INTRUDER LEAVES GRAFFITI
• Police called it a “kind of scary set of circumstances” when a Centralia man returned home after being gone for just one hour yesterday to discover somebody had entered his basement and left what he described to an officer as gang-style graffiti – the words “brown pride”. Police Sgt. Stacy Denham said it happened just before 10 a.m. yesterday on the 400 block of N. Rock Street. The resident, in his 40s, had been working in the basement of his new residence and left to get something to eat, Denham said. Upon his return, he founds the words scrawled on a support beam with a felt tipped marker, the sergeant said. The phrase is something Denham said he’s seen before as graffiti, usually associated with Hispanic gangs. He has also seen tattoos with the same words, he said.
OFFICERS SUMMONED TO BAR
• Centralia police were called about 9:20 p.m. last night to a downtown drinking establishment after a customer allegedly got angry and punched out a bathroom window. Anthony C. Elkins, 59, of Centralia, was cited for third-degree malicious mischief and then released, according to police. The incident occurred at an unspecified bar on the 100 block of South Tower Avenue. Police Sgt. Stacy Denham indicated Elkins’ injuries from the glass were not overly serious.
BOOKED FOR DOMESTIC INCIDENT; SHOVING
• Alcohol and an argument over not taking the dogs out for a bathroom break led to a shove and a man arrested for fourth-degree assault; domestic violence yesterday evening from a home on Southwest McFadden Avenue in Chehalis, according to a report made to police. William A. Johnson, 49, was booked into the Lewis County Jail after the 7 p.m. call from the woman who lives at the house, according to Chehalis police Sgt. Rick McNamara. Johnson was released from jail this morning, according to the Lewis County Jail.
ARGUMENT OVER WEAPON IN HOME LEADS TO ARREST
• Chehalis police called to a verbal dispute at a residence on the 100 block of Fifth Street in Chehalis yesterday ended up arresting a man for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sgt. Rick McNamara said the couple had been arguing about him having a handgun in the house. Colin A. McCalmon, 50, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to McNamara.
THEFT FROM BARN
• Deputies are investigating the theft of more than $14,000 of power tools and other items from a barn outside Chehalis, including a green ATV. Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Steve Aust said this morning the break in took place almost two weeks ago on the 1400 block of N.W. Airport Road. Among the items missing sometime between 4 p.m. on May 21 and 2 p.m. the following day were were a compressor, a jack hammer, a planer and three drills, Aust said. Also taken was a four-wheeler – an Arctic Cat 650, he said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter