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VEHICLE THEFT

• Centralia police were called just before 5 a.m. today because a green 2000 Ford F-150 pickup was stolen from in front of a residence on the 2900 block of Mount Vista Road.  The vehicle was subsequently recovered abandoned in Thurston County, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Deputies were called about 7 p.m. yesterday when a woman at the 1200 block of Highway 603 in Chehalis saw a little black truck pulling her utility trailer out of her field. A Toledo police officer at southbound Interstate 5 near milepost 62 watched for the suspects, spotted them and pulled them over, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Sarah B. Torneby, 27, and Aaron J. Kiser, 37, both from Bellevue, were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree burglary and second-degree theft, according to the sheriff’s office. Their vehicle was impounded and the victim’s 2006 Olympic utility trailer was returned, Chief Deputy Bruce Kimsey said. Kimsey said a padlock on a gate had been cut.

• A 1989 Yamaha XT350 motorcycle reported stolen from the 700 block of Silverbrook Road in Randle on Monday morning was located about 6:15 p.m. yesterday in a forested area behind Silverbrook Road. The bike was undamaged and deputies are still investigating who took it for a joyride, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

JEWELRY THEFT

• A woman contacted Chehalis police about 5:40 p.m. yesterday to report she thought she had misplaced her $8,000 diamond ring, but now believed her ex-boyfriend had pawned it. After investigating, police are referring the case associated with a location on the 300 block of Valley View Way to prosecutors for evaluation of a charge of first-degree theft against the suspect, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

FRAUD

• Centralia police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday by a victim who reported several unauthorized charges on his bank account, in a case associated with a location on the 3300 block of Galvin Road. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police were called just before 3 p.m. yesterday by a resident who discovered $672 worth of charges on her credit card made by an unknown person. The card was still in the victim’s possession and she was working with her bank on it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Centralia police were called about 2:25 p.m. yesterday by an individual who said a red-haired male tried to steal tools from the back of his truck at the 1000 block of North Pearl Street, but he chased the suspect down and recovered his tools. The suspect, believed to be 25 to 30 years old, fled the scene, according to the Centralia Police Department.

HARASSMENT

• An individual contacted Chehalis police at 11:30 a.m. yesterday from the 400 block of North Market Boulevard to report receiving two harassing text messages from an unknown person, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 25-year-old Centralia man contacted for trespassing at a business on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road at about 1:45 a.m. today was arrested for several outstanding warrants and possession of heroin. Benjamin T. Stenberg was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• A 33-year-old Milwaukee, Oregon man detained for an outstanding warrant was arrested yesterday for violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act as during booking, three bindles of heroin were located in his groin area. A deputy had contacted Mitchell A. Moyer and a female when checking on a vehicle blocking the roadway at the 100 block of Olequa Court in Vader about 8:20 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

HUFF AND PUFF DRIVE IN FIRE

• The cause of a fire inside a Randle eatery on Monday night has not yet been determined, but it appears to be unintentional, according to Lewis County Fire District 14. Crews called about 10:39 p.m. arrived to find smoke emitting from the eves of the Huff and Puff Drive In on the 9400 block of U.S. Highway 12, according to Fire Chief Jeff Jaques. There was nobody at the business at the time of the fire, but the owners and bystanders were able to keep the flames contained with a garden hose prior to the fire department’s arrival, according to Jaques. It was quickly extinguished and the damage was confined to the attic and ceiling around the vent/exhaust pipe above the grill and fryer, Jaques said.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 151 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

• An 18-foot flatbed trailer loaded with more than 300 pieces of 1-inch by 4-inch cedar lumber as well as a 600-watt generator were discovered missing yesterday from the 100 block of Sidorski Lane in Morton. A deputy contacted yesterday morning learned a rollup door was found open, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The items were stolen sometime after March 30, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Centralia police were contacted about 12:20 p.m. yesterday by a female who reported that while she was in jail, multiple items belonging to her were stolen from her former residence at the 800 block of L Street.

• Two people were arrested for second-degree burglary after allegedly admitting staying in someone else’s trailer without permission on property on the 4700 block of Galvin Road outside Centralia on Sunday afternoon. Erin R. Hall, 38, from Onalaska, was also arrested for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Brent W. Robertson, 37, of Toledo, was also arrested for second-degree identity theft for allegedly giving someone else’s name as his own, according to the sheriff’s office. Both were booked into the Lewis County Jail, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

• An individual at the 10 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis reported to police about 3:20 p.m. on Saturday finding beer cans inside their open garage.

• Chehalis police were told someone entered a residence on the 1300 block of Southeast Washington Avenue and cash was missing. The burglary was reported at 3:20 p.m. on Friday, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

VEHICLE THEFT

• A deputy was called yesterday to take a report of the theft of a red 1989 Yamaha XT350 motorcycle from the 700 block of Silverbrook Road in Randle. The bike was last seen at midnight but was gone at 7 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police were called just before 7 a.m. yesterday when a witness allegedly interrupted an 18-year-old Chehalis resident trying to steal a vehicle at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. The suspect ran off from the scene and from police but was subsequently located in the containment area, according to the Centralia Police Department. Deago G. Perez was booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempted vehicle theft, resisting arrest and several warrants, according to police.

• Chehalis police were called about a vehicle theft from the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon by the victim of a purse theft – from the Great Wolf Lodge reported earlier this year – who suspected her credit card had been used in Chehalis at Safeway, Texaco and Taco Bell, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT

• Four out-of-towners were arrested and then released yesterday after they were caught allegedly stealing from a retail store and found to have shoplifting tools in their possession in connection with a 4:45 p.m. call to the 1400 block of Lum Road in Centralia. Cases for the suspects ages 22 and 24 from Lakewood, Federal Way, Auburn and Tacoma are being forwarded to prosecutors for charges of organized retail theft and second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• A set of keys was stolen in a vehicle prowl at the 100 block of West High Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 8:15 p.m. on Sunday.

• Centralia police were called about 10 a.m. on Friday to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue where an individual reported they left their car key in the door to their car while packing to leave and an unknown person stole the key.

VANDALISM

• A 20-year-old Toledo man was arrested for allegedly taking a tire iron to the back window of a car belonging to a 21-year-old man at the 100 block of Noble Estates Drive in Winlock on Sunday afternoon. The suspect, Christian C. Rodriguez, tried to run away from a deputy, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree malicious mischief and second-degree escape, according to the sheriff’s office.

• An unknown suspect spray painted graffiti on the victim’s fence at the 900 block of E Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police about 3:35 p.m. on Saturday.

TAVERN BRAWL

• Anthony D. Thames, 33, of Centralia and Chase P. Underhill, 24, of Renton, were both arrested for fighting in public after they began brawling at the 100 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia just before 2 a.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department. The two were issued citations and then released, according to police.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A 58-year-old Winlock man was arrested for driving under the influence after a deputy responded just after 8 p.m. on Sunday for a collision between a vehicle and a utility pole at the 600 block of Nevil Road in Winlock. The `1992 Ford Aerostar sustained major damage and the driver, Johnson P. Higgins, was transported to Providence Centralia Hospital and scheduled to be transferred to another hospital, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Higgins was also arrested for third-degree driving with a suspended license, but was not booked into jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

WASTE WATER PLANT FIRE

• Low water pressure caused by an underground leak from a previously unknown vehicle collision to a fire hydrant meant crews had to get their water by calling in water tenders and laying hose to hydrants by the Chehalis Airport when a fire broke out Sunday morning at the 1100 block of West Shoreline Drive. Smoke was reported just after 5 a.m. and firefighters found an old administration building at the waste water plant was burning, according to the Chehalis Fire Department. Chief Ken Cardinale said in a press release that while the vacant building should not have been occupied, firefighters searched where they could since homeless people have been known to stay there. Four other fire departments were requested to help out, according to the chief. No victims were found and the blaze was contained to the one building, according to Cardinale. The cause is under investigation.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, obstructing, trespassing, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, violation of restraining order, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, disturbance, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, misdemeanor theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 515 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 96-hour period ending about 7 a.m.

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Vacant administrative building in Chehalis burns. / Courtesy photo by Courtney Fetters

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ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM

• A 22-year-old Rochester resident was arrested yesterday after he allegedly drove for about two miles with a pursuing deputy behind him, then stopped, jumped out of his vehicle and fled on foot toward a river area yesterday afternoon. It was about 4:50 p.m. when a deputy was in the area of Nelson and Independence roads and spotted a vehicle with a driver believed to have an outstanding warrant, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The motorist ran a stop sign at 20 to 30 mph and took off recklessly, according to the sheriff’s office. Eric J. Pogue eventually gave up and was taken into custody, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said. Two pipes in his pocket field tested positive for methamphetamine, according to Breen. Pogue was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for attempt to elude, a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and and also a case was referred to prosecutors for third-degree driving with a suspended license.

THEFT

• Centralia police were called about 10:30 a.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Alexander Street to take a report of cash missing from a locked drawer.

DRUGS

• A 57-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with police at the 500 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia about 8:15 p.m. yesterday. Stephen W. Normand was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Prosecutors declined to file the felony charge today.

• Centralia police called about 3:40 p.m. yesterday to the 900 block of Johnson Road booked a 15-year-old boy into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center for possession of marijuana.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, failing to transfer vehicle title; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, hit and run, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation … and more among 134 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 CENTRALIA

• Centralia police were called to the 1100 block of West Main Avenue at 4:25 p.m. yesterday where an individual reported his residence was broken into and items taken, according to the Centralia Police Department. The investigation is still ongoing.

• A customer at the Motel 6 on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia reported to police just after 10 p.m. yesterday that an unknown person or persons entered his motel room and stole cash, shoes and medical marijuana, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police were called when a vehicle collided with a building causing minor damage at the 600 block of North Tower Avenue just before 10 a.m. yesterday. Jessica R. Moon, from Rochester, was arrested for third-degree driving with a suspended license and for driving without required ignition interlock device, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was then released, according to police.

• A log truck failed to negotiate a curve on state Route 6 near Dryad and drove off the road to the left, striking several trees before coming to rest in a ditch yesterday. Troopers called about 4:50 p.m. to the scene near Hatchery Road found the westbound Peterbilt was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol. The 49-year-old driver, Shaun L. Neal, from Livingston, Montana, was uninjured but was transported for a medical issue to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to the state patrol. The highway was closed in both directions with a detour put in place using River Road. The wreck was caused by a medical issue and the driver was to be given a citation for second-degree negligent driving, the investigating trooper reports. The scene wasn’t cleared until after midnight, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for drugs, warrants, trespassing, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, shoplifting, civil issue, suspicious circumstances … and more among 141 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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Log truck lands in ditch off state Route 6. / Courtesy photo by Washington State Department of Transportation