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WOMAN CONFRONTS STRANGER INSIDE HER ETHEL HOME

• Deputies arrested a 41-year-old man after getting summoned just before 2 p.m. yesterday to an Ethel residence where a stranger entered a home and began yelling  incoherently at a woman’s children, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman confronted the stranger with a loaded firearm and the man fled her home on the 1700 block of U.S. Highway 12, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Lynn K. Jorgensen, 41, was subsequently found about a mile west of the home and was booked into the Lewis County Jail for trespass, Brown said.

MOSSYROCK WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SWINGING SWORD AT HUSBAND

• A 40-year-old Mossyrock man called 911 early Saturday morning after his wife allegedly began swinging a 4-foot long sword at him and backed him into a corner. Deputies who responded to the 200 block of Coleman Road west of Mossyrock found the man sustained small scratch in his ribs from the weapon, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. They were told his wife had arrived home about 4 a.m. and crawled into bed smelling of alcohol prior to the attack, Brown said.  Melissa M. Church, 36, of Mossyrock, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree assault, according to Brown. Brown did not indicated why the woman was angry. Church is being released without charges pending further investigation.

ASSAULT WITH GUN IN TOLEDO

• Police arrested Darren Mosteller for second-degree assault after an incident early Sunday morning at the 500 block of Pine Street in Toledo in which a firearm was discharged inside a home. Mosteller, whose age was not readily available, was reportedly involved in a dispute with his adult son, according to the Toledo Police Department.

ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER ARRESTED FOR WIELDING KNIFE

• A 26-year-old Shelton man was arrested after he allegedly threatened an employee with a knife following a shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart in Chehalis on Friday. Police called about 3:20 p.m. to the store on the 1600 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue were told the man fled toward Home Depot. Jacob M. Walls was subsequently arrested for first-degree robbery and booked into the Lewis County Jail, detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said. A pocket knife was found, according to McNamara.

BASEBALL BAT THREAT

• A 22-year-old Mossyrock man was arrested yesterday after allegedly threatening to use a baseball bat on his uncle. Deputies called about 4:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Powers Road in Mossyrock were told Mickey W. Graham had thrown the bat down and fled the property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Graham was later found on Winston Creek Road and booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment and warrants, Brown said.

MAN ACCUSED OF HITTING CHILD, MAKING THREATS

• Deputies called just before 7 p.m. on Friday to a home on the 200 block of Chilvers Road west of Chehalis found a crying woman who said her husband had been drinking and had struck her 4-year-old grandchild, as well as threatened to kill her and the child, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Todd Q. Lindsay, 48, denied the accusations but was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for felony harassment, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said this morning. His case is being referred for a possible charge of misdemeanor assault as well, according to Brown.

THEFT

• An employee at the Fred Meyer distribution center in the Chehalis Industrial Park was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise and reselling it, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. A deputy called Friday to the warehouse on Maurin Road was told Joseph L. Ranney, 30, of Toledo, had diverted eight cases of iPods and tried to send them to a buyer in Ohio, according to  Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The 55 iPods, valued at $14,000, were seized at a postal facility in Kent after they were mailed, according to Brown. Ranney is also accused of previously stealing one case of the electronics, according to Brown. He was arrested for first-degree theft and booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

• A Taurus 9 mm handgun, a Ruger 1022 rifle, an Airsoft gun and other valuables were missing after a burglary at the 1200 block of South Military Road in Winlock reported on Friday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Residents of a home on the 800 block of South Military Road in Winlock called 911 Friday evening after finding their back door broken open and their 40-inch Samsung television missing, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

•  A 1977 Ford truck stolen from a vacant lot in Mineral – or what was left of it – turned up on Friday at a home in Pierce County, according to  the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The owner recovered the stripped vehicle and deputies have a suspect, the sheriff’s office reported this morning. The case involving a 44-year-old man described as a transient from the Mineral, Elbe and Ashford area is being referred to the prosecutor’s office for a possible charge of first-degree theft, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

DRUGS

• A 31-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of heroin after police responded to a vehicle prowl at the 1200 block of Alder Street in Centralia about 7:20 a.m. yesterday. Officers were directed to a suspect in a motel room at the PepperTree Motel where they arrested Mark S. Chesler, according to Centralia Police Department’s officer John Panco. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. He is being released without charges pending further investigation.

• A 49-year-old Tenino woman was arrested for possession of methamphetamine early this morning after police answered a complaint about a woman parked in a car outside a business on the 1200 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Kelly J. George was holding a pipe when she was contacted, Officer John Panco said. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called just before 7 o’clock this morning about a vehicle prowl on the 500 block of Jackson Street in Centralia.

• Police were called about 12:30 p.m. yesterday to a car prowl on the 800 block of Southwest William Street in Chehalis. Cash and medication were missing from a van, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A carpool van belonging to Intercity Transit was prowled when it was parked at Ace Hardware on the 700 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis, according to a report made to police yesterday afternoon. Its windows were smashed out but nothing appeared to be missing, according to Chehalis police. A trail of rocks led to a residence on Eighth Street but no arrests were made, detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said.

• A GPS unit was stolen from a vehicle parked at Wal-Mart in Chehalis after its window was broken, according to a report made to Chehalis police just before 5 p.m. on Friday.

• The window was broken out of a car parked on the 1000 block of Ellsbury Street in Centralia, according to a report made to police yesterday morning.

CHAIR THROUGH WINDOW DOWNTOWN CHEHALIS

• Officers were called about 11:30 a.m. on Friday to the 400 block of North Market Boulevard in Chehalis after someone tossed a chair through a window from inside an upper level unit at the St. Helens Apartments. The two occupants there denied there was any kind of an altercation going on, according to Chehalis police.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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