POLICE: MAN MADE UP REPORT OF WOMAN’S THROAT CUT
• Aid and police called to a Centralia apartment early this morning to a report a woman had cut her throat from “ear to ear” found no victim, but arrested a man for making a false report. It happened about 4:20 a.m. at the 600 block of West First Street, according to Centralia police. Arriving officers spoke to the caller and he refused to give them more information, according to police Sgt. Carl Buster. A check inside the apartment turned up an individual who was fine, Buster said. The caller, Brian K. Wilson, 32, of Yelm, reportedly refused to cooperate, became combative and was detained after a Taser was deployed, according to Buster. Wilson was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
STOLEN VAN TURNS UP
• Centralia police were called about noon yesterday about a “suspicious” van found on the 1500 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia. It was a van that had been stolen the day before, according to the Centralia Police Department.
THEFT OF PURSES
• A purse left in a shopping cart yesterday at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia was reported stolen.
• Police were called yesterday morning about a purse stolen the night before while its owner was at a tavern at the 100 block on South Tower Avenue in Centralia.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter