Lewis County Sirens.com

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Updated at 11:55 a.m.

BURGLARY

• A deputy responded about 10:50 p.m. yesterday for a break-in to a detached garage at a residence on the 100 block of Union Avenue in which a commercial paint sprayer, a compound bow, gas cans, a Poulan chainsaw and various tools were stolen. It happened between 6 p.m. on Tuesday and 4 p.m. yesterday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police responded just after 3 a.m. today for an attempted break-in to a business on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue.

THEFT

• Chehalis police were called by an individual who left a wallet, possibly in the restroom, at Wal-Mart about 8:30 p.m. yesterday. It was a purple wallet with a gold symbol containing bank cards and checks, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Nobody turned it in, according to police.

DRUGS

• A 25-year-old Chehalis resident contacted by police about outstanding warrants just before 5 o’clock this morning at the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Derreck J. Larson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• John W. Franken, 34, of Centralia, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and possession of methamphetamine when contacted by police about 9:50 a.m. yesterday at the 600 block of Jefferson Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Ten people were injured when an 84-year-old motorist from Centralia failed to stop for traffic stopped in a work zone causing a chain reaction collision involving four other vehicles yesterday in Wahkiakum County, according to the Washington State Patrol. Niels W. Paulsen, 84, from Centralia was driving a Ford F350 pickup and was transported by aid to St. Johns as were eight others, according to the state patrol. The 64-year-old driver of a Ford Excursion was airlifted to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, according to the state patrol. Troopers called at 1:25 p.m. to eastbound state Route 4 about eight miles east of Cathlamet indicate it was unknown if seven injured children in the Excursion had been wearing seat belts. The collision is under investigation.

CHICK WARMER IGNITES HOUSE FIRE

• An unattended heat lamp in a plastic container for chicks sparked a fire on the wooden front porch of an Onalaska area residence yesterday. Flames were able to get into the attic space from the front eves of the double-wide mobile home on the 600 block of Gish Road, according to Fire Investigator Derrick Paul. Lewis County Fire District 1 was called at 12:11 p.m. when a passing motorist noticed the fire, according to Paul. They were joined by personnel from Lewis County Fire Districts 8, 6 and 5, he said. The owners were not home when the fire broke out and none of the chicks survived, according to Paul.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, fourth-degree domestic assault, driving with suspended license, protection order violation; responses for alarm, dispute, disturbance, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, vandalism, vehicle collision, disorderly person, malicious mischief, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 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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Gish Road porch is charred. / Courtesy photo by Derrick Paul

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BATTERY HEIST

• Chehalis police are investigating after being called to the 1000 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue about 7:45 a.m. yesterday where as many 50 vehicle batteries were removed and stolen at an RV business.

• Centralia police were called to the 1400 block of South Tower Avenue about 10:45 a.m. yesterday regarding the theft of used car batteries. The investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VEHICLE PROWL

• An officer responded to the 100 block of Southwest Interstate Avenue in Chehalis about 8:45 a.m. yesterday where someone had detached and removed a generator from a trailer. Missing is a Briggs and Stratton 6250 watt generator, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• A white Ford Explorer was reported as abandoned at the 1300 block of Lum Road in Centralia just before 9 a.m. yesterday, but was discovered to have been a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Two people were arrested around 12:20 a.m. today at the 600 block of South Golds Street in Centralia for outstanding warrants and possession of methamphetamine. Dylon L. Favro, 25, a homeless person, and Brianna L. Gallion, 28, of Centralia, were booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 24-year-old Mossyrock man found slumped over in the back of a car near the 500 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis just before 2:30 p.m. yesterday with a hypodermic needle next to him was rousted and then arrested for possession of heroin, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police were preparing to administer Narcan but Luke R. Mosteller became responsive so they didn’t, according to police. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, hit and run, trespassing, shoplifting, fourth-degree assault, probation violation, driving with suspended license, operating a motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device, failing to transfer vehicle title within 45 days; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 156 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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BURGLARY

• Someone entered through an unlocked bedroom window of a residence at the 100 block of Northview Drive in Chehalis yesterday and stole $3,000 cash, jewelry and other currency, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The break-in occurred between 8:40 a.m. and 10:20 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office.

THEFT

• A deputy was called yesterday evening about a 1975 Peer tank trailer missing from an unfenced staging area of a business at the 200 block of Ritchie Lane south of Chehalis. The trailer, valued at $1,000, was last seen there on April 9, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Cash was reported stolen from a business at the 1100 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. The suspects are a male and a female, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Luggage was stolen from the lobby of an apartment complex at the 300 block of West Pine Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police at 11:30 a.m. yesterday.

DRUGS

• Centralia police called at 9:40 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of South Scheuber Road are referring a case to prosecutors for possession of heroin regarding a 19-year-old Centralia man who allegedly brought drugs into a health care facility.

• An officer was called just before 11 a.m. yesterday to the 300 block of Southwest 16th Street where an 18-year-old student allegedly was found in possession of marijuana. She was cited and then released, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, obstructing, trespassing, shoplifting, fourth-degree assault; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 161 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

Hyundai Accent crashes and burns along state Route 508 / Courtesy photo by Washington State Department of Transportation

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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 16-year-old driver was injured in a single-vehicle crash this morning on state Route 508 about two miles west of Onalaska. Shayna D.  McGovern was traveling eastbound and going too fast when she lost control of her car at a curve, according to the Washington State Patrol. Troopers called to the scene just before 10 a.m. report the Onalaska girl’s 2003 Hyundai Accent was totaled. McGovern was issued a citation for second-degree negligent driving, according to the state patrol. She was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital.

ROOMMATE ASSAULT

• A 70-year-old Centralia man who allegedly assaulted his roommate with a board was arrested after police were called to the 2300 block of Sirkka Avenue about 10:50 p.m. yesterday. Edward A. Guntrum was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CHEHALIS MAN LOSES APPEAL

• The Washington State Court of Appeals today affirmed the sentence for a rural Chehalis resident convicted in the summer of 2014 after a 19-year-old’s jaw was broken at a Centralia party earlier the same year. Cole T. Rife, who was 18 years old at the time, was sentenced to 19 and one half months in prison for second-degree assault and attempted first-degree burglary. Rife appealed, was remanded for resentencing and was given the same sentence in January of last year. He filed a new appeal on Jan. 4, 2017 and today a three-member panel of the appeals court second division issued its opinion. The justices held that Rife did not receive ineffective assistance when defense counsel failed to request Lewis County Superior Court Judge Richard Brosey be recused, because the decision may have been strategic; and that Brosey did not fail to to consider Rife’s youth as a mitigating factor in assessing his request for a sentence below the standard range.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, third-degree theft, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances … and more among 131 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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ARGUMENT WITH KNIFE

• Deputies responding to a 911 hangup call about 1 p.m. yesterday from the 100 block of Bearcat Court in Chehalis found a 65-year-old man laying on the floor who said his step-son had held a knife to his chest and neck before shoving him to the ground and beginning to stomp him, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found 35-year-old Jonathan B. Ramos sitting on a couch and learned he had removed the batteries from a phone, according to the sheriff’s office. Ramos was arrested for first-degree assault and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

WOMAN CHOKED

• A 27-year-old Randle man who allegedly squeezed the throat of his significant other breaking blood vessels and leaving her with a swollen and bruised lower lip was arrested for second-degree assault yesterday. Deputies arrived to the 700 block of Silverbrook Road about 5:20 p.m. following a 911 call, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Donald T. Lester II was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

ARREST IN BURGLARY

• Information about last Friday’s burglary at the 1500 block of Bishop Road in Chehalis resulted in a search warrant served yesterday afternoon at a nearby property and the recovery of four computer monitors, a 40-inch flat screen, two bags of grass seed, nine bags of fertilizer, cinder blocks and various other items and building materials. Walter J. Hammers, 41, from Chehalis, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary, second-degree theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Charges were referred to prosecutors related to a 16-year-old suspect as well, according to the sheriff’s office.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called from the 600 block of Northwest Middle Street about 10:45 a.m. yesterday to take a report of fraud.

• Centralia police were called just after 10 a.m. yesterday to take a report of a debit card that was lost in Chehalis being used at a businesses on the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Investigation is ongoing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• When a 24-year-old Centralia man was contacted by police just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the 1600 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia, he allegedly identified himself as a family member and not as himself, he was arrested for identity theft. Joshua A. Loney was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AUTO THEFT

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday that a green 1993 Acura Integra stolen from off the 700 block of Independence Road last month was found stripped on Wednesday evening on Hobson Road Southwest and Smith Road South. The LG tablet and chainsaw which were inside of it are still unaccounted for, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A 1990 four-door Honda Accord was stolen from the 1100 block of Brotherson Road in Centralia during the night, according to a report made to police about 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The car has a Washington registration of BFD 5466, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• James L. Mead, 27 of Centralia, was arrested and booked into Lewis County Jail for felony eluding after fleeing from the police in a vehicle at high rates of speed and driving recklessly around 11 p.m. yesterday in an episode associated with South Gold and Chestnut streets, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespassing, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, reckless endangerment, fourth-degree assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person, suspicious circumstances … and more among 359 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m.