Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 6:20 p.m.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• A Glenoma resident who arrived home yesterday to discover people inside his residence called 911 and then got in his vehicle to follow their car down U.S. Highway 12, which was stopped by a trooper at Morton. Deputies dispatched at 5:08 p.m. for the burglary at the 300 block of Meade Hill Road interviewed the two suspects and one of them reportedly admitted she had gone inside “to look around,” according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation was ongoing to find what if anything had been stolen, according to the sheriff’s office. Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said they learned items were being thrown from the suspect’s vehicle as it fled, and a glass pipe was located with a substance that field-tested positive for meth. Richard E. Prangley, 34, and Krista M. Dodson, 39, both from Graham, were arrested for residential burglary, Kimsey said. Dodson was additionally arrested for possession of methamphetamine, he said. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail. Prosecutors charged the pair today with second-degree burglary and a judge allowed them release on $10,000 unsecured bail.

VEHICLE PROWL

• A deputy called about 8 p.m. yesterday for a vehicle prowl in the area of Twin Oaks Road and Highway 603 west of Chehalis learned from the victim she was walking on the Rails to Trails when she heard her car alarm and then found someone had broken out her front passenger window and stolen a bag containing glasses, books and other items, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

DRUGS

• A 36-year-old Rochester man was arrested yesterday by JNET drug detectives who visited him at his home and persuaded him to allow them to search the residence and his vehicle. According to charging documents, they found $3,300 cash, two firearms, a small amount of a crystal substance, another bag that contained a crystal substance and then approximately four ounces of methamphetamine. Miguel A. Gallardo allegedly confessed to giving two packages to another individual who was to deliver them to three separate people, two of which were in Lewis County, according to charging documents. Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello wrote that Gallardo said he was in the United States illegally and had obtained his social security card illegally. Gallardo was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture or deliver, possession of methamphetamine and also alien in possession of a firearm without an alien firearm license. The defendant spoke through a Spanish interpreter in court this afternoon. Lewis County Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor Brad Meagher asked that he be held on $10,000 bail. Temporary defense attorney Rachael Tiller said she was aware of absolutely no prior criminal convictions. Judge James Lawler set bail at $20,000.

• In response to complaints from downtown Centralia business owners of suspected drug activity in the area, JNET worked a street-level narcotics enforcement detail downtown Centralia yesterday and arrested four people for drug violations plus one person for an outstanding warrant. Arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and then released pending the filing of charges by prosecutors were Daniel W. Schroeder, 57, of Centralia; Lonny D. Clevenger, 27, of Centralia; Cole E. Taylor, 25, of Winlock; and Shyanne L. Chamberlain, 19, of Covington, according to the Centralia Police Department. Arrested and booked into jail for an outstanding misdemeanor warrant was Rebecca L. McIntire, 29 of Centralia. JNET is the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team made up of law enforcement officers from Centralia, Chehalis and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. JNET plans on conducting similar details in other areas of Centralia and other communities throughout Lewis County over the next several months.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, disorderly conduct, misdemeanor domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, third-degree theft, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 213 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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SEX ASSAULT INVESTIGATION

• Centralia police were called about 10:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report from two girls who reported being sexually assaulted by a boy in the area of the 1100 block of G Street. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WALLET LIFTED FROM SHOPPING CART

• Chehalis police were called by a woman yesterday who reported her wallet went missing while she was shopping at Wal-Mart on Sunday. She said she had noticed a male and a female following her, but didn’t think much about it until later, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When she got to the check stand to pay, her wallet was no longer in her cart, according to police. The woman learned from law enforcement in Thurston County that some of the items from her wallet were found laying in a yard there, Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said. Kaut said it wasn’t clear from the written report if the wallet had been in a purse in the cart or just loose in the cart.

OTHER THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 11:30 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of a purse – and its contents – during the night from the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue.

• A generator was stolen out of the back of a pickup truck at the 1500 block of View Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 7:25 a.m. today.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, civil issue, third-degree theft, disorderly person, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, dog alone in parked vehicle … and more among 153 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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ON THE ROAD, INTO THE DRIVEWAY

• When drug detectives attempted to stop a car in south Centralia just before 6:30 p.m. yesterday, the subject drove off at a high rate of speed and lost control slamming into the carport of a residence at the 600 block of Woodland Avenue. The damage to the car and the carport were described as minimal and one of the vehicle’s two occupants complained of soreness, according to the Centralia Police Department. Two people were detained on warrants and the incident is being investigated, according to police. Gabriel Escamilla, 24, of Centralia, was subsequently arrested and then charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with attempting to elude, possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin with intent to deliver. Charging documents indicate he was pursued by an unmarked law enforcement vehicle which activated it emergency lights. Skid marks left by his car measured just shy of 150 feet, Lewis County Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello wrote in charging documents. Escamilla’s bail was set at $25,000.

AUTO THEFT

• An individual who parked his 2003 Kia last night next to an apartment building at the 10 block of Northeast Cascade Avenue in Chehalis called police just before 7 a.m. today upon discovering it was gone. It turns out the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office had found it abandoned earlier in the night off Big Hanaford Road, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A 44-year-old homeless woman was arrested for vehicle prowl in an approximately 6:50 a.m. case today associated with the 200 block of Railroad Avenue in Centralia. Genaveva R Webb was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

OTHER THEFT

• A package was reported to have been stolen from the front porch of a residence at the 700 block of G Street in Centralia, in an approximately 8:30 a.m. call yesterday.

• Police were called just after 1 p.m. yesterday to the 2000 block of Cooks Hill Road to take a report someone entered a room the day before and removed items from a purse.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, shoplifting, harassment, protection order violation, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license, driving without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, hit and run, civil issue, third-degree theft, violation of no contact order, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 159 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.