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DRIVER RESCUED FROM UNDER TRUCK

• A motorist ejected from his vehicle when it rolled off the road overnight found himself trapped beneath the engine compartment, according to Lewis County FIre District 3. “It was a difficult extrication,” Fire Chief Doug Fosburg said. The pickup landed maybe eight feet off the road onto a rock on an embankment, and on its top, Fosburg said. The vehicle was teetering somewhat, but its full weight was kept off the victim by surrounding trees, he said. Firefighters called about 1:40 a.m. to the 200 block of Isbell Road in Mossyrock had to get a tow truck to lift the truck up, according to the chief. The man, 31 years old from Mossyrock, was taken to Morton General Hospital. The 2006 Ford F350 was totaled. A deputy referred the case for a charge of first-degree negligent driving, and infractions of driving too fast for conditions and no seat belt, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• A 51-year-old woman was arrested for possession of a controlled substance when a police officer was called to the office of the state Department of Corrections yesterday morning at the Lewis County Mall. A white crystal substance had been located and Rita F. Masters, from Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report last night of graffiti on a building on the 200 block of North Washington Avenue.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, found dog, runaway teen, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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DRUGS SEIZED FROM MOTEL ROOM

• Centralia Police Department’s special Anti-Crime Team found suspected heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, digital scales, cash and a pistol when they searched a motel room yesterday at the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia. Officers arrested Terry S. Dunivin, 32, of Centralia, on an outstanding warrant and then served a search warrant on his room, according to the Centralia Police Department. Dunivin was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AUTO THEFT ARREST

• Deputies yesterday arrested the man they believe stole a van from Borovec Road in Chehalis last week and drove it a quarter of a mile away, prowling it for its tools and then abandoning it. Images captured on security cameras showed a partial license plate of the red car the subject drove away in, which was used to narrow down the search, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. That and witness identification of the person shown on the security images led to William J. Larson, 42, of Centralia, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The more than $2,000 worth of tools missing have not been recovered, according to Brown. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, she said.

THEFT

• Police were contacted yesterday about the theft of packages from a front porch on the 1000 block of West Cherry Street in Centralia.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that someone stole six traffic advisory signs and their stands from U.S. Highway 12 in Packwood which belong to a Kennewick company. It happened last Tuesday night and the loss is $2,000, according to the sheriff’s office.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report yesterday of gang-style graffiti on the roof of a building on the 1300 block of Lum Road.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning of a window broken out a building on the 600 block of H. Street.

COLLISION

• A Honda Accord was totaled last night when a semi truck crossed the lane line and hit it on Interstate 5 at Chehalis, causing the car to strike the concrete center barrier and guard rail and come to rest facing the wrong direction. Troopers called at 10:30 p.m. to the northbound lanes near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange report the 39-year-old truck driver from Clackamas, Oregon, was unhurt. But the car’s driver, Zachary S. Amos, 32, of Centralia, and his passenger Lisa J., Bravo, 24, of Clinton, were transported to Providence Centralia Hospital with injuries, according to the Washington State Patrol. The fire department said its understanding was nobody was hurt or taken to the hospital. A hospital spokesperson said Amos was treated and released, but they had no record of a person with the last name of Bravo. The truck driver was cited for improper lane travel, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor assault, malicious mischief, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, possible fraud, misdemeanor theft, suspicious person, collisions on city streets … and more.

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Updated at 7:17 p.m.

PARTY CRASHED BY THE LAW

• Deputies, police and troopers broke up an underage party at a campsite at the 700 block of state Route 7 near Morton over the weekend and contacted 17 juveniles whose cases will be referred for charges of minor in possession of alcohol, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Several attendees ran off into the woods when law enforcement arrived about 1:10 a.m. on Saturday according to the sheriff’s office. Those who were under 18 had to call their parents, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The youth were from Mossyrock, Morton, Glenoma and Randle, Brown said.

TEACHER FINDS BOOZE AT SCHOOL

• The case of a 16-year-old boy reportedly caught with a bottle of liquor at W.F. West High School on Friday will be referred  for charges of minor in possession of alcohol, according to the Chehalis Police Department. An officer was called about 10:40 a.m. after the alcohol was found by a teacher, according to police.

OUT-OF-CONTROL BOYFRIEND

• A 34-year-old man was arrested after deputies were called to a dispute about 11:50 p.m. on Saturday at the 100 block of Brady Lane in Winlock. Phillip L. Ray had reportedly threatened to jump out of a moving car on the freeway on the way home from dinner with his girlfriend and then the argument continued at home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were told Ray called their dog to him and kicked her twice in the stomach and then threw items including a television remote at his girlfriend. He had left out the backdoor before law enforcement arrived, but was found behind the residence smoking a cigarette, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree animal cruelty, third-degree malicious mischief and fourth-degree assault, according to Brown.

DOMESTIC ASSAULT

• Morton police arrested Jordan M. Gillispie, 24, last night for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, according to the Morton Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree assault. The Morton resident’s bail was set at $10,000. Judge James Lawler signed that order that prohibits Gillispie from consuming any alcohol if he gets out of jail.

THEFT

• Police were called about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday to the 900 block of South Schueber Road in Centralia about a stolen wheelchair. There has a been a suspect identified and the case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An $850 Schubert brand helmet vanished from its resting place on a motorcycle while its owner slept in a  tent nearby over the weekend. It happened between midnight on Sunday and 10 o’clock the following morning at the Iron Creek Campground in East Lewis County, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• Police were called at 6 a.m. on Sunday to take a report of window being broken out of a business on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia.

• Centralia police responded to a 1:10 p.m. call yesterday a the 800 block of South Gold Street regarding damage to the window of a vehicle.

NOT VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 10 p.m. yesterday by someone who reported vandalism at W.F West High School, with toilet paper and spray paint all over the school. It wasn’t, according to police. It was celebratory decorating that included a large rock set aside to get painted on, according to detective Sgt. Gary Wilson.

STRANGER IN SHED

• A 35-year-old man was arrested about 9:15 p.m. on Friday after a neighbor along the 1200 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia reported seeing a person in a shed. Ian E. Roe, described by police as transient, was cited for trespassing and then booked into the Lewis County Jail for a warrant from Olympia Municipal Court, according to the Centralia Police Department.

STRANGERS NEXT DOOR

• Officers were dispatched to a report of intruders at a residence in the 100 block of First Street in Morton on Thursday afternoon, but it turned out the home just had new renters, according to the Morton Police Department.

COLLISIONS

• Mikail A. Bullock, 25, of Chehalis, was reportedly uninjured but his car sustained major damage when he wrecked it in a ditch at about 10 p.m. on Friday at the 2200 block of Rice Road outside Chehalis. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for driving under the influence, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 43-year-old Ashford resident said he fell asleep before he collided head-on with a tree at milepost 3 on Skate Creek Road North outside of Packwood on Saturday afternoon. His Ford F250 was totaled and he was transported to a hospital with a bump on his head and other injuries, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was cited for wheels off the roadway, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, misdemeanor theft, gas drive-off, suspicious circumstances, collisions on city streets; complaint of littering, that someone keeps filling up someone else’s dumpster, about a homeless man panhandling in front of a fast food restaurant  … and more.