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ATTACK LANDS ONE IN JAIL

• A 25-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for second-degree assault after he allegedly got upset and grabbed a female by the throat during a small gathering at an apartment on Friday night at the 1700 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis. Another individual broke them apart and when police arrived about midnight, Christian M. Mann was uncooperative and was zapped with a Taser, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Mann was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for harassment, police said. There was drinking going on, according to police.

IDENTITY THEFT INVESTIGATION

• A 31-year-old Centralia area man already in the jail was arrested in connection with a search of a red Chevrolet Tahoe conducted after a brief police pursuit in late July that turned up drugs, checks and stolen identification related to several cases in Thurston County, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Nobody was in the sport utility vehicle when it was found parked in Chehalis, but Michael E. Helgeson is suspected to be involved, according to police.

BURGLARY RANDLE

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning a  42-inch flat screen television was stolen from the 1300 block of Silverbrook Road in Randle sometime between 12 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday while the resident was away.

THEFT PACKWOOD

• A riding lawn mower and a push mower disappeared from where they were stored outside at the 100 block of Thompson Road in Packwood sometime in the two weeks before Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner’s shed was also broken into, but nothing taken, according to the sheriff’s office.

THEFT CENTRALIA

• Centralia police took a report last night regarding medication stolen from the 1000 block of G Street.

THEFT MORTON

• Someone went into a greenhouse in a backyard at the 300 block of Temple Avenue in Morton and stole $60 worth of plants, according to a report made to police on Saturday morning.

STOLEN AUTOMOBILE

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Northeast Adams Avenue about 7:25 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a red 1999 Honda Civic. The car has a license plate of AME 4238, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SHOPLIFTING ARREST

• A Wal-Mart security person contacted a 32-year-old Yelm resident who allegedly tried to push out almost $500 worth of merchandise from the store on the 1600 block of Louisiana Avenue at about 6:20 p.m. on Friday. Police say the suspected shoplifter began to fight and subsequently was seen by medics because of a rapid heartbeat. Christopher W. Buhl was arrested for third-degree theft and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A Winlock woman boating with friends on Saturday discovered her purse had been stolen from where it was locked in the truck of her car parked near the north boat launch on Taidnapam Drive sometime between 4:10 p.m. and 7:20 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Among the missing items were her concealed weapon permit, cash and credit cards, according to the sheriff’s office. Her bank card was used at Wal-Mart in Spanaway and an attempt to use it was also made at Fred Meyer in Tacoma, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Clothing was also missing, Brown said.

• Chehalis police were called to parking lot at Wal-Mart about 9:40 p.m. on Saturday when a Rochester woman who had been gone for about an hour discovered someone broke the passenger side window of her vehicle and stole her purse. Her debit card was used at the nearby Airport Depot store and also in Seattle, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A backpack and games were among the items stolen when someone prowled a vehicle on Southwest First Street near Market Boulevard in Chehalis, according to a report made to police about 11 a.m. on Friday.

• Morton police took a report about 7:20 p.m. on Thursday regarding a vehicle prowl at the 700 block of Division Avenue. Someone got into the unlocked vehicle but took nothing, according to police.

DRUGS

• Centralia police responded about 8 p.m. on Friday to the 1100 block of Long Road where they took a male into custody for alleged trespassing and subsequently found suspected methamphetamine on him. His identity is in question, but he was was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail under the name he provided, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called to the 1100 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia just before 11 a.m. yesterday when an apartment resident discovered someone filled her door’s lock and deadbolt with glue.

POULTRY ATTACK

• Chehalis police were called about 10:30 a.m. on Friday to Southeast Magnolia Street where they were told a resident caught a dog killing his chickens. The incident is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SKINNY DIPPER CAUGHT

• A 43-year-old Tacoma man was arrested for breach of public peace after a Morton police officer driving across the Tilton River bridge spotted him exiting a swimming hole without any clothing on. It happened just before 10 a.m. last Monday and Jerry DeShazo told the officer he didn’t think anyone could see him, according to the Morton Police Department.

VEHICLE FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday when a fire broke out in the engine of  pickup truck just after an individual parked at the Centralia Outlets off Lum Road. Someone tried to use a fire extinguisher on it and an arriving crew put the flames out, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

COLLISION

• A 22-year-old Chehalis resident admitted he was going way too fast when he wrecked his 1992 Honda Accord on the 2400 block of Wildwood Road in Curtis early Saturday morning. When deputies arrived just before 1 a.m., the driver was not there but it appeared the car had gone into a skid and rolled at least once, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It was totaled and so it was towed, Chief Ciivl Deputy Stacy Brown said. The driver was subsequently found at his home and suffered bumps and bruises, Brown said. He was ticketed, according to Brown.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disputes, loud music, misdemeanor theft, violation of no contact order, collisions on city streets, dogs left in parked vehicles … and more.

ANOTHER FIRE ON ABANDONED MILL PROPERTY

• Firefighters called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to a possible structure fire at the 1800 block of Central Boulevard in north Centralia found a pile of wood and other materials burning inside a large abandoned mill building. The fire was on the same property where a week earlier crews spent hours putting out  burning brush, trees and old equipment. The materials yesterday consisted of a mound of wood and garbage approximately 20 feet by 10 feet, according to Riverside Fire Authority. It was quickly extinguished, and there was no damage to the metal building, Fire Capt. Erik Olson reports. The fire marshal and Centralia police are investigating the cause.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving with suspended license; responses for bad checks written to a business … and more.

MOTORBIKE MISSING

• A 2001 Yamaha YZ125 dirt bike, riding gear, several fuel cans and a trailer jack were stolen from an outbuilding on property at the 100 block of Elma Drive North outside Centralia with the value estimated at $3,355, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy who took a report last night noted it took place sometime between Wednesday morning and 6:30 p.m. yesterday, according to the sheriff’s office.

HANDBAGS SNATCHED

• Centralia police were called to the Coach store at the Centralia Outlets on Lum Road about 1:45 p.m. yesterday to a report a woman grabbed four purses and ran out with them. The loss is more than $1,200, according to the Centralia Police Department. The woman, described only as black with a partially shaved eyebrow was wearing a red sweater and had her hair in a bun, according to police. She was seen getting into a gray Ford Taurus, police said.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 6:40 a.m. today regarding a purse stolen from a vehicle at the 2400 block of Fords Prairie Avenue in Centralia.

• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowled at the 300 block of Southeast Park Hill Drive.

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about someone breaking into a car on the 200 block of Northeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis.

PARKING LOT DISPUTE

• Centralia police called about 9 p.m. last night regarding someone slashing two tires in the parking lot on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue near Starbucks subsequently pulled over a suspect vehicle nearby and found its 20-year-old driver was intoxicated. Ramon Garcia-Simpson was arrested for  driving under the influence and Jorge A. Romero, 35, was arrested for furnishing liquor to a minor, according to the Centralia Police Department. Both Centralia residents were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. There had been a dispute between them and the Rochester man whose tires were damaged, but it didn’t appear they knew each other, police said.

COLLISIONS

• A 51-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol about 7:30 a.m. yesterday after a deputy responded to a report a sport utility vehicle struck the wall in the drive through at McDonalds on the 100 block of Kirkland Road in Napavine. Valerie K. Gleason acknowledged she had been drinking, but said it was many, many hours earlier, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 28-year-old man from Rock Springs, Wyoming, was arrested for driving under the influence as well as hit and run after his vehicle reportedly struck a fence along the roadway on the 700 block of Howe Road outside Toledo last night. A deputy responding about 8:45 p.m. located Anthony C. Nichols a short distance away and booked him into the  Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for disputes, suicide attempt, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances… and more.

Updated at 8:40 p.m.

SUSPECT FROM DOMESTIC DISPUTE ARRESTED

• A 23-year-old man was arrested overnight for an incident on Saturday night when he allegedly took $20 from his girlfriend while they were driving between Rochester and Centralia and then threatened to leave her in the woods out past Big Hanaford Road east of Centralia. Police say Marcus L. Deal assaulted her to get the money he said was his and wouldn’t let her away for a period of time. She was able to calm him down and he took her to his home in Centralia; then she went to a relative’s home to call 911, according to Officer Patty Finch. The victim’s injury was minor, Finch said. Deal was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree robbery second-degree and kidnapping, according to Finch.

POLICE: FORGERY FOR EXTRA MEDS

• A 35-year-old from Rainier was arrested yesterday morning at a Centralia pharmacy for forgery after allegedly altering a prescription for narcotics. An officer called about 9:30 a.m. to Rite Aid at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue was able to contact the doctor and learn it should have been for 100 pills, not 200 pills, according to the Centralia Police Department. Aron D. Shelley was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

FUEL THEFT SUSPECT ARRESTED, WITH STOLEN VEHICLE

• A 43-year-old Centralia man was arrested early yesterday after he was caught allegedly stealing fuel at an auto dealership on the 1900 block of Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis. Uhlmann’s I-5 Toyota has reported thefts of gasoline and asked for extra patrols in the area, according to the Chehalis Police Department, and about 2 o’clock yesterday morning, an officer observed a van, a gas can and a person in the car lot. The individual fled and was located by a police dog about 75 yards away, department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. Jeffery L. Tanner was  booked into the Lewis County Jail, Bailey said. The 2002 Ford Econo Van with him turned out to be stolen from Colville or Yakima County, Bailey said.

OUTBUILDING BURGLED

• A deputy took a report last night from the 400 block of Ingalls Road west of Centralia regarding the theft of two Stihl chainsaws from a shop building sometime after July 15 and before Monday. The loss is estimated at $600, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 7:20 a.m. today regarding a vehicle prowl on Southeast Winchester Hill Drive.

COLLISION

• A 68-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after she was involved in a minor traffic accident at Main and Saxon streets in Centralia last night. Marcia K. Main was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GLENOMA RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE

• Firefighters from three districts were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Cedar Lane in Glenoma where a single-wide mobile home had caught fire. The structure was fully involved in flames when they arrived and it turned out nobody was living there, incident commander Jeff Jaques said. Jaques, chief of Randle’s fire department said the woman who did, passed away about a week ago. They put out some burning trees and kept the fire from spreading, he said. “I don’t know the cause, I don’t know there was enough left for them to determine the cause,” Jaques said.

CRANE STREET FIRE CREWS WRAPPING UP

• Members of Thurston County Fire District 12 who have been assisting the state Department of Natural Resources at the site of a brush fire on unimproved property off Crane Street since Sunday may get a break tomorrow. District 12 Battalion Chief Jim Fowler said he expects they will finish work there today. A DNR level three incident management team set up at Tenino Middle School has been overseeing it and two other fires this week, the three of them dubbed the Tenino Complex Fire. They are the Johnson Creek Fire about a mile to the east on land owned by Weyerhaeuser, which threatened no structures and another near Roy, according to a DNR spokesperson. Earlier this week, those efforts drew a team from as far away as Nevada. The Crane Street fire on Bluemauer Hill – which was stopped at roughly 13 acres on Sunday night – was the scene of an outdoor party which went into Saturday night, according to Fowler.  Two vehicles and a shack were burned, and workers have found remains that resembled tents, according to Fowler. A DNR investigator was told a barbecue may have tipped over, Fowler said this morning.

FREEWAY SPEED CHANGE

• The speed limit returns to 60 mph today on Interstate 5 through Centralia after months of a 50 mph limit for construction, according to the state Department of Transportation. Work continues however in the zone between Mellen Street and Blakeslee Junction to the north and speed reductions may be put into place again when traffic is shifted while crews retrofit and paint the bridges over the Skookumchuck River, according to DOT. This is the last phase of an eight-year-long, $168 million effort to improve safety and congestion on I-5 in Lewis and south Thurston counties. Construction is expected to be complete in late 2015.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, disorderly conduct, a man who shoplifted bandaids, a woman who shoplifted personal hygiene products; responses for alarm, collisions on city streets, suspicious circumstances, fire response for over-cooked muffin … and more.