TRAPPING IN THE CITY TERMINATED
• Police visited a resident on Northwest Prindle Street in Chehalis this morning following a complaint the man had set bear traps in his front yard by the sidewalk. It turned out they were small game “catch and hold” traps, something not allowed for just anyone to use, and not in the city, according to Chehalis police. “If you were Jeremiah Johnson, you would use them to catch beaver,” police Sgt. Gary Wilson said. “He was told to remove said traps, cause that’s a danger to animals and kids.” The man said he was using them for moles, according to Wilson.
CROWDING THE INSIDE LANE
• A school bus and another vehicle clipped mirrors as they passed each other on a Centralia street yesterday, according to police. Nobody was hurt and the damage was minor, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened around 3:15 p.m. at North Pearl and West Sixth streets, according to police.
DRUGS
• A 23-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop early this morning on the 800 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia. Connie J. Klatuch was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for an outstanding warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. An officer who “ran” the license plate of the vehicle and learned its registered owner had an outstanding warrant stopped the vehicle and recognized a passenger as the registered owner, according to officer John Panco. Passenger Alexandria R. Thomas, 27, of Hoquiam, was booked for a warrant, Panco said. The case of the driver, a 44-year-old Centralia woman, was referred for possible charges of driving with a suspended license and possession of methamphetamine. Klatuch was subsequently not charged pending further investigation.
• Chehalis police took a report yesterday about the theft of about 60 Hydrocodone pills from a residence at the St. Helens Apartment’s on the 400 block of North Market Boulevard.
BURGLARY
• Centralia police were called just before 9 p.m. yesterday about a burglary at the 900 block of B Street. Further details were not readily available.
• Police were called about 11:45 a.m. yesterday to the 700 block of West Chestnut Street in Centralia about an attempted burglary to a home. Nobody actually got inside, according to the Centralia Police Department.