Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 3:55 p.m.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• A deputy responded yesterday to a report of a residential burglary at the 5000 block of state Route 6 west of Chehalis. A list of missing property is being compiled, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. It happened sometime since Oct. 20, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Chehalis police called just after 1 p.m. yesterday about a possible break-in at the 1900 block of South Market Boulevard are investigating the incident, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

BREAK-IN RANDLE

• A 21-year-old Eatonville resident who had asked a motel operator to use a telephone and subsequently found inside one of the rooms was arrested yesterday. A window screen had been damaged, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The 911 call came abut 6:45 a.m. yesterday from the 10000 block of U.S. Highway 12 in Randle, according to the sheriff’s office. Jefferson A. Allen was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, but prosecutors today declined to file the felony charge, instead scheduling Allen to be seen in Lewis County District Court for a possible trespassing charge.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday for a report of a theft of a city light meter from a vacant house at the 1100 block of Alder Street.

STOLEN GUN RECOVERED FROM CITIZEN

• A Centralia resident who recently discovered the firearm he bought four to five years ago at a gun show at the fairgrounds on North National Avenue was stolen, contacted Chehalis police yesterday to turn in the weapon. The 54-year-old had attempted to trade in the Ruger handgun at a business, was advised to contact the the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, which in turn told him to get in touch with Chehalis police, according to the Chehalis Police Department. A department spokesperson said she wasn’t sure who the owner is.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called to the 1600 block of Grand Avenue in Centralia just after 9 o’clock yesterday about a vehicle prowl. A purse was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Climbing gear and tow straps were stolen from the bed of a truck at the 1300 block of Central Boulevard in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. yesterday.

VANDALISM

• An officer was called about 9:45 a.m. yesterday about someone breaking the headlight on a car at the 1200 block of Rhobina Street in Centralia.

SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

• A 19-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested and then charged yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree rape following an investigation that began with a 17-year-old girl’s mother calling the Chehalis Police Department last month. The pregnant girl initially told an officer she was his girlfriend, they’d been dating about five months and the relationship was consensual, according to court documents. The following day however, the mother and daughter went to the police department and the 17-year-old said Santiago Fernando had grabbed her and held her down while he had sex with her about five months earlier, according to the documents. She said she hadn’t told her parents because she was afraid of him, according to court documents. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail under the name Fernando Santiago and when he went before a judge yesterday afternoon, was allowed release on a $25,000 unsecured bond.

FROM THE COURTHOUSE

• A 27-year-old woman who appeared yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court in response to a summons that notified her she was charged with first-degree theft from public assistance was allowed release on a $10,000 unsecured bond. The state Department of Social and Health Services alleges Rachel R. Robidoux collected $6,854 in cash and food assistance more than she ought to have, as she claimed her child was still living with her but actually moved away from the home where the two were staying in about September 2011, where the child still lives and is cared for by another woman, according to court documents. Robidoux is described as transient in court documents, but prosecutors sent the summons to addresses in Tenino and Chehalis. The documents don’t indicate the relationship between Robidoux and the woman who told an investigator she has been raising the boy as her own.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 34-year-old Tumwater woman was injured but her 1-year-old passenger was unhurt when she lost control of her car on Interstate 5 in Olympia this morning, which was then struck by a 2008 Grove crane semi truck driven by a Rochester man. Wilber G. Woody, 54, from Rochester, was also unhurt, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called about 6:20 a.m. to the northbound lanes near milepost 107 learned a blue semi dump truck hit the woman’s Honda Accord, causing her to lose control, according to the state patrol. The dump truck continued on, the investigating trooper reports. Angela M. Rowland was transported to Providence St. Peter Hospital with unspecified injuries, according to the patrol. Her car was described as totaled.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrant, protection order violation, misdemeanor  assault; responses for alarm, dispute, harassment, fourth-degree assault, suicide threat, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street  … and more among 119 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 6:40 p.m.

GUN CRIME

• A 57-year-old Toledo man was arrested yesterday for allegedly pointing a shotgun at a family member the day before during an argument at the 600 block of Evans Road in Toledo. The 53-year-old victim told a deputy Mark J. Johnson made a comment like he should kill her before replacing the gun in the corner of  the room, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The two had been drinking, according to the sheriff’s office. Johnson was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree assault, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

MORE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A 38-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for second-degree assault after allegedly lifting a 35-year-old family member off the ground by her throat on Sunday. Deputies responding to the 3600 block of Kristam Place in Centralia booked Michael A. Hutson into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A 20-year-old from Estacada, Oregon was arrested after allegedly arriving  unexpected to his former girlfriend’s recreational vehicle at the 1000 block of Gore Road in Onalaska on Sunday afternoon, engaging in a physical altercation with her and 24-year-old man and then holding her for a short time against her will. Christopher N. Smith was was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree burglary and unlawful imprisonment, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

TEEN SICKENED BY MARIJUANA

• Centralia police are investigating after a 17-year-old girl said she was dropped off on a street corner when she became ill yesterday from marijuana laced with an unknown substance. The teen was in medical distress when contacted by an officer just before 4 p.m. at Reynolds and Harrison avenues, according to the Centralia Police Department. The person who gave her the marijuana is the person who left her there, according to police. She was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and the case is being investigated, according to police.

BURGLARY

• Police were called about 3:25 p.m. yesterday for a residential burglary at the 3000 block of South Diamond Street in Centralia. A television was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the 700 block of Main Street in Vader about an overnight burglary to an unlocked garage in which a 35-gallon air compressor was stolen. The black Craftsman compressor is about four feet tall with wheels and is valued at $250, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

GRINCH ALERT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday they are investigating the theft of 20 Noble Firs from a Christmas tree farm on the 200 block of Young Road in Mossyrock. The eight- to 10-foot tall evergreens vanished between 3 p.m. last Wednesday and 9 o’clock the following morning, according to the sheriff’s office.

POSSIBLE FRAUD

• Police were called on Friday afternoon to the 200 block of Sunset Drive in Mossyrock where an individual reported she was finding third-party checks being deposited into her checking account.

DRUGS

• A 53-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine yesterday when he was picked up on an outstanding warrant at the 700 block of Yew Street, according to the Centralia Police Department. Steve E. Williams and  Bethia L. Williams, 53, also of Centralia, were both arrested for warrants and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND FROM MORTON

• Morton police reported yesterday that last Tuesday they took a report from the 700 block of Adams Avenue that teenage girls tried to take an individual’s walker and that someone had shaved the individual’s cat. The cat is missing, according to the Morton Police Department.

• Police responding to a report of an explosion about 6:40 p.m. on Friday at the 300 block of Knittle Way in Morton found pieces of pumpkin littering the street and noticed the smell of sulfur, according to the Morton Police Department.

SECRET SERVICE CASE

• Morton police got an anonymous call from Mossyrock last Thursday by a person who told them of Facebook posts in which someone stated Donald Trump should be assassinated.  The case was further investigated with the help of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office with no evidence of who the post was from, according to the Morton Police Department. The information was forwarded to the U.S. Secret Service, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, barking neighbor dog  … 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.