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The remains of a motorhome on Long Road in Centralia. / Courtesy photo by Riverside Fire Authority

LONG ROAD FIRE

• Firefighters called to a report of smoke in the area of the 1200 block of Long Road in Centralia yesterday afternoon found a motorhome on fire and flames that were burning a portion of an adjacent garage. The fire climbed nearly 100 feet up nearby trees before it was extinguished, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Nobody was inside the approximately 20 foot long recreational vehicle, but a man, a woman and a child who were inside the duplex on the property were able to evacuate safely, the fire department reports. The cause of the 3:30 p.m. blaze is under investigation.

HAMILTON AVENUE FIRE

• A family was displaced by a kitchen fire that broke out yesterday evening at the 500 block of Hamilton Avenue in Centralia. The occupants were out in their yard when it was discovered and a relative with a garden hose put it out, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Firefighters responding to the 7:10 p.m. call made sure the fire hadn’t extended elsewhere in the structure, the fire department reports. The damage from flames was confined to the kitchen counter top and the cabinet and ceiling above, but there was water damage to the kitchen and dining room as well as smoke damage throughout the home, according to Capt. Scott Weinert. Nobody was hurt, the cause is being investigated, Weinert indicated.

INTERSTATE 5 WRECK

• Centralia police assisted troopers in investigating a multiple vehicle injury collision that involved a DUI early this morning on southbound Interstate 5 at the north end of Chehalis around 5:15 a.m. Further details were not readily available.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, interfering with a health care facility, driving under the influence; responses for misdemeanor theft, receipt of a counterfeit $20 bill … and more.

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Updated at 6:45 p.m.

NINE MINUTES, 90 MPH

• A police pursuit along U.S. Highway 12 that began east of Glenoma ended near Morton when spike strips flattened the two right tires of a vehicle carrying a suspected intoxicated driver last night. It was just after 10 p.m. when a deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle traveling an estimated 85 mph but its driver refused to stop, according to  authorities. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said when the vehicle finally did stop near Priest Road, the driver stumbled out and then was extremely combative. Charging documents allege Miguel A. Leyva Jr., 46, exited his vehicle and then fell face down on the roadway. Although he was at gunpoint, he got up and got in and out of his vehicle twice before a trooper arrived, charging documents state. At one point, he dropped his pants and said he was unarmed, the documents state.  Leyva was eventually taken into custody. The nine minute chase reached speeds of 90 mph, according to prosecutors. The Eastern Washington resident was booked into the Lewis County Jail for eluding, for driving under the influence, and for first-degree driving with a suspended license, and then charged today with those offenses in Lewis County Superior Court. His bail was set at $50,000.

ASSAULT REPORT

• Chehalis police were called about 8:30 p.m. yesterday to Green Hill School to take a report of a suspected third-degree assault. The incident is still under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 30-year-old Olympia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday evening when contacted by police at the 100 block of East Sixth Street in Centralia. Officers booked Jonathan Phan, 30 of Olympia, into the Lewis County Jail and also arrested a 39-year-old Chehalis resident on a warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from the 1200 block of South Gold Street regarding stolen mail.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called about 7:30 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of South Pearl Street where solar-powered yard lights had been pulled from the ground and broken.

LOST AND FOUND

• A Kindle was found at Northeast Kresky Avenue and Hampe Way in Chehalis and turned into the Chehalis Police Department yesterday.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, disorderly person, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more.

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BANK WINDOW SHATTERED

• Police were called just before 11 o’clock last night to Umpqua Bank in Chehalis when a customer dropping off a deposit discovered the glass door broken. A person responsible met an officer at the business on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard, checked inside and found everything seemed to be in order, according to the Chehalis Police Department. There was a small hole which appeared to have been made by a pellet gun, according to police.

MORE PELLET GUN ACTION

• Someone broke out a window of a vehicle parked overnight at the 1200 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. It appeared it may have been shot at with a pellet gun, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

OFFRAMP DISAGREEMENT

• Chehalis police were called about 10:40 a.m. yesterday regarding two people involved in a dispute with a “panhandler” at the northbound Interstate 5 offramp at Chamber of Commerce Way in Chehalis. Further details were not yet available.

FISHERMAN RIPPED OFF AT COWLITZ RIVER

• An individual reported his backpack containing about $1,000 worth of fishing gear including expensive reels vanished from the riverbank at the 100 block of Osprey Lane outside Toledo when he turned his back on a young man who’d struck up a conversation with him. The 65-year-old man from Lynnwood reported yesterday that it happened on Friday while he was at the Cowlitz Trout Hatchery, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He told a deputy that after they spoke, the stranger wandered off to check on his friend and the victim retrieved something from his truck. When he returned, the gray, teardrop shaped pack was gone, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim went to the parking area where he saw the silver pickup truck the young man and his friend had been in was gone, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. The suspected thief was described as white, in his mid-20s, slender an about 5-feet 10-inches tall, Brown said. He’d said he was from Buckley, according to Brown. The sheriff’s office is reminding the public that anyone with information can remain anonymous and earn a reward up to $1,000 by calling Lewis County Crime Stoppers.

URBAN DEER HUNTING REPORT

• Chehalis police were called at 9:45 a.m. yesterday to a complaint of someone firing a gun and chasing after a deer off of Northwest Prindle Street in Chehalis.

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• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, protection order violation, misdemeanor assault; responses for dispute, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on roundabout, saw a truck swerve so driver might be texting … and more.