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CENTRALIA HOME BURGLED

• Someone broke into a home on the 2100 block of Salzer Valley Road in Centralia yesterday between 12:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. taking a 32-inch Emerson television, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim noted some of her belongings were moved around in her bedroom as well, according to the sheriff’s office.

TOLEDO RESIDENCE BREAK-IN

• Deputies responding to a burglary alarm just after 1 p.m. yesterday at the 500 block of Jackson Highway South in Toledo found the front door wide open but nobody inside the home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. There was a hole through the front door window and a pry mark on the door, but nothing missing, according to the sheriff’s office. The alarm is believed to have scared the person away, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

CHEHALIS SHED BURGLED

• Chehalis police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday about tools and equipment missing from a shed on the 300 block of Southwest Third Street.

MONEY MISSING

• Police were called to the Chehalis Post Office yesterday by a male who said his cousin had sent him 12 one-hundred dollar bills via certified mail but the envelope had been opened and taped shut again and the money was missing. Further details were not readily available.

OTHER THEFT

• Chehalis police took a report of a second-degree theft yesterday afternoon from the 1600 block of  Northwest Louisiana Avenue. Further details were not readily available.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday morning by a female who said someone else picked up her prescription from the 500 block of South Market Boulevard. Further details were not readily available.

WRECK

• A trailer behind a semi-truck overturned on Interstate 5 in Chehalis early this morning blocking all lanes. No injuries were reported from the approximately 4:15 a.m. accident southbound near West Street but the roadway was not cleared until just after 7 a.m., according to authorities. Ricardo J. Vila, 34, from Vancouver, went off the roadway to the right, due to inattention, and overcorrected causing the wreck, according to the Washington State Patrol. His 2015 Freightliner tractor was undamaged, but the trailer totaled, according to the state patrol. He was to be issued a citation for negligent driving, the investigating trooper reports.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

Updated at 12:45 p.m.

ALLEGED DRUG DEALING FOUND ABOVE RETAIL SHOP

• Centralia police’s special Anti-Crime Team arrested a man and scooped up drugs, scales and money when they served a search warrant at an apartment above Smokin J’s yesterday evening. Among the items seized were almost two ounces of heroin, one-half ounce of methamphetamine and more than $2,400 cash, according to the Centralia Police Department. The resident, Matthew J. Goff, was arrested for delivery of a controlled substance, Sgt. Jim Shannon said. Another individual present was not arrested, he said. The visit to the building on the corner of West Main and Oak streets followed a lengthy investigation, according to police. Goff, 29, was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

MAJOR THEFT NEAR TOLEDO

• Unknown thieves hit a rock quarry outside Toledo over the weekend, removing various types of heavy duty, industrial grade copper wiring from the rock crusher and other equipment. The dollar loss is still being tallied up, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responding about 9:15 a.m. yesterday to the 500 block of Mandy Road learned from the 29-year-old victim the theft occurred sometime since Friday, according to the sheriff’s office. It was just the weekend before last when a rock pit in Centralia on Foron Road suffered an estimated $6,000 loss of wiring. Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said they don’t know if the two incidents are related.

POSSIBLE FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called last night from an individual who said he lost his wallet and discovered soon after a card of his was used at a local grocery tore. Further details were not readily available.

WRECKS

• A 59-year-old log truck driver was injured when his air brakes failed as he was traveling downhill around a corner near Mineral Creek Road yesterday morning. The loaded truck came to rest on its driver’s side in the ditch on the logging road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding around 11 a.m. found the 2005 Kenworth had major damage. The driver, who is from Camas, was taken to Morton General Hospital with neck and shoulder pain, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The driver was cited for defective equipment, Brown said.

• A 61-year-old Onalaska man escaped injury when he rolled his pickup truck into a ditch along the 300 block of Middle Fork Road yesterday afternoon. The 2006 Ford F250 sustained major damage,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 3 p.m. was told by the driver he was eastbound when his back end started slipping while headed up the hill, causing him to lose control, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, malicious mischief, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, found cell phone, suspicious circumstances … and more.

Updated at 5:59 p.m.

HOUSE FIRE CONTAINED TO KITCHEN

• Nobody was home and nobody was injured when a fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a house near the Newaukum Valley Golf Course off Jackson Highway south of Chehalis. Lewis County Fire Districts 5 and 6 responded to the approximately 3:10 p.m. call from a neighbor on Divot Drive and knocked the flames down fairly quickly, according to District 5 Chief Gregg Peterson. He estimated perhaps $100,000 loss between the structure and its contents, with the fire contained to the kitchen but smoke damage throughout. The fire is under investigation Peterson said.

AUTO THEFT

• Police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a car from the 1100 block of Tennyson Drive in Centralia. Missing is  2001 Honda CRV, with a license plate reading 822 YFF, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A police dog track near Toledo late yesterday was unsuccessful as law enforcement officers searched for a driver who fled following a traffic stop of a vehicle that turned out to be stolen. The Washington State Patrol called the sheriff’s office for help in the area of Plomondon and Toledo-Vader roads about 5 p.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BREAKING AND ENTERING

• Someone damaged a door and broke into a vacant house for sale on the 100 block of Riffe Hill Road, causing a loss of a about $200, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning. It appeared someone broke in, but did not take anything, sometime since January, according to the sheriff’s office.

MONEY MISSING FROM ACCOUNT

• A 20-year-old Chehalis area resident reported over the weekend that he found $483 worth of fraudulent charges to his bank account, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The victim did not know how it happened, according to the sheriff’s office.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 8 o’clock yesterday morning to the 100 block of Northeast Washington Avenue where someone had broke into a pickup truck parked on the street overnight. They got through the rear sliding window, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• An officer was called about 3 a.m. on Saturday shortly after someone broke the windshield of a car parked on Northeast Boistfort Street in Chehalis.

• Officers responded to the 200 block of Main Avenue in Morton about 1 p.m. on Friday after witnesses reported seeing a female stab the tire of a vehicle parked on the street. The suspect, described as blonde, was not found, according to the Morton Police Department. Total loss is estimated at $375.

COLLISIONS

• A 20-year-old Chehalis woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with a broken leg after she lost control of her car on Friday afternoon on the 2200 block of Centralia-Alpha Road east of Chehalis and slid head-on into a large fir tree, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 1:10 p.m. found her Toyota Scion totaled and issued a citation for no seatbelt, no insurance and speeds too fast for conditions, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 19-year-old driver was hospitalized after he drove into a guard rail at the end of Fuller Road in Salkum at about 1:30 a.m. yesterday and struck his head on the steering wheel and windshield. The Salkum resident said he was traveling southbound through thick fog and before he realized where he was, ran straight into the guard rail in front of him at Spencer Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He sustained a minor head injury, but his 2000 Ford Escape ended up with major front end damage, according to the sheriff’s office. He was cited for speeds too fast for conditions and was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

• A 17-year-old Chehalis girl reportedly escaped any injury when she was distracted by her cell phone on her vehicle’s console lighting up and collided with a utility pole about 8:20 p.m. yesterday on the 100 block of Deep Creek Road west of Chehalis. The pole was sheered off at its base, knocking overhead lines to the ground and her 1995 Hyundai Accent sustained major damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was cited for second-degree negligent driving, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, urinating in public, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, dispute, misdemeanor assault, collisions on city streets, shoplifting including a call to a Centralia Outlets store after a pair of males left with two children’s jackets without paying … and more.

PARTY PATROL

• One 16-year-old was taken to the hospital for what police called alcohol poisoning and several other juveniles face possible charges of minor in possession of alcohol after police responded about 1:15 a.m. yesterday morning to the 1400 block of Oxford Avenue in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWLS

• Four vehicles were prowled in the night at the 2600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report about noon yesterday regarding a vehicle windows shot out with a BB gun at the 100 block of South Gold Street.

DRUGS

• A 46-year-old Centralia man contacted by police for an outstanding warrant at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia on Friday evening will also get a possible charge of possession of methamphetamine. The alleged meth possession was referred to prosecutors for a charging decision and Terry R. Strong was booked into the Lewis County Jail for his warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• A 44-year-old driver was hospitalized after she wrecked her vehicle yesterday morning on state Route 508 about 10 miles west of Morton. Troopers called at 9:43 a.m. report the 1993 GMC Jimmy left the highway to the right and traveled up an embankment before rolling and coming to rest on its top. Michelle Maxwell, from Morton, was seat-belted in and her vehicle was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. The incident was blamed on inattention and a citation was to be issued for wheels off the roadway, according to the state patrol.

• A 22-year-old Rochester resident was injured overnight when her car ran into a tree in the Capitol Forest, about nine miles northeast of Oakville. Troopers responded about 2 o’clock this morning to the area of the Cedar Creek/D300 Line where the 2003 Mazda Protege was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. Chelsea M. Rohr was westbound and making a 180 degree right-hand turn when her car struck the tree, according to the state patrol. Rohr was not wearing a seatbelt and was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, the state patrol reports. Alcohol or drugs were suspected to be involved, according to the investigating trooper.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for misdemeanor assault, collisions on city streets … and more.