Lewis County Sirens.com

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BANK ACCOUNT DRAINED AFTER PHONE CALL

• A 48-year-old man contacted police yesterday to inform them he learned his account at a Centralia bank was emptied out. According to police, the victim had gotten a phone call from someone who said they were with Dell computers and managed to get his personal information in the process of a conversation. The amount of money the man lost was not readily available.

POLICE: POINTING GUN PUTS MAN IN JAIL

• A 61-year-old man whose neighbor told him to stop pointing a laser pointer at his face allegedly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the neighbor instead. He was arrested. Officers were called about 10:20 p.m. on Friday to the 500 block of Yew Street by the 37-year-old victim who had retreated from his porch back into his home and called 911, according to the Centralia Police Department. Allen R. Barney, 61 of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to police.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were contacted about 8:50 a.m. yesterday about a car stolen during the night from the 700 block of South Ash Street and then recovered on Tono Road by the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. It was a black 1997 Honda Accord, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 6:50 p.m. on Friday about a 2001 Honda Civic stolen by its owner’s friend from the 200 block of West Cherry Street on Wednesday and then wrecked a short time later in Thurston County. The suspect was taken to the hospital and police are still investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called just before 6 p.m. on Friday about a red 1999 Ford F150 pickup truck stolen from the 1600 block of North Scheuber Road in Centralia. The vehicle has a license plate of B82422Y, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officer have a suspect, but she has not been located, according to police.

OUTDOOR FURNITURE STOLEN

• Police were called about 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of G Street where an individual reported the theft of a white wicker rocking chair from their front porch.

VANDALISM

• Somebody slashed tires on a vehicle parked at the 600 block of Richmond Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Friday morning.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 77-year-old woman was injured when her car crossed the centerline, struck an oncoming Subaru Outback and then left the roadway over a ditch and into a fence near Mayfield Lake this afternoon. Troopers called just before 5 p.m. today to state Route 122 near Cinebar Road report that Delphine E. Tramm was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the Washington State Patrol. The driver of the Subaru, Mark H. Pearson, 66, of Silver Creek was reportedly uninjured. The wreck is blamed on Tramm driving over the centerline and no charges are expected, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, reckless driving, misdemeanor assault, driving with suspend license; responses for misdemeanor theft, collision on city street … and more.

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NIGHTTIME DISTURBANCE

• Centralia police called at 2:30 a.m. today about an unknown person banging on someone’s door on the 200 block of Jackson Street subsequently arrested a 38-year-old man described as highly intoxicated for third-degree malicious mischief. John C. Ellison allegedly broke the window of a vehicle’s canopy when he was banging on things. Ellison was issued a citation and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Chehalis police were called just after 9 o’clock yesterday morning to a drug and alcohol treatment center on the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue where they arrested a 47-year-old man from Kent for possession of methamphetamine. Michael MacDonald was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A 57-year-old woman who turned herself into the jail in Chehalis last night was found to have two small plastic baggies hidden in her underwear containing what she said was Oxycontin, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called to the Lewis County Jail about 2 a.m. today contacted Tanya L. Parker, from Sedro-Woolley, and learned she did not have a prescription, according to the sheriff’s office. Parker was booked additionally for unlawful possession of a legend drug and introduction of a controlled substance into the jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. However, criminal charges are not being filed pending investigation.

CENTRALIA FIRE

• A $10,000 detached outbuilding behind a Centralia home was destroyed by fire overnight. Firefighters called at 2:30 a.m. to the 100 block of South Cedar Street found the structure fully involved in flames but extinguished it before it could spread to the house and a nearby garage, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Its cause is under investigation, according to the fire department. Nobody was injured.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, domestic malicious mischief, driving with suspend license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, collision on city street, a request to check on the welfare of a man not seemingly present at his flooded tent-home under a bridge, request to check on a seemingly drunk and irritable man begging for food, request to remove a man wrapped in plastic bags – yelling at people and talking to self – from a parking lot … and more.

Responders work to extricate a motorist from his vehicle after it collides with a tree on Mellen Street. / Courtesy photo by Jessica Munn

VAN HITS TREE

• A driver who became unconscious because of a medical condition was trapped in his van after it ran off the road, sheared off a power pole and ran into a tree, leaving utility lines on the ground in Centralia yesterday. “He appeared to be okay, definitely shaken up,” said Jessica Munn who watched the vehicle drive up onto the sidewalk on the 1100 block of Mellen Street. Munn said she pulled over to check and see if the man was alright and watched as crews cut his vehicle to extricate him. Police, firefighters and personnel from Centralia City Light responded to the approximately 10 a.m. wreck. The pole was stabilized and the patient transported by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Riverside Fire Authority and the Centralia Police Department. All lanes of Mellen Street were closed during emergency operations.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 24-year-old woman from Florida was arrested for eluding and related offenses after her 2014 Mercedes collided with a traffic island and curb at the LaBree Road interchange of Interstate 5 south of Chehalis last night. It was about 11:20 p.m. and the car was carrying two passengers, from Fort Lauderdale, according to the Washington State Patrol. The southbound car exited the freeway and continued through the intersection, speeding and failing to yield to a traffic device, according to the state patrol. Information released by the state patrol didn’t address why the car was being pursued but indicated a male and a female in their mid-20s were taken to Providence Centralia Hospital. One was injured and the other was transported for precautionary reasons, according to the state patrol. The driver, Georgina M. Jadgeosingh, was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for vehicular assault.

ATTEMPTED FRAUD

• Chehalis police were contacted by an individual yesterday who reported someone attempted to hack into their computer and get them to pay money to protect it.

DISPUTE

• Nobody was arrested, nobody was assaulted and someone may or may not have pointed a gun at someone yesterday on Southwest Pacific Avenue in Chehalis, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. for a disturbance where people had been arguing and both sides were pointing fingers at each other, detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspend license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, collision on city street … and more.