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Updated at 4:26 p.m.
OUT-OF-CONTROL ROOMMATE
• A 31-year-old Chehalis area man was arrested yesterday evening after he allegedly broke the windshield of his roommate’s vehicle and told him if he called the police he would kill him. A deputy responding about 5:30 p.m. to the 200 block of Guerrier Road outside Chehalis spoke to the 72-year-old victim who had fled the home, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Corey J. Hickman was found with a laceration on his right hand and another on his left elbow, according to the sheriff’s office. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
OUT-OF-CONTROL TEENAGER
• Police were called to the 200 block of Southwest 11th Street in Chehalis just after 11 a.m. on Friday where a 16-year-old girl allegedly threatened family member with a butcher knife and then threatened to turn the knife on herself. She was taken into custody for second-degree assault and a warrant and booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
OUT-OF-CONTROL TREATMENT CENTER RESIDENT
• A 25-year-old client at the treatment center on the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue in Chehalis was arrested after he allegedly punched another client in the face, causing his head to hit a wall and causing him to lose consciousness on Friday. An officer responding to the 3:15 p.m. call booked Trevaughn Abernathy of Tacoma into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge and referred the case for Chehalis Municipal Court.
ASSAULT CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday when a 17-year-old girl reported she was punched in the face by an unknown male she refused to “hang with” at the 100 block of South Silver Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE: KIDDY PORN
• A woman whose significant other was in the Lewis County Jail called the sheriff’s office on Saturday after she went through his cell phone and found it contained pictures of suspected child porn. Deputies arriving to the 2900 block of U.S. Highway 12 about 8 p.m. took the phone, got a search warrant to look through it and ended up arrested 58-year-old Patrick B. Campbell for eight counts of first-degree possession of child pornography and 24 counts of second-degree possession of child pornography, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
CAT BURGLAR CENTRALIA
• Centralia police were called to a restaurant on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue about 6:50 a.m. on Saturday following the discovery of a burglary, in which someone entered from the roof and stole an undetermined amount of cash. Among the evidence collected from the scene were saws, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BREAK-IN CENTRALIA
• Police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday for a burglary to a shop building at the 1200 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia. The victim is compiling a list of items stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
BREAK-IN RANDLE
• A deputy took a report from the 1700 block of Cline Road in Randle on Thursday morning in which a woman said someone stole approximately 47 Percocet tablets sometime during the previous 24 hours. They got into her home through an unlocked rear entrance, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated t $50.
VEHICLE THEFT
• Someone stole a black flatbed trailer from the 500 block of South Iron Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 4:50 p.m. on Saturday. The Bulldog brand trailer has a wooden deck and a license plate reading 9546VJ, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OTHER THEFT
• Centralia police were called just before 3 p.m. yesterday to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia to take a report of the theft of money.
• Cash was reported stolen from an unattended wallet at a drinking establishment on the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 12:15 a.m. yesterday.
• A 26-year-old woman who allegedly attempted to steal a cartful of merchandise from a store on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis at about 12:20 a.m. on Saturday was subsequently located and arrested for second-degree theft as well as possession of methamphetamine. Diana C. Nelson, from Tumwater, left the cart of goods behind, according to the Chehalis Police Department. She was but was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
• An officer was called just after 9 a.m. on Friday to take a report of medication stolen from the 1100 block of Scammon Creek Road in Centralia the week before.
• A deputy responded about 11:20 a.m. on Friday to the 100 block of Ryan Drive in Chehalis where a woman reported the theft of a John Deere PTO-style fence auger from her property sometime during the previous two weeks. The loss is estimated at $2,000, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Centralia police were called about 11:50 a.m. on Saturday for a vehicle prowl at the 500 block of South Ash Street in which remote control car parts were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
OBSTRUCTING
• A 44-year-old Centralia resident contacted about 2:50 p.m. on Friday at the 400 block of East Plum Street in Centralia and arrested for an outstanding warrant was also arrested for obstructing a public servant after he allegedly lied to the officer about his identity. Patrick J. McCarty was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
KIDS AND WEED
• A call about possible trespassing at the 10 block of Southwest Sixth Street in Chehalis about 4:15 p.m. on Saturday turned up two teenagers allegedly smoking marijuana outside a vacant house. Cases were referred to prosecutors for possession of marijuana for the boys, ages 13 and 14, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Centralia police called to the 900 block of Johnson Road about 1:20 p.m. on Friday arrested a juvenile for possession of marijuana. The child was released and the case was referred to prosecutors for charging, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A deputy was called to White Pass Elementary School on Thursday after students overheard two boys talking about marijuana and ended up referring cases to prosecutors in which allegedly a 12-year-old boy said he received marijuana from a 13-year-old boy, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VANDALISM
• An officer was called just before noon yesterday to Fort Borst Park in Centralia to take a report of a broken window to a vehicle there.
• An officer was called to the 600 block of North National Avenue in Chehalis on Saturday to take a report someone had shattered the front window of a business during the night.
• Police were called just after 10 a.m. on Saturday following the discovery someone had smashed out both driver’s side windows of a car parked parked in front of a home on the 800 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis. Someone also had broken to rear window of a vehicle at the 700 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue, according to police.
ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD
• A 25-year-old driver who allegedly struck two parked vehicles with his car was arrested for driving under the influence overnight in Centralia. Police called about 12:07 a.m. today to the 500 block of West Pine Street booked Angel Diaz, 25 of Centralia, into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Two vehicles wrecked, one right after the other, crossing an icy bridge at the 600 block of Shorey Road outside Chehalis early yesterday morning. Deputies and aid were called about 12:40 a.m. and found a Ford F150 approximately 20 feet off the road, on its side down a small embankment, according to responders. The 72-year-old driver from Chehalis had to be extricated by removing the truck’s windshield, according to Lewis County Fire District 6 and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She had minor chest pain from her seatbelt and was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital according to Fire District spokesperson DJ Hammer. The 27-year-old driver of a Jeep Liberty told a deputy he saw the driver of the pickup truck lose control and when he tried to avoid her, he also lost control on the bridge deck, traveling down an embankment on the east side of the road, according to the sheriff’s office. His 14-year-old passenger was reportedly unhurt. Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said the 27-year-old Centralia man was taken to Providence via personal vehicle and had X-rays taken for back and leg pain. Both vehicles were totaled, Breen said. District 6 reminds motorists to be cautious about the potential for black ice, especially on less-traveled roads, when temperatures are low.
• A 24-year-old man from Lebam was arrested for driving under the influence after his Subaru Legacy collided with a car sending its 50-year-old driver to Providence Centralia Hospital with neck pain at about 10 a.m. on Sunday in Doty. A deputy called to Elk Creek and Stevens roads contacted Matthew Friese who reportedly acknowledged he had been traveling too fast and couldn’t stop at a stop sign, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Friese’s car was totaled and he 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, probation violation, restraining order violation, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor assault, beaver running around at an apartment complex; complaint of receiving terrorist-related porn site spam, complaint of “trash all over” near the vehicle that burned up the other day in Chehalis… and more among 456 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.
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