has a license plate of B03935W, Cmdr. Steve Aust said.

PROWLING COUNTY BUILDING

• A 42-year-old woman who allegedly tried to break into her former boss’s office in Chehalis was arrested early Sunday morning, but not until after fleeing a police officer into some brush and then getting captured by a police dog. It was about 1:45 a.m. when an officer on patrol along the 2000 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue noticed a vehicle at a county building with its parking lights on and hatch open, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He spotted a person in dark clothing and told them to stop or he would send out his dog, detective Sgt. Gary WIlson said. Victoria A. Cheney was detained by the dog and taken to the hospital to be treated and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempted burglary, according to police. The vehicle belonged to her former boss and the window in the building that was shattered was to his office, WIlson said. It wasn’t immediately clear what she may have been doing, he said.

CAR PROWL

• A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle at the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called about 10:45 a.m. on Friday to a car prowl on Northwest Quincy Street in Chehalis in which a backpack was stolen.

TENINO HOUSE CATCHES FIRE

• A vacant bank-owned house in Tenino went up in flames early yesterday morning, drawing six fire departments at about 1:40 a.m. Thurston County Fire District 12’s Tina Vanderhoof said this morning she didn’t have information about the cause although the fire started outside. Nobody was injured, but the single-family home at the east end of Tenino City Park sustained major damage, she said. “They were able to put it out rather quickly, but stayed on the scene several hours mopping up and cleaning up,” she said.

VEHICLE VERSUS BUILDING

• An 89-year-old driver who ran into the side of Smith and Son Grocery in Mossyrock doesn’t know why she hit the building on Friday afternoon, but was uninjured, according to police. Morton Police Department Chief Dan Mortensen described the damage as significant, possibly knocking a wall off its foundation. It happened about 2:30 p.m. on the 200 block of East State Street and no citation was issued, but the collision remains under investigation, according to Mortensen.

TOO MANY DUIS

• A 46-year-old Centralia woman was arrested allegedly for her fourth DUI on Saturday after the owner of a Subaru saw her van run into his parked vehicle about 2:30 p.m. at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue and then drive away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer John Panco said police subsequently contacted Carrielynn Dodge on the 100 block of King Street and concluded she was under the influence of alcohol. Dodge was booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony DUI, as she has three previous DUI convictions, Panco said. Prosecutors are declining to file felony DUI.

HOT DOGS

• Police in Chehalis were called numerous times over the weekend for dogs left inside parked vehicles in the heat. There were no instances of serious issues but the violation is heavily enforced, Chehalis Animal Control Officer Angie Elder said. Elder said if they see them suffering they will go into the car and remove them, attempting first with a slim jim tool. The criminal citation for animal cruelty is $500, she said.

STP ROLLS THROUGH

• A lot of aid calls in Centralia on Saturday, some for heat-related situations including bicyclists with the STP event, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Just before 10 a.m., police and firefighters responded to the 200 block of Downing Road after a car pulling into a convenience store struck a male bike rider, causing minor injuries, according to responders. He was taken to the hospital to be checked out, Fire Capt. Casey McCarthy said.

FIRE DEPARTMENT LEVY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• Riverside Fire Authority Chief Mike Kytta says there are two more public meetings to discuss the proposed new levy. A maintenance and operation levy will be on the coming ballot. Kytta will be available to answer questions at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night at the Stillwater Estates Club House at 2800 Cooks Hill Road in Centralia. The final gathering will be held the following Wednesday at the same time at the fire department headquarters, at 1818 Harrison Avenue in Centralia, according to Kytta.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants,  misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, misdemeanor theft, protection order violation, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, vehicles getting “egged” in Chehalis; complaints of neighbors lighting off fireworks … and more.

Traffic was slowed up yesterday afternoon on Interstate 5 in Chehalis. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Patrol

BIG WRECK

• Two children were taken to the hospital to be checked out after a multiple vehicle collision on northbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis yesterday. The Washington State Patrol reports four cars were involved and the injuries were minor. The left lane was blocked just north of the 13th Street interchange beginning about 12:30 p.m. with one vehicle partially on the center median.

BAD WRECK

• A 31-year-old Vader woman was airlifted after a wreck last night along state Route 506 when her car ran through a wire fence, rolling and came to land on its top in a field. Troopers responding just after 9 p.m. to the scene about three miles east of Vader found Elizabeth Bridgman was injured and her Oldsmobile Aurora was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. She was reportedly driving too fast and was not wearing a seatbelt. The eastbound lane was blocked for about an hour and a half, according to the state Department of Transportation. Bridgman was flown to PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center, according to the investigating trooper.

SCREWDRIVER TO THE BACKSIDE

• Firefighters were called just before midnight to the 3100 block of Ives Road in Centralia for a stabbing victim. The 28-year-old man who was upright outside of an apartment complex had what appeared to be four mostly superficial wounds from a screwdriver in the middle of his back, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Medics bandaged him and he declined to be taken to the hospital, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan said.

BURN BAN EXPANDS

• As a heat wave rolls into Western Washington, the state Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that all outdoor burning on DNR-protected forestlands is prohibited, with two exceptions: Recreational fires in approved fire pits within designated state, county, municipal or other campgrounds, and gas or propane stoves/barbecue grills are allowed. DNR-approved prescribed fires for ecological purposes may be permitted if expressly approved by the commissioner of public lands. Because of the potential wildfire danger, the ban will run through Sept. 30, according to the state agency. Always illegal on DNR-protected forestlands are fireworks and incendiary devices, such as exploding targets, sky lanterns, or tracer ammunition. Charcoal briquettes are not allowed. The hot, dry conditions prompted a ban on outdoor burning in unincorporated Lewis County that began at 12:01 a.m. today.