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CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE

• Centralia police were called to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday after an individual attempted to stop a suspected thief in a motel room and was assaulted. The female suspect was a guest in the room and had taken a small amount of marijuana, three lighters and $15 cash, according to the Centralia Police Department. The incident is under investigation, according to police.

THEFT

• Centralia police are investigating after a server set approximately $130 down on a table and someone left with it, at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia shortly before 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.

• Chehalis police were contacted about 2:50 p.m. on Saturday regarding multiple instances of counterfeit money at the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

• Police called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue about 11:25 a.m. on Saturday because a person had allegedly stolen a can of air and was “huffing” it inside the store arrested 26-year-old Bowen J. Bottorff of Rochester for third-degree theft and booked Bottorff into the Lewis County Jail,

FAKE NAME

• When Centralia police arrested two people for outstanding warrants at the 400 block of South Oak Street at about 1 p.m. on Friday, one of them allegedly provided officers with a false name. Nicholas J. Quillan, 37, of Chehalis was arrested for first-degree criminal impersonation and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• Officers arrested a 28-year-old Centralia resident for outstanding warrants, possession of methamphetamine and made a referral for a charge of third-degree domestic malicious mischief at about 10 p.m. on Sunday at the 1400 block of Johnson Road in Centralia. Ashley R. M. Mathus was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, shoplifting, trespassing, protection order violation, driving with suspended license, fourth-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic malicious mischief; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft and more among many calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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SMOKE ALARMS ALERT PAIR TO HOUSE FIRE

• Two Adna area residents were displaced after a fire broke out early yesterday morning in the bathroom of their manufactured home. Firefighters called to the 100 block of Meadow Drive at about 5:30 a.m. arrived to find the dwelling glowing orange with smoke rising from the roof and the two adult occupants outside, according to Lewis County Fire District 6. One of them had told 911 dispatchers they awoke to their smoke alarms, found a ceiling fan in a bathroom was burning and fire was spreading to the roof, according to District 6’s DJ Hammer. Personnel from American Medical Response evaluated both victims and concluded they were uninjured, according to Hammer. The fire was quickly knocked down, confining the damage to the one room and hallway areas, Hammer said. Red Cross was called to assist the residents in obtaining a room at a local hotel for the night. District 6 was assisted by five area fire departments. Hammer noted the value of working smoke alarms, which roused the occupants from their sleep, allowed them to evacuate unhurt, and enabled a faster fire department response limiting damage to the residence.

THEFT, THEFT, THEFT

• An individual reported the theft of a package that was delivered to his front porch at the 1200 block of West Main Street in Centralia sometime during the day before 4:13 p.m. on Tuesday.

• Centralia police were contacted about 9:05 a.m. on Tuesday by an individual who reported they discovered two fraudulent charges, totaling $180, from a fuel station located somewhere in Centralia. The victim was reimbursed by the bank and did not suffer a loss, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police took a report of the theft of medication from the 100 block of South Rock Street about 3:35 p.m. on Tuesday.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence, fourth-degree domestic assault, third-degree malicious mischief, driving motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances and more among 139 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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TEEN INMATE FLEES HOSPITAL

• A 17-year-old student-inmate from Green Hill School transported to Providence Centralia Hospital at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road fled on foot from staff after arriving, according to a call made to police at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Law enforcement officers from Centralia along with units from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, Chehalis, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Washington State Patrol assisted in the search for the escapee, according to the Centralia Police Department. While the Centralia police dog was searching the area, a trooper on containment located the teenager and took him into custody, according to police. The escapee was transported back to Green Hill School and a case will be referred to prosecutors for a charge of escape, according to police.

ASSAULT

• Centralia police were called about 8:40 p.m. on Monday to the 1900 block of Honeysuckle Lane where an individual reported an ex-roommate entered the residence and assaulted the victim, and then fled. The incident is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• A business on the 1000 block of Eckerson Road in Centralia reported the theft of power tools from its maintenance room at about 10 p.m. on Monday. The case is under investigation, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called to the 500 block of Harrison Avenue about 10:40 a.m. on Monday to take a report from a business in which someone attempted to break in during the early morning hours by trying to pry the back door open.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue to take a report of a second-degree theft at about 9 p.m. on Saturday.

• Chehalis police were called to the 1900 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue to take a report of a vehicle theft at about 9:40 a.m. on Friday.

REPORT OF SHOOTERS ATOP TAVERN UNFOUNDED

• Officers responding to an 11:15 p.m. call on Saturday from an individual in Mossyrock who claimed there were several people on the roof of a nearby tavern shooting at his residence, contacted the caller and concluded he seemed to be hallucinating due to a possible medical condition combined with alcohol use, according to the Morton Police Department.

STRUCTURE FIRE

• Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that heavily damaged an outbuilding on Monday at the 200 block of Blanchard Road in Centralia. A crew was called at 11:15 a.m. to a fully involved fire and kept it contained to the building of origin, according to Riverside Fire Authority. No injuries were reported, according to the fire department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, assault, trespass, harassment, drug violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license, no contact order violation, fourth-degree domestic assault, minor in possession of alcohol, driving motor vehicle without required ignition interlock device; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, misdemeanor theft, disorderly person and more among 552 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 96-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday by a resident who discovered a fraudulent charge on her credit card account occurring at a business on the 1500 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue.

• Police were called about 5 p.m. yesterday after an individual learned a check they had received was fraudulent in a case associated with the 2000 block of Northeast Kresky Avenue.

STOLEN HOME RECOVERED

• The Chehalis Police Department said yesterday an investigation into the 26-foot travel trailer that was reported stolen from Wal-Mart’s parking lot on Tuesday night – with everything the victim owned inside of it – revealed a tow company had impounded the wrong trailer. It was to be returned to the 60-year-old owner who had left it parked there for less than an hour, according to police.

RYDERWOOD GARAGE FIRE SPREADS TO HOME

• A fire that caused extensive damage to a house and destroyed a garage in Ryderwood is under investigation, according to Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20. Chief Richard Underdahl said crews called to the 100 block of Monroe Street about 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday found the detached garage fully involved in flames and extending to the residence through a breezeway. The fire also threatened neighboring properties on both sides, according to Underdahl. The occupants got out unhurt but one individual running to the scene fell and suffered a minor injury to her face, according to the chief. Firefighters entered the residence and retrieved personal property for the home’s owners, saving as much as they could. Five neighboring departments joined in battling the blaze in work that that continued for almost 10 hours, according to Underdahl. Fire investigators from Cowlitz County Fire District 2 were contacted and responded to the scene.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, trespass, drug violation, probation violation, driving under the influence, driving with suspended license; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances and more among 142 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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Six fire departments worked together to extinguish a blaze on Monroe Street in Ryderwood on Wednesday. / Courtesy photo by Cowlitz-Lewis Fire District 20

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FRAUD

• Chehalis police were called about 1:25 p.m. yesterday regarding a forged check discovered by a bank in a case associated with the 1300 block of Northwest State Avenue.

DISTURBANCE

• Officers called for a disturbance at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road in Centralia about 7:35 p.m. yesterday arrested a 25-year-old man for interfering with a health care facility. Anthony J. Bordelon, of Brush Prairie, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called about 5:10 a.m. today to the 200 block of Southwest Alfred Street for malicious mischief.

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

• Chehalis police were called to the 700 block of Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue at 6:35 p.m. yesterday on a report that a man walking his dog walked by a window when it suddenly shattered.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrants, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, hit and run, trespassing, vehicle collision, suspicious circumstances, protection order violation and more among 132 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.