Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 10:26 a.m.

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• Centralia Middle and High schools were put on precautionary lockdowns yesterday while law enforcement searched for a man who allegedly punched out a bedroom window in anger, at the 800 block of Cowlitz Road in Centralia. Deputies called about noon learned that Mark S. Chesler Jr. had fled the area and also that his presence at the home was in violation of a no contact order, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The area was searched, including with a police dog and Chesler was taken into custody after a 911 call about a person seen trying to enter a camp trailer at the 3100 block of Laurel Lane, according to the sheriff’s office. Chesler, 36, also had four outstanding misdemeanor warrants, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. He was arrested for third-degree malicious mischief, the order violation, the warrants and then booked in to the Lewis County Jai, according to Breen.

PROWLING

• Chehalis police were called about 7:10 a.m. today to the 700 block of Northwest Maryland Avenue where someone had entered a locked, fenced area and broken into three vehicles.

• A 38-year-old Centralia resident seen by an officer trying to get inside a vehicle that did not belong to him at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue was subsequently arrested for attempted vehicle prowl yesterday. It happened around 4:15 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department. The subject tried to flee, the officer detained him, according to police. Ranier P. Wagner was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for obstructing and resisting arrest, according to police.

• An officer was called just after 9 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a vehicle prowl at the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Paperwork was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ABUSE INVESTIGATION

• Chehalis police were called to a school on the 200 block of Southwest Market Boulevard at 9:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of possible child abuse. The case is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A deputy responded to the Lewis County Jail about 9:15 p.m. yesterday to take a report about an person being booked who allegedly was in possession of methamphetamine. Troy L. Fadness, 52, of Centralia, was interviewed and a field test was conducted that came out positive for meth, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called to the 300 block of Wilding Drive in Centralia just after 8 o’clock yesterday morning where sometime during the night, someone had slashed the tire on a car.

SMOKE CHASES INHABITANTS FROM HOME

• Firefighters called around noon yesterday about a possible fire in a mobile home on the 500 block of state Route 508 found light smoke showing and the residents outside, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. They found that wiring on a furnace had burned, Firefighter Sam Heldreth said. The damage was limited to the wiring, she said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, littering, trespassing, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person who keeps sleeping in an alley … and more among 128 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 5:38 p.m.

BLOODY HEAD AND SPIT

• A 25-year-old man who got upset when he was asked to leave a downtown Centralia business yesterday morning ended up getting arrested for two felonies. Police called about 9:50 a.m. to the 100 block of North Tower Avenue told the man the restaurant didn’t want him there and he just needed to go, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer decided to arrest him for trespassing and once in the back of a patrol car, he reportedly got out of control, banging his head, police said. Sgt. Dave Clary said he bled all over inside the police car so he was arrested for second-degree malicious mischief. He allegedly spit blood at an officer so he was arrested for third-degree assault, according to Clary. Andrew A. Zech, 25, of Wilton, Connecticut, was taken to the hospital to be checked out and subsequently booked into the Lewis County Jail, Clary said.

RV THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports this morning a 16-foot travel trailer went missing from property at the 200 block of Jarvis Road in Mossyrock. A deputy who responded to the report on Monday learned it had been parked there about a week and vanished sometime between 7 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday, according to the sheriff’s office.

BAD BILL

• Someone tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a business on the 600 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 2:30 p.m. yesterday.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called to the 1700 block of Providence Lane just before 8:30 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl. Miscellaneous tools were stolen during the night, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Someone stole a garage door remote opener from a vehicle parked at the 1700 block of Providence Lane in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:10 a.m. yesterday.

DRUGS

• A 40-year-old Rochester man was arrested yesterday after a search of a residence in which drug detectives found a Tupperware container with approximately one-quarter ounce of meth, a digital scale, plastic baggies and $190 cash. Dallas L. Hale-Pogue allegedly had twice sold meth to a confidential informant  sometime since Sept. 1, according to court documents. Hale-Pogue was booked into the Lewis County Jail and charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine and one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Charging documents state the search by members of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team took place at Hale-Pogue’s home in Lewis County, although temporary defense attorney Joely O’Rourke told a judge this afternoon he resides in Rochester. His bail was set at $25,000.

• A 51-year-old Mossyrock man pulled over by a trooper yesterday and subsequently found to have outstanding misdemeanor warrants was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. When the trooper searched Jeffrey A. Lowe’s sweatshirt, he found a glass smoking device with residue that field tested positive for meth, according to court documents. Lowe was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning a 16-year-old student was caught with marijuana at Winlock High School on Monday. A deputy called to the school about 5 p.m. that day learned from the athletic director the boy was asked about it and handed it over, according to the sheriff’s office. The case is being referred to juvenile prosecutors, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

PRUNO FOUND INSIDE JAIL

• A 23-year-old inmate at the Lewis County Jail seen disposing of three bottles of “Pruno” yesterday was arrested for possession by prisoner, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 9:20 p.m. used a portable breath test to see that each of the bottles showed an alcohol concentration, according to the sheriff’s office. Calvin E. Holder, from Olympia, was being held in the jail on an unrelated matter, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. The material was sent to the state crime lab for testing, according to Been. Pruno is a nickname for a homemade alcoholic drink.

BEER ON THE STREET

• Chehalis police ended up arresting a 54-year-old Vader resident yesterday after calls about a drunken individual laying by a bus stop and yelling at people. Officers responding the second time to the area at the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard arrested Ronald W. Carpenter for having an open container in public and for second-degree trespassing, according to the Chehalis Police Department. He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital for unrelated issues, according to police.

BURNING IMPALA DOUSED

• Firefighters were called about 1:40 a.m. today when the driver of a car filling with smoke pulled over the near the 600 block of Main Street in Chehalis. The occupants grabbed their stuff and jumped out, but the 2003 Chevrolet Impala was fully involved in flames when the crew arrived, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. They put the fire out, Capt. Casey Beck said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, 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.