Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 1:31 p.m.

AUTO THEFT

• Officers called at 6:35 a.m. today took a report that sometime within the hour, someone stole a red Honda Civic from the 200 block of Virginia Drive in Centralia. The car has smiley face and Magpul stickers on the rear window and a license plate reading ABE 5790, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WEEK-OLD ROBBERY INVESTIGATION ONGOING

• Morton police notified the news media yesterday they need help from the community to identify two suspects in an armed robbery that took place near the boat ramp on the east side of Gus Backstrom Park a week earlier. Officers called about 10:50 p.m. on March 28, learned the two victims were forced to the ground at gunpoint, punched in the stomach and robbed of some of their belongings. Each of the assailants carried a pistol in their right hand, according to the Morton Police Department. The suspects are described this way: Both white males, with the first one around 240 pounds, medium blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing round glasses, blue pants, brown sweatshirt and the second one with a smaller build, possible 5-feet 11-inches tall, brown eyes, blue ripped jeans, black and white bandana, according to police. “This type of activity will not be tolerated in our community and our department will be actively pursuing these suspects,” the department posted on its Facebook page on Friday afternoon. “We thank you in advance for your much needed and appreciated support and assistance.” They ask anyone with information to please contact the Lewis County dispatch center and ask to speak with an officer or feel free to call the Morton Police Department directly and leave a message and they will respond as soon as possible.

ASSAULT REPORT

• Chehalis police were called yesterday about 10:30 a.m. to take a report of an alleged custodial assault Green Hill School on Southwest 11th Street that occurred earlier in the day.

TRESPASSING

• Centralia police responded to an approximately 12:25 p.m. report yesterday of trespassers at a residence that was supposed to be vacant at the 1100 block of Mellen Street. They found two individuals there who were wanted on outstanding warrants, according to the Centralia Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Daryl P. McCrory, 26 and Terry R. Strong, 47, according to police.

VANDALISM

• Police took a report yesterday afternoon that a victim’s motor home windows were broken out while it was parked on private property at Mellen and Yew streets in Centralia.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A tired driver was injured when her westbound Jeep Cherokee left the roadway and rolled along state Route 6 about four miles east of Pe Ell last night. Troopers called about 10:50 p.m. report Crystal J. Seay, from Raymond, had been fatigued and lost control of her vehicle. It was described as totaled. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital as a precautionary measure, according to the Washington State Patrol. A possible citation is pending, according to the state patrol.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, Safe and Sober probation violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, third-degree theft, collision on city street, possible suicidal person, teenager throwing tantrum, person reporting they saw somebody take somebody else’s bicycle and the owner retrieving it  … and more, among 142 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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UNKNOWN INTRUDER CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called about 11:15 a.m. yesterday after a woman in a tanning bed inside what was an other-wise unoccupied building heard someone jiggle the door and then found the front door lock had been damaged by a heavy object. She said she yelled and heard someone leave and that the individual possibly drove away in a van, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Arriving officers checked the building at the 1000 block of Northwest State Avenue and put out an “attempt to locate” on a suspect vehicle, according to police.

ASSAULT WITH VAN

• A 29-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for second-degree assault after a run-in with another woman at Estep Road in Napavine on Friday night. Police were called and told she was possibly intoxicated in a parking lot and repeatedly speeding up toward another vehicle and then braking, and at one point hitting the rear corner panel and causing minor damage, according to charging documents. The occupant of the other other vehicle, Jennifer Hedge, told a Napavine police officer she opened the passenger side door of the Chehalis woman’s blue van, removed the keys and threw them, because she thought she was intoxicated, the documents state. Christina Palomares allegedly got out and began punching Hedge and when she got back in her van, turned the wheels to the right, causing Hedge to fall and roll away. Palomares reportedly drove away and was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. As he attempted to place her under arrest, she struggled, according to the documents. Palomares reportedly yelled, kicked at the patrol vehicle and began hitting her head against against the partition threatening to harm un-named individuals. At the jail she was cooperative and was booked. She was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest. Defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told the judge her client was employed there at the gas station at exit 71, until this incident. O’Rourke also noted Palomares is a protected person in a second-degree assault case, somehow related to Friday’s events, and it appeared the facts might come out somewhat differently in this case. Bail was set at $10,000.

MULTIPLE BREAK-INS PACKWOOD

• Numerous cabins, storage shed and recreational vehicles inside a gated neighborhood in Packwood were burglarized, with more than $4,000 in valuables stolen. A deputy called on Saturday to Teal Drive learned thieves somehow got around the gate but then forced entry into the various locations, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Lists of the losses are still being complied but included chainsaws and even artwork, according to the sheriff’s office. It happened sometime between last Tuesday evening and 6 p.m. on Friday, Cmdr. Dusty Breen said. The victims are from Tacoma, Puyallup and Seattle, Breen said.

“ITEMS” STOLEN CENTRALIA

• An officers took a report at 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon from the 200 block of South Pearl Street that person(s) unknown entered a display case sometime within the previous hour and removed items, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BAD BIG BILL

• Police were called yesterday morning to a business at the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia where the previous day, someone had passed a counterfeit $100 bill.

CAR PROWL

• Police called at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday to a report from a woman an unknown person was inside her car at the 1600 block of South Market Boulevard ended up arresting a 25-year-old man from Connell for trespassing, second-degree vehicle prowl and also for malicious mischief in connection with damage to a fence. Tire chains had been removed from the vehicle, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Booked into the Lewis County Jail was Jonathan A. Leschinsky, according to police.

• An amplifier was reported stolen from a pickup truck at the 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court in Chehalis at about 1 p.m. on Friday.

• Chehalis police took a report from the 1300 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue of a vehicle prowl in which a window was broken and a purse stolen on Friday morning.

FLATTENED TIRES

• Four tires on a pickup were slashed at the 100 block of East Hanson Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 8 o’clock last night.

REPORT: CAR SHOT WITH PAINT GUN

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Hampe Way about 2:15 p.m. on Friday, told a couple came out of Lewis County Mall and shot paint balls at a car and then left. No report was written for any further details or confirming the report, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

NOT FEELING THE ‘BERN’

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of Northeast Washington Avenue where they were told someone came onto the property and spray painted their Bernie Sanders campaign sign as well as the neighbor’s sign. The report was made first thing on Friday morning.

WOMAN CITED FOR LEAVING CHILD IN CAR

• Chehalis police were called at 2:15 p.m. yesterday to the Twin City Town Center regarding a crying baby alone inside a vehicle parked in front of a store. An arriving officer found the windows were rolled down, the child was in a car seat and several people were standing around, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Shortly thereafter, a woman with two small children arrived and the officer explained that one cannot leave a child unattended in a vehicle, and issued a citation for the same, according to police. Cited was Magda E. Reyes-Sanchez, 21, of Centralia, according to police.

BURNING CAR DOUSED

• Firefighters were called about 5:40 p.m. yesterday to a vehicle fire on southbound Interstate 5 near Labree Road south of Chehalis. Nobody was injured, according to Newaukum Valley Fire and Rescue.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 21-year-old Chehalis woman was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday after her vehicle wrecked along the 1100 block of Highway 603 west of Chehalis. A deputy called about 3:30 p.m. was told by witnesses the vehicle traveled off the road, through a ditch, over a driveway and struck a mailbox before coming to rest at a second driveway, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Montana Magnan smelled of intoxicants and after a field sobriety test was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia resident parks their vehicle on the street in front of their home. At some point yesterday before 4:20 p.m., another motorist drives their vehicle into the victim’s vehicle and then drives away. According to the hubcap left behind at the scene at Washington Avenue and Cherry Street, the fleeing vehicle was a Dodge pick-up, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, third-degree theft, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, out-of-control teen; for report that turned out to be unfounded; complaint of barking dog, male locked in a porta-potty, person sleeping in the men’s room stall … and more

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FIREARM DISPUTE

• Deputies called to a family dispute at the 7900 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Glenoma on Friday afternoon ended up arresting a 56-year-old man for first-degree assault. Deputies were told Richard N. Aries pointed a rifle at his wife, while their young child was home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He admitted he armed himself during an argument, but denied pointing the weapon, according to the sheriff’s office. Aries was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

BURGLARY CENTRALIA

• Centralia police called about 2 o’clock this morning to the 600 block of Nick Road ended up arresting a 43-year-old Centralia resident for first-degree burglary. Michael A. Hedges was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Police were called about 2:50 p.m. on Friday regarding a second-degree burglary at the 400 block of South Iron Street in Centralia.

CARPORT PROWLED

• Police were called to the 500 block of West Seventh Street in Centralia on Friday morning regarding a lawnmower stolen from a carport during the night.

JEWELRY MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 1:10 p.m. on Friday to the 200 block of South Pearl Street regarding the theft of jewelry from a display cabinet.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer was called Saturday morning to a car prowl at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Some time between 8:40 a.m. and 9 a.m., someone stole a coat along with a notary seal and bag, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MORE FUNNY MONEY

• An officer was called just after midnight to the 1000 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia where a counterfeit $20 had been passed.

VANDALISM

• Somebody smashed out the window a of a vehicle at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Saturday afternoon.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• An adult female bicyclist sustained a possible arm injury while she was riding her bicycle east along the 700 block of  Harrison Avenue about 6 p.m. on Friday. A vehicle turned in front of the bicycle to enter into a parking lot, according to the Centralia Police Department. The bicycle struck the side of the vehicle causing her to fall to the ground, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, second-degree assault, kidnapping, trespassing, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, stabbing, loud party, vandalism, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, civil issue, suspicious circumstances, collision … and more, among 360 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.