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Updated at 11:46 a.m.
PROWLER PULLS KNIFE
• Centralia police were called about 11:30 p.m. yesterday for an interrupted vehicle prowl at the 1100 block of Borthwick Street in which the suspect reportedly threatened the individual with a knife and then fled the area. The suspect is described as a white male in his 20’s, short with a slender build and wearing a grey hoodie sweatshirt, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was not located.
UNRULY PASSENGER
• A passenger who tried to intervene during field sobriety tests allegedly threatening an officer and grabbing his wrist was arrested last night for third-degree assault. It happened around 8:40 p.m. at Sixth and Pearl streets in Centralia. Michael D Cairns 47 of Onalaska, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident occurred as Anthony M. Colson, 21, of Tumwater was being arrested for driving under the influence, according to police. Colson also was booked into jail.
DRUGS
• After Centralia police contacted a motorist on suspicion of driving under the influence just after 2 o’clock this morning, she allegedly struggled against officers as she was put in to a patrol vehicle, in an attempt to discard a bag of methamphetamine. Chrystal S. Zelazny, 47, from Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of meth, according to the Centralia Police Department. The contact with officers occurred at Maple and Pearl streets, according to police.
FIREWORKS INJURY
• Deputies, firefighters and medics were called about 12:20 a.m. yesterday to Silver Creek where they found man on the ground with fireworks around him and injuries to his hand and eye. Lewis County Fire District 8 Chief Duran McDaniel said he didn’t know the extent of the injuries himself, but they called for an airlift right away. It happened in a gravel parking lot adjacent to a restaurant on the 2400 block of U.S. Highway 12, he said. Because of the fog, a helicopter was going to be delayed, so the man, in his early 30s, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, McDaniel said. He understood they planned to transfer the patient to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, suspicious circumstances, theft, protection order violation, collision on city street … and more.