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ELDERLY GLENOMA RESIDENT VICTIMIZED BY BURGLAR

• Someone stole a substantial amount of cash, 10 handguns and other valuables including an antique stethoscope when they burglarized the Glenoma home of an 82-year-old man sometime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding yesterday to the residence on the 8300 block of U.S. Highway 12 found an unknown person had entered through an unsecured door, according to the sheriff’s office. Also missing are four wrist watches, four knives, 20 silver dollars and jewelry, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The loss is estimated at $14,000. Breen is hoping anyone with information about the break-in will contact authorities.

MASS VANDALISM DOWNTOWN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police yesterday morning took a report of a rock thrown through a window of a building on the 200 block of West Maple Street and before the day ended, learned of windows broken at the 200 block of East Maple Street and at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue. At the 500 block of North Gold Street, they took a report of a broken window on a vehicle as well,  according to the Centralia Police Department. On Sunday night, an officer was called when someone threw a rock through a window at the 400 block of North Tower Avenue.

TOOLS TAKEN CENTRALIA

• Somebody got into a shed on the 900 block of G Street in Centralia and stole a radio as well as various hand and power tools, according to a report made to police yesterday evening.

AUTO THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 2:45 p.m. yesterday when a 1997 Honda Civic was stolen from the 200 block of South Market Boulevard. The vehicle was spotted later on U.S. Highway 12 and a Chehalis police officer subsequently located it parked at the Best Western on Interstate Avenue, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

MAIL THEFT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday and asked for extra patrol in the area of Southwest 18th Street, where someone has been stealing out of mailboxes.

RACING

• Police say Emmanuel Torrez-Ramirez, 20 of Centralia, and Jorge I. Garcia-Ambriz, 19 of Winlock, were were caught racing about 3:40 a.m. today in Centralia in the area of Cherry and South Pearl streets. They were cited for reckless driving and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 38-year-old Centralia resident was arrested yesterday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer at the 2100 block of North National Avenue. Nativadad N. Luna-Morale  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 35-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for possession of heroin following a suspected shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart in Chehalis on Friday night. Police called about 7:45 p.m. located a suspect vehicle in a nearby parking and subsequently booked Dawn M. Morningstar Barnett into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OUTBUILDING CATCHES FIRE

• A pump-house that doubled as a storage building was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon, as was a pickup truck parked next to it on the 100 block of Brier Road east of Centralia. Firefighters called about 2 p.m. report a large portion of the small outbuilding was already destroyed by flames when they arrived. The cause was under investigation, but the fire was not suspicious, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, disputes, disorderly person, irate customer, harassment, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets … and more.

FIREARMS TAKEN FROM PARKED VEHICLE

• Centralia police took a report about 9 o’clock yesterday morning after the discovery several guns had been stolen from a vehicle the night before at the 100 block of South Railroad Avenue. The case is currently under investigation and officers are attempting to identify the suspect, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called on Friday regarding an overnight vehicle prowl on Southeast Adams Avenue.

VANDALISM

• Someone broke all the windows and lights out of a vehicle at the 1000 block of H Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday. Police have possible suspect information, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 48-year-old driver, wanted on a warrant for driving with a suspended license, and allegedly carrying methamphetamine in his jacket pocket, was pulled over for speeding on Saturday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Anthony L. Nutter, from LaCenter, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, after the traffic stop on the 400 block of state Route 506 near Toledo, the sheriff’s office reported this morning.

NOT WELCOME

• Two Centralia residents were arrested for criminal trespassing in an abandoned house last night at the 2200 block of ninth Street in Centralia. Cited and then released were Rose A. Blanchett, 33, and Shawn E. Adams 43, according to the Centralia Police Department. Blanchett subsequently was booked into the Lewis County Jail for violation of a protection order, according to police.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, drug possession, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarms, shoplifting, vandalism, harassment, runaway child, jail inmate breaks sprinkler head, suspected heroin left behind by a customer, barking dogs … and more.

ROBBERY IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road about 6:40 a.m. today on a report of several females working together to steal an individual’s wallet. The case is being investigated, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• An unknown suspect accessed another person’s credit card online in two cases reported to Centralia police on Friday morning. One was related to the 1400 block of View Avenue and the other to the 1000 block of North Schueber Road, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An individual report to police late Friday night that someone got into his unlocked vehicle and stole his iPhone at the 200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia.

NO MONEY FOR CAB

• Centralia police responded about 3:30 a.m. today to the 1000 block of Eckerson Road after a report a woman got a taxi ride and failed to pay the fare. Janie S. Weibling, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Police were called yesterday to the 300 block of East Main Street in Centralia to take a report of tires getting slashed on a vehicle overnight.

DRYER LINT TUBE IGNITES DAMAGING CHEHALIS RESIDENCE

• Fire broke out in a laundry room in a home on Gails Avenue in Chehalis on Friday evening causing an estimated $20,000 damage, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Firefighters called about 6 p.m. learned the resident, home with his kids, had smelled smoke and heard the alarms. Arriving crews had to tear into a wall and the floor to extinguish the flames, Firefighter Derrick Paul said. It started in the dryer’s lint tube, Paul said. “The only thing good I can say is it happened during the day when they were home and every smoke detector in the home was working,” he said.

TOUTLE RESIDENTS FIND PILES OF DEAD, ROTTING REPTILES

• A Toutle woman found a huge pile of dead and rotting reptiles while on a walk in the woods near her home, some skinned, some missing their heads and others with their guts hanging out, according to The (Longview) Daily News. Reporter Lauren Kronebusch writes that Shaylee Antila and her husband discovered snakes, lizards and even what they described as the carcasses of four-foot long crocodiles; and the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office thinks they were put there within the last week.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, possession of marijuana; responses for vandalism, misdemeanor theft, collisions on city streets … and more.