Lewis County Sirens.com

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HITCHHIKER NAMED JESSICA SLIPS AWAY WITH CASH

• Centralia police were called just before 9 p.m. yesterday by a man who reported he gave a ride to a hitchhiker who stole his phone and money. The 65-year-old who asked to be contacted at Summa and Pearl streets said he’d brought the female from Thurston County to Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. A short time after the woman known only as “Jessica” departed, he realized his cell phone was gone, as was a couple hundred dollars from his wallet, according to police.

MONEY MISSING

• Centralia police were called about 8:35 p.m. yesterday to the 400 block of North Tower Avenue regarding a theft of money. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COCAINE

• A 23-year-old Rochester resident who allegedly gave a false name during a traffic stop was subsequently arrested for possession of cocaine.  Ignacio Maldonado Cervantes was booked into the Lewis County Jail following contact with an officer about 1:25 p.m. yesterday at the 100 block of West Maple Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, failure to transfer title, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue,  misdemeanor domestic assault, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 139 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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DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS

• A 21-year-old Winlock resident was arrested last night at the 200 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia for outstanding warrants and possession of heroin. Nakisha J. Richardson was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with police at about 11:55 p.m., according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 45-year-old man arrested at his workplace in Centralia with two loaded handguns allegedly inside his truck was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession methamphetamine with intent to deliver and also two counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Drug detectives had contacted Donald E. Cheney Jr. at his workplace on Thursday after searching his Seminary Hill Road home with a warrant, according to court documents. They had allegedly located approximately 27 gram of meth, a digital scale and packaging, plus a rifle and two pistols there, according to charging documents. A detective noted Cheney had at least two previous felony convictions and could not find Cheney had his firearms rights restored, the document relate. Cheney was booked into the Lewis County Jail and then released following a court hearing yesterday afternoon.

• A 26-year-old woman arrested for outstanding warrants on Wednesday was charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with possession of a controlled substance based on six oxycodone pills allegedly found inside her purse. Briana L. Carrothers was visited at an address on Silver Street in Centralia – where she had been staying – by drug detectives, according to court documents. Because she is a drug court participant, there was a contract allowing her property to be searched to ensure compliance, according to charging documents. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail. Court documents show she resides in Rochester.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 47-year-old Centralia man who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a fence and left the scene was arrested for driving under the influence yesterday evening. Police called just before 8 p.m. to the 1700 block of Cooks Hill Road ended up booking Ernesto M. Garcia-Munoz into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A man from Yelm was fatally injured when he and a Centralia man were outside their vehicles following a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 5 and a fourth car struck his Ford Explorer, shoving it him and then a Ford pickup. Troopers were called about 2:15 a.m. yesterday to the scene in Pierce County near state Route 512, according to the Washington State Patrol. A GMC Acadia sport utility vehicle, the Ford Explorer and Tony M. Abbott’s Ford F350 pickup had been involved in a collision in the southbound left lane, according to the state patrol. Abbott, 27, from Centralia and Jason A. Ley, 46, of Yelm, were both outside their vehicles when a  southbound 2016 Toyota Corolla hit the Explorer, according to the state patrol. The Corolla was totaled and its driver, 22-year-old Dillon Z. Nash, from Fort Lewis, was booked into the Pierce County Jail, the investigating trooper reports. Ley, was transported to Madigan Hospital where he died, the trooper reports. Abbott was reportedly unhurt.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, protection order violation, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 152 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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PRESCRIPTION MEDS

• A 23-year-old was arrested yesterday evening for allegedly using a fake prescription to obtain medications at the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, using a fake New Jersey driver’s license.  Dae’Janique T. Berry, of Mercer Island, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An officer was called to W.F. West High School yesterday afternoon and told two female students allegedly took a pill given to them by a male student. Police took two prescription pills into evidence and are forwarding the case for review to juvenile prosecutors, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The girls showed no adverse affects but were taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to police.

INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING REPORTED

• Centralia police reported this morning they began investigating, yesterday, a report of possible inappropriate sexual touching of a child. The case is currently under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, disorderly person, third-degree theft, phone scam attempt, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street, person sleeping inside parked vehicle … and more among 126 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.