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THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOUND IN PARKING LOT

• A bank bag containing more than $8,000 cash was lost and then found and returned to its owner in Chehalis yesterday. The item was discovered in a shopping cart by an employee in the Wal-Mart parking lot at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue, according to a report made to the Chehalis Police Department just before 8 a.m. yesterday. The Rochester man who lost it realized the mistake and was reunited with his property, according to police

STUDENT IN TROUBLE

• Centralia police responding to the 800 block of Eshom Road about 8:45 a.m. yesterday allege a 17-year-old boy was in possession of drug paraphernalia. The case is being referred to prosecutors for charging, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 48-year-old Toledo woman was injured when her vehicle collided with a rear pilot car for an oversize load crossing state Route 505 at Interstate 5 this morning. The 2013 GMC Terrain sport utility vehicle was traveling north and used exit 63 to bypass the overpass but failed to yield to 505 traffic, according to the Washington State Patrol. Lisa Coward-Godbey was driving a 2008 GMC Savana van northbound on state Route 505 and hit the SUV, according to the state patrol. Troopers called to the scene at 9:30 a.m. found both vehicles were damaged but only the van was towed. Coward-Godbey was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, hit and run, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, disturbance, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, threats on Facebook by unknown person … 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.

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AUTO THEFT

• The owner of a red 1997 Honda Civic went outside yesterday morning to go to work and found his two-door car was gone. A deputy called just after 8 a.m. yesterday to the 3100 block of Ives Road in Centralia learned the car had been parked in the lot on Monday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• A resident at the 1100 block of G Street in Centralia reported about 10:10 a.m. yesterday that numerous items have been stolen from her home over the past several months, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue about 9:25 a.m. yesterday to take a report of three money orders getting stolen and forged from back in October.

VEHICLE PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to the 1200 block of North Scheuber Road where sometime during the previous two days, someone had stolen gas out of a small bus parked at a church.

• Centralia police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday to the 500 block of North Tower Avenue where a car stereo and fuel had been stolen from two vehicles parked there. It appears the gas has been taken numerous times over the past few months, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HAIR PULLING

• Police are investigating a case of potential fourth-degree assault after being called just before 10 a.m. yesterday to Chehalis Middle School on the 1000 block of Southwest 20th Street. The initial information indicates one student pulled another student’s hair and later the other student pulled the first student’s hair, only a little bit harder, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNRULY PATIENT

• Centralia police reported this morning that a 23-year-old Centralia resident arrested for allegedly kicking and spitting on a Centralia police officer who was assisting medics picking him up on Monday night allegedly subsequently kicked a nurse in the stomach once he got to the emergency room at Providence Centralia Hospital. Aid and police had responded to his Centralia home when his parents called for help because he had swallowed a bunch of pills, Officer William Phipps said. Victor A. Lopez Roman was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault, according to police.

DRUGS

• Authorities discovered what appeared to be marijuana rolled up in cigarette paper at the 800 block of Eshom Road in Centralia yesterday. A case involving a 15-year-old boy is to be referred to prosecutors for possession of marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department.

UNWANTED EXPOSURE

• Chehalis police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday by a female who reported a male exposed himself to her while he was inside a store at the 1400 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police were called at 2:48 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said he had been picking up recyclables beneath an overpass near the park and ride lot on the 800 block of West Main Street and saw a blanket that looked as though it could have had a body rolled up inside of it and been dumped. An officer was unable to locate a body, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SMALL FIRE

• A small fire was set outside of a former business on the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 1:10 p.m. yesterday. There was no damage or danger to the building, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft … and more among 135 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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MOTOR AND PUMP TAKEN

• Chehalis police were called about 12:50 p.m. yesterday to the 200 block of Northwest Quincy Avenue to take a report that sometime since Friday night, someone stole a red and white 13 hp engine and its companion hydraulic pump.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just after 7:30 a.m. today to take a report of the theft of a black 1999 Honda Civic from the 1000 block of West Walnut Street. The car has a license plate reading AQV 9618, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FIREARM MISSING

• Centralia police took a report just before 8 p.m. yesterday from the 600 block of Woodland Avenue that a pistol had been stolen sometime in the previous few months.

BELONGINGS STOLEN

• Police were called about 6:35 p.m. yesterday to take a report that multiple items had been stolen from a female’s home at the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue while she was temporarily evicted because of a protection order. It is not clear who the suspect or suspects might be at this time, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

ASSAULT

• A 23-year-old man being secured to a gurney in an ambulance last night at the 1300 block of B Street allegedly kicked and spit on a Centralia police officer who was assisting medics. Victor A. Lopez Roman was subsequently arrested for third-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called about 10:25 a.m. yesterday to Centralia High School where a boy had allegedly kicked and punched another student. A case for a charge of fourth-degree assault is being referred to prosecutors, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THREAT TO OFFICER

• A homeless man arrested at the Eagle Truck Plaza in Napavine on Friday appeared in Lewis County Superior Court this afternoon, charged with harassment. Lucas M. Fontaine, 28, had reportedly been asked several times to leave, but wouldn’t and when an officer showed up, he allegedly began yelling he was going to get a knife and kill him. His bail was set at $50,000 today.

INDECENT IN PUBLIC

• Centralia police were called just after 7 p.m. yesterday to take a report from a business at the 100 block of West Pine Street that a male had been seen masturbating while walking by. The incident is still under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 30-year-old Centralia woman detained for suspected shoplifting yesterday after an approximately 6:25 p.m. call to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis was arrested for second-degree burglary because she had previously been trespassed from the store, according to the Chehalis Police Department. When Leah M. Vann was being booked at the Lewis County Jail, a substance believed to be heroin was located in her wallet, according to police.

EXCHANGING NAKED PICTURES

• A 20-year-old man was arrested yesterday by Morton police in a case of allegedly exchanging nude photos with a now-15-year-old girl, pictures that date back to 2015. Charging documents in the a case describe Morton Police Chief Roger Morningstar observing Sean R. Butler pull into a parking lot at Gust Backstrom Park and pick up a girl on Oct 23. The chief contacted Butler and the girl was returned to her home, the documents relate. The chief subsequently contacted the girl and her mother, and asked if there was anything inappropriate going on, according to charging documents. The girl reportedly produced pictures and text messages from Facebook and Snapchat of a sexual nature that date back to 2015. Morningstar interviewed Butler on Monday, booked his phone into evidence and him into the Lewis County Jail. Court documents list Butler with a Centralia address. He was charged today in Lewis County Superior Court with second-degree viewing of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes. Judge Joely O’Rourke set his bail at $20,000.

AND MORE FROM MORTON

• Morton police reported they referred a case to prosecutors involving a juvenile for reckless endangerment in connection with an incident on the 1200 block of Main Avenue at about 9 p.m. on Oct. 28. Subjects allegedly threw an object at a moving vehicle and when the driver contacted the three juvenile suspects, the driver felt threatened and drew his firearm. The three youngsters called 911, according to the Morton Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 146 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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CREEPY THEFT

• Centralia police were called to Tower Avenue and Main Street about 3:10 p.m. yesterday where a purse was stolen from a vehicle while its owner was asleep inside the vehicle. No arrest had been made as of this morning.

STORAGE UNIT THEFT

• Chehalis police were called about 3:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2100 block of North National Avenue where someone had cut a chain and broke into a storage area to steal an $800 welder (blue Miller brand, MIG/TIG model) and also a Stihl backpack leaf blower.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 5 o’clock this morning to take a report of the theft of a beige 1993 Toyota Camry from the 300 block of South Street. The car has a license plate reading ATT 2012, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A blue 1990 Honda Civic wagon was reported stolen from the 1100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia just before 8 a.m. yesterday. The four-door car has an Oregon license plate of 715 JER, according to the Centralia Police Department.

LAW ENFORCEMENT: WEDDING RING PAWNED BY HIRED HELP

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they arrested a woman who worked as a house cleaner who allegedly stole a client’s diamond wedding ring and pawned it. The 76-year-old victim from Onalaska contacted law enforcement on Oct. 24 and the nearly $6,000 ring was recovered the following day at the 500 block of North Market Street in Chehalis, according to the sheriff’s office. Melissa K. Green, 36, of Chehalis, allegedly got about $200 for the ring, according to the sheriff’s office. Green was located on Thursday and booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree theft and for second-degree trafficking in stolen property, Breen said.

MAIL PILFERING

• Centralia police were called about 5:25 p.m. on Saturday to the 200 block of Centralia College Boulevard where a woman reported someone had gotten into her mailbox and opened her mail, leaving some of the empty envelopes behind.

ARRESTED ANYHOW

• Centralia police yesterday arrested a 57-year-old man after discovering he had used his brother’s identity to avoid getting arrested for driving with a suspended license, according to the Centralia Police Department. Robert L. Dunivin Jr., of Centralia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail for identity theft, according to police.

ANIMAL CRIME

• Centralia police on Saturday opened a case of possible animal abuse. They are investigating, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FRAUD

• Centralia police on Friday began investigating suspected theft through fraudulent activity regarding a former employee and a business on the 800 block of North Tower Avenue.

NOT A FREE RIDE

• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of Railroad Avenue at 10 a.m. yesterday after a passenger allegedly rode Amtrak from Kelso without a ticket and refused to leave the train depot after police told her to go. Latrisha B. Seals, 32, a transient person, was arrested for third-degree theft and for first-degree trespassing and then booked into the Lewis County Jail,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

• A 35-year-old Centralia resident was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police about 1:20 a.m. today near Harrison Avenue and Interstate 5, according to the Centralia Police Department. Shyla M. Winterholler had an outstanding warrant and was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

• A 43-year-old woman was arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act following a traffic stop last night at the 200 block of Second Street in Morton. A deputy pulled over Evette D. Drotar about 10:25 p.m. knowing her license was suspended and she had a warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Items in a piece of foil found in her pocket tested positive for amphetamine, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Drotar was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A 56-year-old Packwood man was arrested after a traffic stop in which a  baggie of suspected methamphetamine was found on the floorboard of his van, on U.S. Highway 12 near Davis Creek Road on Friday. Raymond D. Hill was booked into the Lewis County Jail for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Prosecutors today declined to file the charge.

• Chehalis police were called to the office at W.F. West High School about 8:30 a.m. on Friday where a pair of 16-year-old girls were allegedly in possession of alcohol and/or green vegetable material.

VANDALISM

• Gang-style graffiti was located in the women’s restroom at Centralia High School, according to a report made to Centralia police about 10 a.m. on Friday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, misdemeanor domestic assault, minor in possession of alcohol, driving under the influence, third-degree domestic malicious mischief, operating motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 406 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 72-hour period ending about 7 a.m.