Archive for November, 2015

Vader toddler: Second sentencing for Jasper’s death expected tomorrow

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The mother of three who has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for last year’s death of a 3-year-old boy she and her husband were caring for in Vader is expected to be sentenced tomorrow.

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Brenda A. Wing

Brenda A. Wing, 27, has been held in the Lewis County Jail since deputies arrested her and her husband last autumn.

The toddler died from what the coroner labeled chronic battered child syndrome on Oct. 5 of last year.

Danny A. Wing, also 27, has already been sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in the death of Jasper Henderling-Warner.

The case has dragged out in part because a plea deal required the Wings to undergo further interviews and polygraph examinations as prosecutors sought to learn more specifically what occurred. Brenda Wing’s sentencing hearing has been repeatedly postponed.

She is scheduled to go before a judge in Lewis County Superior Court tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
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For background, read, “Vader man gets 34 years for toddler death” from Friday September 25, 2015, here

News brief: Motorist drives into Centralia bank

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 22-year-old driver was hospitalized after crashing into a bank building this morning in Centralia.

Officers responding just before 4 a.m. to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue found the vehicle broke the wall of Columbia Bank, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Police Sgt. Kurt Reichert said he understood the man was very, very overdosed on a combination of drugs and alcohol and needed continuing medical attention.

Cody D.A. Rojers, 22, of Graham, was cited for driving under the influence, according to police.

News brief: Shop with a Cop events looking for kids

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Applications are due on Friday for the Chehalis Police Officers’ Association’s annual Shop with a Cop program.

The event in which a limited number of children are selected to participate happens on Dec. 16.

Applications are available at the Chehalis Police Department at 350 N. Market Blvd. and also on its website, http://ci.chehalis.wa.us/police Those with questions can call 360-748-8605.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is holding their annual event on Dec. 17. Their application deadline is next Tuesday.

The sheriff’s office partners with United Way of Lewis County to find children in need of a positive experience with law enforcement, as well as those in need of financial assistance.

Applications are available from the United Way website at www.lewiscountyuw.com, their office at 450 N.W. Pacific Avenue, in Chehalis, or by calling the United Way office at 748-8100. Applications are also available at the front counter of the sheriff’s office or on its Facebook page.

News brief: Formal changes coming for top officers at Centralia Police Department

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Two sergeants at the Centralia Police Department will be promoted to commander positions effective Jan. 1.

They are Sgt. Stacy Denham and detective Sgt. Pat Fitzgerald, who have been working as acting commanders since the chief demoted the two officers who were commanders when he took over the department in May.

Centralia Police Chief Carl Nielsen said testing was done last week for the positions. His announcement of the change is on the agenda this evening for the Civil Service Commission meeting, Nielsen said.

Former Cmdr. Dave Ross was reassigned to a sergeant position on June 1 and Cmdr. Jim Rich moved to a sergeant position on July 2. Rich was, along with Nielsen, one of the finalist to replace outgoing Chief Bob Berg earlier this year.

Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
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ON THE ROAD

• A 56-year-old bicyclist was injured when a white box-style van passing him at the 1200 block of Winlock-Vader Road in Winlock struck him, breaking his left arm yesterday morning. It happened about 8:45 and both were heading northbound, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It was the mirror on the vehicle which hit the man’s arm, according to the sheriff’s office. The victim, from Vader, said the van stopped for a moment and then continued on, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. He was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and Breen is asking anyone with any information to call Lewis County Crime Stoppers.

SURVEILLANCE IMAGE MONITORING HELPS CATCH BURGLARS

• Two individuals prowling around a business overnight in the Chehalis Industrial Park were arrested, after an alarm summoned deputies and someone monitoring surveillance images described them as entering multiple buildings. It happened about 1:15 .m. at the 100 block of Habein Road, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested after a short foot pursuit were Suvonie M. Misner, 35, from Portland and James E. Carroll, 42, of Wapato, according to the sheriff’s office. Taken from the business were a jacket, gauze and eye wash, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The two were booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary. Carroll was additionally booked for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act as he was found in possession of a pipe with white crystal residue, Breen said.

NO-NAME CUSTOMER WON’T PAY

• An officer was called to the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at 9 o’clock yesterday morning where a man reportedly refused to pay for his meal. He also refused to give the officer his name, so he was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for obstructing a public servant and third-degree theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.

TRESPASSING

• Centralia police are investigating a discovery that someone was inside a residence on the 700 block of Woodland Avenue and also tampered with its power box. An officer responded to a 7:45 a.m. report about it yesterday.

VANDALISM

• Graffiti was reported yesterday on the wall of a building at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, misdemeanor assault, shoplifting, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, tagging, hit and run, suicidal person, suspicious circumstances,  runaway teen … and more.

News brief: Fight over meth sale leads to assault with knife

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 34-year-old man was stabbed in Centralia yesterday during a dispute believed to be over a drug deal.

“I don’t know how seriously the victim was injured,” Officer John Panco said this morning. “But it’s not life-threatening.”

The man is from Tacoma, he said. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital.

Police are still investigating the incident associated with a location at the 600 block of South Silver Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Officers were called about 11:15 a.m. and arrested a man and woman who were there together, according to Panco.

“Somehow meth was exchanged, somehow payment was not made,” Panco said. A physical altercation then ensued, according to police.

Sasha A. Morgan, 29, allegedly stabbed the 34-year-old with a knife, and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

Jesse Bartley, 25, described as transient, was arrested and booked for attempted delivery of methamphetamine, Panco said.

The two are likely to be brought before a judge this afternoon in Lewis County Superior Court.

News brief: Passenger tossed from rollover wreck north of Grand Mound

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

A 52-year-old Oakville woman is at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after she was ejected from a car that rolled several times when its driver lost control on Interstate 5 in south Thurston County yesterday.

Troopers called about 1:40 p.m. to the northbound lanes  about five miles north of Grand Mound, report the 1997 BMW 740 was headed north and traveling too fast when its 21-year-old driver wrecked.

Carla J. Thomas, 52, of Oakville, was transported to the Seattle hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. This morning Thomas was listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit there.

The driver was also injured. Jonathan M. Jack, 21, of Rochester was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, according to the state patrol.

A spokesperson for Sr. Peter’s said this morning Jack was not a patient at the hospital. An individual with the same name has been booked into the Thurston County Jail for vehicular assault, according to jails’ online roster.

The BMW was impounded to the state patrol’s bullpen in Tacoma.