CENTRALIA MAN WAKES UP TO PROWLER IN HOME
• Deputies were called just after 1 o’clock this morning to a home in north Centralia where a resident awoke to someone sneaking into his house. The 27-year-old man at the 100 block of Sawall Avenue said he heard the back sliding door open and heard a couple of footsteps inside before they left, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy checked the area finding only foot prints in the snow, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
SHED BURGLED IN CHEHALIS
• A deputy was called on Saturday morning to a burglary of a storage shed on the 100 block of Snow Peak Lane in Chehalis. Among the items taken sometime since the previous Monday morning were a Honda generator, power tools and two 100-foot extension cords, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
PT CRUISER STOLEN
• Chehalis police were called about 10 a.m. on Saturday to Southwest 10th Street near Main Street where a gray 2002 PT Crusier had been stolen overnight.
PARTS TAKEN FROM VEHICLES
• A deputy was called to the 1600 block of Rice Road outside Chehalis on Friday where someone had been stealing parts from cars. The resident, an 80-year-old man, said he thought it had occurred over the previous month, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Missing from his 1970s vehicles are an alternator, a a radiator,two carburetors, two valve covers, two batteries and an air cleaner, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN AT TAVERN
• A deputy was called Saturday morning to an attempted break-in to the Headquarters Tavern on Front Street in Mineral. An employee had been called by the alarm company about 2:15 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Window trim and an air conditioner unit were damaged, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Nothing appeared to be stolen taken but surveillance video will be reviewed, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
TAXI DRIVER RIPPED OFF
• Police were called about 6 p.m. yesterday to the 1500 block of Delaware Street in Centralia when a passenger fled a taxi cab without paying his $5 fare, according to the Centralia Police Department.
DRUGS AT SCHOOL
• A deputy was called Friday morning to Onalaska High School where a 16-year-old student allegedly took his father’s medical marijuana and tried to sell it at school, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The incident is under investigation.
RIFLE IN TRUCK GETS DRIVER ARRESTED
• A 35-year-old Centralia man was arrested following a traffic stop yesterday evening on the 1200 block of Mellen Street in which an officer observed a rifle in the cab of the truck next to the driver, according to the Centralia Police Department. Daniel L. Haubrick is currently not supposed to possess firearms because of a protection order naming him, according to officer John Panco. Haubrick was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
VANDALISM
• Chehalis police were called late Saturday afternoon to Southeast Third Street and Washington Avenue where someone had thrown a rock into the windshield of a car.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter