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TEENS CAR PROWLING

• A Centralia mother turned in her teenage son last night, suspecting he was involved in vehicle prowls in the Cooks Hill Road area. A deputy called just before 9 p.m. yesterday spoke to the mom and then interviewed the 16-year-old, who reportedly confessed that during April and May, he and a friend stole property from three separate vehicles, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy was told they prowled unlocked cars with valuables in plain view, according to the sheriff’s office. Among the loot were backpacks, credit cards and at least one laptop computer, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Some of the missing items were recovered from a 15-year-old boy’s bedroom, Kimsey said. The two teens were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for vehicle prowl, second-degree theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, Kimsey reports.

CHEHALIS FIGHT UNDER INVESTIGATION

• Chehalis police were called about 7:40 p.m. yesterday for a dispute at the 300 block of Southwest Third Street that may have involved a knocked-out tooth on a child. The incident is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE THEFT

• Chehalis police were notified about 6 p.m. yesterday that the black with gray 1970 Chevrolet pickup truck stolen the day before from  the park and ride at the 800 block of West Main Street had turned up in Pierce County. A deputy there found it unoccupied, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• An 18-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested last night after allegedly punching out the window of a building at the 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia. Officers called about 9:45 p.m. issued a citation for third-degree malicious mischief to Griffyn B. Dollarhyde and then released him pending a court date, according to the Centralia Police Department.

SNACK, BEERS AND HOME REPAIR LEADS TO FELONY CHARGE

• A 54-year-old man who allegedly stopped at his former girlfriend’s Winlock home, repaired her table and left a note asking if she wanted to buy some firewood was arrested for violating a no-contact order but charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with burglary. A deputy back on April 4 reportedly went to the woman’s home on the 300 block of Hawkins Road looking for Rodney D. DeWolf because he had an outstanding warrant and found DeWolf hiding inside. Later when the deputy interviewed the woman, she said she had returned home to find it looked like DeWolf had been there, as he’d fixed some food to eat, drank several beers, left a note and also her table had been fixed, according to charging documents. DeWolf was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on April 28, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The charge of residential burglary is class B felony with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, protection order violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, oven fire, hit and run, third-degree theft, disorderly conduct, unfounded report, suspicious circumstances, deer walking down middle of road … and more, among 161 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 4:30 a.m. today.

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Updated at 4:19 p.m.

SON-IN-LAW JAILED AFTER KNIFE INCIDENT

• A 23-year-old who allegedly pulled a knife on his mother-in-law was arrested yesterday for felony harassment. Deputies responding about 11:15 a.m. to a dispute at the 200 block of Collins Road near Toledo were told Jackson M. O’Dowd threatened her with the folding knife, causing the 55-year-old woman to fear for her life, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. O’Dowd, of Toledo, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called just after 3 p.m. yesterday to a residential burglary at the 1400 block of Prospect Avenue. Taken from the unlocked home were cameras, electronics and clothing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE THEFT

• Chehalis police were called just before 6:30 p.m. yesterday following the discovery a truck left at the park and ride at the 800 block of West Main Street that morning was missing. The stolen vehicle is a black with gray 1970 Chevrolet pickup truck, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

PORCH PILFERING

• Chehalis police were called about 5:20 p.m. yesterday when an individual saw three kids carrying a box down an alley they suspected could have been stolen from a porch of a residence in the area of the 400 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue. When questioned, they discarded the parcel and an arriving officer concluded it was a delivery of a pair of shoes and took it to its rightful owner, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report of a window damaged from a pellet at the 300 block of North Tower Avenue about 9 p.m. yesterday.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports an investigation showed both drivers contributed to a car versus school bus accident on Monday afternoon along the 200 block of River Heights Road in Centralia. Nobody was injured and the damage was minor when the two vehicles made contact near the center double line on a curve, according to the sheriff’s office. There were two girls on the bus along with the driver, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said. A 16-year-old Centralia boy was driving the Toyota Corolla involved, Brown said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants,  misdemeanor assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, graffiti on a garage, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, out-of-control teenager … and more, among 148 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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Updated at 1:33 p.m.

SMASH AND GRAB DOWNTOWN CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called just before 7 o’clock this morning to a business on the 300 block of South Tower Avenue where someone broke a window to get inside and stole various items, including generators. A list of missing property is being compiled by the victim, Powersports Northwest, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GRAB AND RUN SHOPLIFT

• Centralia police were called yesterday evening by two businesses in which a group of males ran into the store, grabbed merchandise and then ran back out the door. Officers were called about 7:40 p.m. to Verizon at the 1100 block of Johnson Road and then about five minutes later by ATT at the 1200 block of Lum Road, according to the Centralia Police Department. The shoplifters were described as four black males who got into two white four-door passenger cars when they fled, according to police.

BREAK-IN VADER

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning that about $1,000 worth of tools and equipment were stolen from the 100 block of Westside Highway in Vader between 4 p.m. on Saturday and 8 o’clock on Sunday morning. Among the missing property are a John Deere riding mower and a Craftsman five-drawer rolling tool box, a sawzall, a drill and a skill saw, according to the sheriff’s office.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 11:35 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in which a pistol and other valuables were stolen during the night.

PERSISTENT CALLER

• A Chehalis resident contacted police yesterday morning after getting repeated phone calls from a stranger telling her to send $600. They threatened her, stating they knew where she lived, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND FROM MORTON

• Officers responded to the 300 block of Cottlers Lane last Thursday for a report of a business being run without a business license. The case is still under investigation, according to the Morton Police Department.

DOG FIGHT MOSSYROCK

• Police were call about 8:45 p.m. last Wednesday to the 300 block of James Street in Mossyrock where they were told a woman was walking her two dogs behind the bus garage when a vicious wiener dog charged out of the property and bit her dog in the mouth. Officers attempted to make contact with the owners at that address but there appeared to be no one home and there was no dog at the residence at the time, according to the Morton Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A large branch from a big deciduous tree along South Market Boulevard dropped onto the roadway this morning, its fall broken by the rear end of a passing car. The back of the car was smashed, but nobody was hurt, according to the Chehalis Police Department. “It appears the tree was rotten,” department spokesperson Linda Bailey said. City workers responded to the approximately 9:15 a.m. incident near Fifth Street and removed the tree parts from the road, according to Bailey.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, disorderly conduct, violation of no-contact order, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, littering, runaway juvenile, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more, among 148 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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South Market Boulevard at Fifth Street in Chehalis. / Courtesy photo by Jon Johnson