Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 3:38 p.m.

DOWNTOWN SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TARGETED

• Centralia police took reports from three different businesses yesterday morning that during the night, someone either stole or tried to steal outside security cameras. The first to report was a victim on the 200 block of South Tower Avenue, and soon after, a similar theft was discovered on the 600 block of South Pearl Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. At the 600 block of South Tower Avenue, the camera remained but its mounting bracket broken and pulled from the wall, according to police.

CENTRALIA GARAGE BREAK-IN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a garage burglary that occurred at the 3000 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia that occurred during the week and a half that ended on Tuesday while the owner was away. Someone kicked in a door and tried but failed to start up a broken down ATV and made off with a socket and wrench set, according to the sheriff’s office. The tools are valued at $200, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said.

HONDA CAR STOLEN

• Chehalis police were called just before 7:30 a.m. today following the discovery of an overnight vehicle theft at the 200 block of Southwest 13th Street. A white 1995 Honda Accord was reported missing, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The car has a crack across the windshield and a Yankees baseball sticker on its window, according to police.

CASH STOLEN

• Centralia police arrested a 30-year-old resident yesterday after he allegedly took money from the wallet of a female acquaintance and shoved her in the process. Officers called just before 3 p.m. about the incident at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue stopped Tyler V. Geist in a vehicle near exit 88 on Interstate 5, according to the Centralia Police Department. Geist  was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree robbery, according to police. Prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge.

MAIL THEFT

• Centralia police took a report yesterday from an individual at the 1500 block of Lewis Street who said sometime during the night someone stole a check out of the mailbox that was waiting to be picked up by the postal carrier, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 6:15 a.m. today after a vehicle prowl was discovered at the 1200 block of West Walnut Street. The victim said that sometime during the night an unknown person entered their unlocked vehicle and stole the registration, some mail and a medical marijuana card as well as change from the ash tray, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HOUSE FIRE DOUSED QUICKLY

• Firefighters responding yesterday morning at 11:50 a.m. to a residential structure fire at the Whispering Woods Mobile Home Park off the 17300 block of Sargent Road in Rochester were able to get quick extinguishment, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Nobody was injured and the damage was minimal according to the fire department. The arriving crew found smoke coming from beneath the single-wide mobile home and subsequently found a discarded cigarette had ignited pine needles and cones, Chief Robert Scott said. The resident will probably need only to replace insulation under the home, Scott said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, protection order violation, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, suspicious circumstances, lost or stolen phone, collision on city street, building tagged with graffiti, loud neighbor music, growling roaming dog, biting roaming dog, panting dog alone in van … and more, among 167 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 4:10 p.m.

LOOT INCLUDES HONDA GENERATORS

• A break-in to a Centralia area business left its owner with a loss of nearly $10,000, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning. Sometime between Sunday and yesterday, someone damaged the main door window at the Power Shop at the 3800 block of Harrison Avenue and made off with various tools and parts as well as four Honda generators, according to the sheriff’s office.

DOWNTOWN BREAK-IN

• Police were called about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to a Chehalis business on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard after an individual arriving for the day found the door unlocked, the cash register on the floor and money missing.

INTRUDER FLEES RESIDENCE

• Police were called about 12:10 a.m. today when a resident on Southeast Ninth Street near Market Boulevard saw someone run out from their basement. Nobody was located, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT, PLUS FIREARM

• If you see a red 1984 Toytota SR5 pickup truck, with a blue fender on the front passenger side, it may very well be the one stolen from a Centralia driveway yesterday between 7:20 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Deputies were notified of the theft of the truck, which had been left unlocked, as well as the Winchester bolt-action rifle inside it, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A friend of its owner reported seeing it traveling at a high rate of speed on Kuper Road toward Harrison Avenue in Centralia, and being followed by a blue four-door Honda Accord, according to the sheriff’s office. The vehicle was taken from in front of a home on the 2300 block of Van Wormer Street in Centralia, Chief Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. It has a license plate reading C75023D, according to Brown.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 12:20 a.m. today for a vehicle prowl at the 200 block of West Cherry Street in Centralia. Taken was a laptop computer, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called yesterday to the 100 block of Northeast Summit Road for a vehicle prowl that occurred during the night.

FUEL THEFT

• An individual reported to Centralia police yesterday morning that sometime over the weekend someone cut the fuel lines to several work vehicles and stole fuel at the 300 block of South Pearl Street in Centralia. The case is currently under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GUN CRIME

• A 39-year-old Centralia man was arrested about 11 p.m. yesterday for unlawful possession of a firearm after contact with an officer at Alexander and Latona streets in Centralia. Kyle W. Elliott  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police took a report yesterday morning from W.F. West High School following the discovery of graffiti on several exterior walls.

DRUGS

•  A 44-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 8 p.m. yesterday for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer at the 900 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia. Joshua L. Harris was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 31-year-old Olympia woman accused of shoplifting at Wal-Mart about 8:20 a.m. yesterday in Chehalis was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine based on a substance found that field-tested positive for the drug. A case for third-degree theft is also being referred to prosecutors for Jessica L. Fetchik, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, third-degree theft, protection order violation, collision on city street, fraudulent charges on a PayPal account, attempt by an impostor to open a phone account… and more, among 169 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 6:30 a.m. today.