Lewis County Sirens.com

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ALCOHOL HEIST

• A deputy was called about 9 o’clock yesterday morning to a Randle tavern where someone had broken in and left with at least 20 bottles of liquor, two cases of beer, a safe and some cash. It appeared the burglar had pried open a window covering to get inside, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The deputy spoke with the owner of the business at the 9700 block of U.S. Highway 12 and learned $263 cash was taken, according to the sheriff’s office. A list of missing property is still being compiled, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

CENTRALIA BREAK-IN

• Centralia police were called about 12:20 p.m. yesterday to the 600 block of North Tower Avenue for a burglary to a business. Someone tried to sell the stolen items to another business, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIREARM THEFT

• Police took a report from the 1800 block of Collision Street just before 6 p.m. yesterday of a handgun getting stolen.

POWER THEFT

• Centralia police cited a person for third-degree theft yesterday morning in connection with allegedly bypassing a power meter to provide electrical power to a house under renovation at the 1300 block of Rhobina Street. Melchor Bardinino, 49 of Vancouver, was arrested and then released, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 11:20 a.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl at the 800 block of Hamilton Avenue. A door handle to the vehicle was broken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 8:20 p.m. yesterday to Pear and King streets where someone had broken the driver’s side window to a vehicle there.

MAILBOX TAMPERING

• Police were called to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia yesterday afternoon where someone had punched the lock out of a mailbox.

DRUGS

• A 20-year-old Centralia resident picked up on an outstanding warrant yesterday afternoon at the 3300 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was subsequently arrested also for possession of methamphetamine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Jesse M. McCracken was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, misdemeanor domestic assault; responses for alarm, civil issue, misdemeanor theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 110 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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THREAT WITH FIREARM

• Centralia police are investigating after a call for a dispute involving two males and a gun at the 2800 block of Russell Road last night. Officers responding about 10:25 p.m. were told threats were made with a gun, according to the Centralia Police Department.”All the parties involved have been located as well as the gun in question,” police stated in a brief summary of the incident.

MISSING MONEY

• Centralia police were called at 10:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Harrison Avenue about the theft of cash occurring sometime over the past several weeks, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BAD BILL

• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 700 block of Southwest Market Boulevard where an individual reportedly attempted to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a retail store, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old Toledo resident was arrested for possession of heroin after contact with a deputy about 1:40 a.m. today at the 200 block of Drews Prairie Road outside Toledo, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement was in the area investigating a separate incident and made a traffic stop on a Honda Civic for a loud exhaust, and subsequently found Kaylon D. Trimmer was in possession of suspected drugs, according to the sheriff’s office.

ATTEMPTED SCAM

• Chehalis police were called about 12:45 p.m. yesterday by an individual seeking assistance for an elderly person who had gotten a phone call from someone pretending to be a grandson in jail who needed bail money, but wasn’t, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, probation violation, driving under the influence, protection order violation, driving with suspended license, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, misdemeanor theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 149 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 12:49 p.m.

HOME INVASION

• Police were called to the 1500 block of View Avenue in Centralia about 9:20 a.m. yesterday where a man said he heard someone knocking, didn’t answer because he thought it was a solicitor and soon afterwards, two men in their 20s barged in. The victim, a man in his 60s, yelled at them and they fled, according to the Centralia Police Department. The suspects were possibly driving a white Toyota RAV4-type vehicle, according to police.

GAME CAMS SWIPED

• A deputy was called around noon yesterday to the 100 block of Boshart Lane near Mossyrock where a woman reported someone came onto her property and stole four digital game-type cameras and a driveway sensor. The loss is estimated at $975, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

SECURITY IMAGES LEAD TO SUSPECT

• A 38-year-old man was arrested last night in connection with an early-morning burglary at the 100 block of Templeton Road outside of Toledo on Jan. 14. The victim reported a safe, three cell phones and two security cameras were stolen and a followup investigation with security footage led to a suspect, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. When a deputy contacted Vince P. Perazzo, he returned the phones, according to the sheriff’s office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for residential burglary. The safe had turned up down the road the next day, according to Chief Deputy Dusty Breen.

AUTO THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office took a report last night that a silver 1997 Dodge 1500 extended-cab pickup was stolen from Hampton Mill in Randle. The victim said he parked it at 6 p.m. and then at 9 p.m. the truck was gone, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A green 1993 Honda Accord was reported stolen just before 3 p.m. yesterday from the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia. It has a  license plate reading  ANS 1983, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A car stolen from Portland was abandoned in the parking lot at the 2400 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia and recovered about 2:15 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BATHROOM THEFT

• Chehalis police were called at 11:30 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue where an individual said someone grabbed his bag from under the bathroom stall and he chased after the subject. Jordan N. White, 21, of Chehalis, was subsequently arrested for third-degree theft and obstructing (for allegedly giving a false name) and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FUEL THEFT

• An officer was called about 9:30 a.m. yesterday to take a report from the 1200 block of View Avenue in Centralia regarding the theft of gasoline from a pickup truck during the night.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police took a report last night that someone broke into a vehicle at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia. The victim’s 28-year-old boyfriend is getting summonsed to appear in court for third-degree malicious mischief, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called at 7:45 a.m. yesterday about the rear window of a vehicle getting broken by a rock during the night, when it was parked in a carport behind a residence along the 600 block Southwest Pacific Avenue.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Chehalis police were called at 11:43 a.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Northwest Shoreline Drive where a woman said a vehicle had just intentionally run over her cat on the road. It was described as a bluish-green single-cab pickup truck, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, probation violation, third-degree theft, driving under the influence, domestic malicious mischief, minor in possession of alcohol; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, harassment, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 143 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 3:33 p.m.

BREAK-INS CENTRALIA

• Police were called to a residential burglary at the 100 block of Jalyn Street in Centralia about 12:45 p.m. yesterday. Jewelry and collectibles were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A deputy was called about 7:30 a.m. yesterday to take a report that someone had broken a padlock on a storage shed at the 2500 block of Sandra Avenue in Centralia and stole a gravel compactor, a Honda 5.5 HP motor and four cables of varying thicknesses and lengths. The loss is estimated at $2,800, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in occurred sometime since Friday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were called about 6:10 a.m. today to the 1100 block of North Pearl Street following the discovery a padlock to a shed had been cut. Exactly what might be missing is not yet known, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after midnight to take a report that a white 1993 Honda Accord had been stolen from the 200 block of North Tower Avenue. It has a license plate reading AOJ 1873, according to the Centralia Police Department.

MAIL THEFT

• A deputy was called about 10:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of mail stolen from a mailbox on the 3200 block of Jackson Highway in Chehalis. Taken sometime between 11 a.m. Jan. 14 and noon the following day was an $1,100 cashiers check and a trip reservation coupon, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

BAD BILLS

• A counterfeit twenty dollar bill was recovered just after 8 p.m. yesterday a t the 1100 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called at 10 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of North Tower Avenue to take a report that counterfeit money had been received there.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, third-degree theft; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, shoplifting, misdemeanor assault, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 137 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.