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WIDOW VICTIMIZED DURING MEMORIAL GATHERING

• A 72-year-old Chehalis area woman called the sheriff’s office after discovering someone went through her purse during a gathering at her home following her husband’s funeral yesterday. A deputy responding to the 700 block of North Ford Road reports the loss of cash and several prescription medications comes to $250, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. There are persons of interest in the case, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

TOBACCO TAKEN IN BURGLARY

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that a red sport utility vehicle was seen leaving a home on the 2700 block of Graf Road in Centralia on Sunday when the resident returned home to discover 15 packs of Marlboro cigarettes missing.

MOWER MISSING

• A deputy took a report yesterday from the 700 block of Tucker Road in Toledo that sometime since Saturday someone pried a hasp from a door and stole a red Sears self-propelled lawn mower, in new condition.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called to the 800 block of North Washington Avenue last night regarding fraudulent charges on a card at several local businesses. The case is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 28-year-old Centralia woman arrested on a warrant was also arrested for possession of methamphetamine last night when an officer searched her and found suspected meth. The approximately 1 a.m. arrest came after neighbors on the 1600 block of Winterwood Drive called police about a suspicious vehicle parked in the area, according to the Centralia Police Department. Michelle A. Gibson was  booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of a safe stolen from an unlocked pickup truck while it was parked at an apartment complex on the 2800 block of Russell Road last Wednesday. Among the valuables inside the Sentry brand safe were birth certificates, vehicle titles, jewelry and coins, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• A 22-year-old driver escaped injury when he swerved to miss a deer and struck a power pole yesterday afternoon on the 400 block of Yates Road in south Chehalis. A deputy responding about 4 p.m.  found the Chehalis man was not hurt but his 2002 Toyota Tacoma was totaled, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 54-year-old Chehalis man totaled his pickup truck when he ran off the road at the 2500 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis yesterday, entered a ditch and then struck a tree. His injuries were minor but he was taken to the hospital for a pre-existing medical condition following the approximately 5:50 p.m. wreck, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said it may have been a medical condition which caused the driver to leave the roadway.

• A 38-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after he called 911 from Forest Service Road 25 in East Lewis County after he lost control, was ejected and slid beneath a gate, possibly breaking his arm. It happened about about 11 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The Lynnwood man was transported to Morton General Hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.

MOSSY BARN FIRE APPEARS AN ARSON

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday the fire that burned down an old barn in Mossyrock last week is being investigated as an arson. Authorities said it was third fire in three weeks on the approximately 20-acre parcel at the 100 block of  Mossyrock Road West. Twice before the blaze last Wednesday night, the fire department was called out for small fires in the tree-line on the north side of the property, according to Chief Doug Fosburg. Several juveniles have been in the area causing problems, sheriff’s office Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said yesterday. Authorities say there was no power to the building and no reason it would have caught fire on its own. The 6,000 square-foot barn built in 1942 was destroyed, with a loss to its owner estimated at $20,000, according to the sheriff’s office.  It contained only very old hay and  various pieces of haying equipment. The barn is owned by a 70-year-old Mossyrock woman, Brown said.

FIREFIGHTER RECOMMENDS DEFERRING LAWN MOWING

• More than eight acres of pasture burned yesterday west of Tenino, apparently sparked by a tractor mower. Thurston County Fire District 12 called about 1:50 p.m. to the 17000 block of Marsh Road Southwest found about an acre of grass on fire and spent the next four hours chasing flames, according to Battalion Chief James Fowler. “It was wind-driven, and every time we’d get one part out, it would start up in another place,” Fowler said. Fowler said an individual at the racing horse farm had been mowing and turned to make another pass and noticed grass on the mower deck was on fire. He drove to a water source and extinguished it, Fowler said. Members of four other fire departments responded to help, he said. The owner and employees moved about a half dozen horses to a field in the front of the property and they were unharmed, according to Fowler. “Nobody was hurt, no houses or other property was damaged, other than the grass burned up,” he said. Fowler suggested its simply too dry out to risk mowing right now and others might think about putting the task off for awhile.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants; responses for alarms, disputes, disorderly person, hit and run, collision on city street, collisions on county roads, suspicious circumstances, a bloody arrow found in a yard … and more.

FIRE, FIRE, FIRE

• Firefighters were called about 5 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Shiloh Road in Winlock for a grass fire of approximately 100 feet by 100 feet. An individual was using a riding mower when something ignited the dry grass, which also burned up the mower, according to Lewis County Fire District 15. “It could have been anything from a spark, to grass getting on the mower deck,” Firefighter Patrick Jacobson said. Nobody was hurt, no structures were damaged, he said.

• A building on the 200 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue was evacuated about 1 o’clock this morning after smoke filled a restaurant on the ground floor and an apartment on the second floor. Arriving firefighters found smoke but no flames as the owner had put it out, Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Casey Beck said It was likely a wiring issue located in the void between the two floors, Beck said.

• Firefighters were called to George Washington Park on Pearl Street in Centralia about 5:20 p.m. yesterday where a police officer had used a fire extinguisher on a burning garbage can. The wooden container was destroyed, some bushes were burned and the side of the park’s gazebo was charred, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

• Thurston County Fire District 12 was called to a brush fire in a vacant lot along side the road at Crowder Street and Southwest 184th Avenue in Tenino on Saturday night.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• A wedding ring and other jewelry were reported stolen in a residential burglary at the 2200 block of Graf Road in Centralia that occurred sometime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss to the 74-year-old victim is estimated at $2,500, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Tools and computer parts were stolen from a garage on the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:15 p.m. yesterday. The lock had been pried off, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 10:25 a.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Latona Street where a garage had been burglarized. Tools were missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report on Saturday morning from the 100 block of West Bridge Street regarding tools stolen from a home.

• An individual who left a couch behind at the 1200 block of Long Street in Centralia while he moved to another residence called police about 6:10 p.m. yesterday to report the piece of furniture disappeared.

• A trail cam was recovered from a Dodge Durango impounded when deputies investigated its theft on Friday afternoon from the 100 block of Anderson Road in Glenoma. A deputy responding to the call about 4:30 p.m. noticed the vehicle in the area and saw a male take off running into the woods, according to the sheriff’s office. Chantelle Morgan, 27, of Mossyrock, who was sitting in the passenger seat said they were out for a drive, but revealed she had methamphetamine in her pocket, the sheriff’s office reports. She was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of meth, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Deputies are looking for a 27-year-old Randle man believed to have been with her, according to Brown.

• Morton police reported today they took a report that someone stole a large barbecue from the porch of a residence on the 400 block of Seventh Street last weekend. The item is worth about $300, according to the Morton Police Department.

• A 66-year-old Chehalis woman called police on Saturday afternoon when she discovered her wallet was missing from her bag while shopping at Wal-Mart. Someone used her bank card to withdraw $206 from a nearby ATM, according to Chehalis Police Department.

• Police arrested a 22-year-old Centralia man around 1 o’clock this morning when he was allegedly found with a stolen car at the 2800 block of Mount Vista Road in Centralia. Levi G. Pickett was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree possession of stolen property but he was released with no charges filed, pending further investigation. Greg S. Schroeder, 28 of Centralia, was booked on an outstanding warrant during the same incident, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PERSISTANT CALLER

• A 66-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for telephone harassment about 6:20 a.m. yesterday for allegedly repeatedly calling 911 and hanging up. Alma R. Mahar was then released, pending court, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A purse was taken from a vehicle during the night at the 500 block of South Iron Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday.

• Chehalis police were called about 11:20 p.m. on Saturday to the 700 block of Liberty Place where an employee reported that sometime since 3 p.m., someone got into her vehicle and stole several CDs and her motor vehicle documents.

• An unlocked vehicle was prowled during the night at the 500 block of Davis Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday morning.

• Someone took a backpack containing hunting gear from the bed of a pickup truck while it was parked briefly outside a business on the 100 block of Second Street in Morton around lunchtime last Tuesday, according to the Morton Police Department.

ASSAULT

• Centralia police report they assisted the Lacey Police Department on Friday morning in locating and apprehending a suspect wanted for assaulting a Lacey officer the night before. Andrew P. Anderson, 39, from Olympia, was booked into the Thurston County Jail after contact with officers about 11 a.m. Friday at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• A 40-year-old Chehalis man was arrested yesterday for allegedly throwing a rock through the window of a business on the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia. Edward B. Clifford was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police arrested an individual yesterday afternoon after getting a report of a male breaking a window at the 100 block of Northwest Chehalis Avenue about 3:30 p.m.  Anthony M. Parkins, 33, from Winlock and / or Chehalis, was intoxicated and ended up with a minor cut on his hand when he allegedly punched the glass at the Eugenia Center, a drug and alcohol treatment facility, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail  for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• Lewis County Fire District 5 assisted with setting up a landing zone at Fantasy Field on Forest-Napavine Road East on Friday evening when a man was airlifted after an ATV accident off Allen Road near Onalaska.

• A 20-year-old Chehalis man sustained minor injuries when he swerved to miss a deer and lost control of his vehicle about 10 p.m. yesterday on the 400 block of Jorgensen Road in Onalaska, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. His 1995 GMC K2500 was totaled, according to the sheriff’s office. The driver was cited for not having insurance, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• A 29-year-old Morton woman was cited for second-degree negligent driving and no insurance after she collided with another car and rolled hers as many as three times on Saturday afternoon at Gore and Leonard roads in Ethel. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports she was westbound and looking at the GPS on her windshield and continued through a stop sign at around 5 p.m. Both the Hyundai Sonata and the 75-year-old Onalaska woman’s Buick Lacrosse were totaled, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Brown said everyone had been wearing seat belts, but both women plus a pair of 9-year-olds were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with minor injuries. Lewis County Fire District 8 said three patients were transported.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, violation of court order; responses for alarms, disputes, misdemeanor theft, collision on city street, loud neighbor music, suspicious circumstances … and more.