POLICE TAKE MUSHROOM BROWNIES FOR TESTING
• Centralia police confiscated some brownies reportedly baked up with Psilocybin mushrooms from an apartment of the 400 block of Ash Street last night and arrested two individuals there. An officer visited the home just before 11 p.m. following up on a tip, according to the Centralia Police Department. Herbert D. Blanksma, 30, willingly handed over to the officer a small amount of marijuana he had in his pocket and allowed the officer to come inside, admitting the baked goods on the table contained the hallucinogenic mushrooms, according to Officer John Panco. He and Keziah L. Lawrence, 31, were both arrested for possession of the drug, but were not booked into jail, Panco said. The brownies will be sent off for testing, Panco said.
FIREARMS STOLEN FROM BOISTFORT AREA HOME
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for information about a man with a rifle who escaped law enforcement on Friday following a burglary near Boistfort. A 57-year-old man from Olympia said he was clearing trees on his property on the 1900 block of Pe Ell-McDonald Road around 2 p.m. when he heard gunshots and observed a stranger coming out of his motor home carrying a rifle, according to the sheriff’s office. When police from Winlock and Pe Ell arrived, a man described as in his 20s wearing dark clothing turned toward them in such as way as to force them to take cover, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The man ran, the SWAT team was deployed, but he was not found, according to Brown. Among the items stolen from a nearby home were a rifle, a shotgun and a handgun, according to Brown. All except the handgun were discovered inside the motor home, she said. Update 2:20 p.m.: The sheriff’s office said their suspect was taken into custody a few minutes ago in the 600 block of Boistfort Road.
ARRESTS FOLLOW FAMILY DISPUTE
• A 74-year-old Centralia woman was arrested and jailed for misdemeanor assault after she allegedly grabbed the wrist of a 23-year-old woman during a dispute at their home on the 1900 block of North Pearl Street on Thursday afternoon, according to the Centralia Police Department. Barbara A. Agnew was booked for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, according to police. Another resident, Dawson E. Evans, 21, was arrested at the same time for allegedly trying to pull the phone cord out of the wall when someone was attempting to call 911. Evans was booked for interfering with with a 911 call as well as for warrants, Officer John Panco said.
THEFT
• Police were called about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday to Wal-Mart in Chehalis where an suspected shoplifter reportedly took swings at two security personnel who tried to detain him. Jesse A. Ashton was arrested and booked for second-degree robbery, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
• Police were called to the 300 block of Southwest 15th Street in Chehalis on Thursday afternoon when a resident returned home and discovered a burglary. Someone apparently got inside through an unlocked sliding door and took a laptop computer and other items, according to Chehalis Police.
• Police were called about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday to the 800 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia following a discovery a television was missing shortly after a friend of the victim’s son left.
• A 65-year-old Randle resident called the sheriff’s office on Friday after he bought a car that turned out to be stolen. A 37-year-old woman is under investigation for selling the 2003 Oldsmobile Olero when it did not belong to her, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• A 1987 Honda ATV was stolen from a carport on the 200 block of Savio Road near Randle sometime last week, according to a report made on Friday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The TRX250 four-wheeler is valued at $1,000, according to the sheriff’s office.
• Someone stole several four-foot tall stone statues from outside the 100 block of South Washington Avenue in Centralia, according to police. A report made early Friday morning described one of them as a woman pouring water from a pitcher and another of a girl carrying a basket, according to officer John Panco.
VEHICLE PROWLS
• A deputy took a report on Saturday about a car prowl on the 4800 block of U.S. Highway 12 in which a purse was taken at the dam fishing area. The victim said she, her boyfriend and two children were fishing and the door to be the vehicle had been left unlocked, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
• Police were called about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday to a vehicle prowl at the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue in Centralia. Several “truck box speakers” were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Police were called about 2:45 p.m. on Friday to the 1500 block of Harrison Avenue about a vehicle being broken into. Nothing seemed to be missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• A GPS device and a “computer chip” were stolen from a vehicle on the 100 block of Panorama Drive in Chehalis, according to a report made to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. It had occurred during the night,
• Police took a report of a car prowl from the 700 block of South Gold Street in Centralia on Thursday morning.
DRUGS
• A 21-year-old Centralia woman was arrested and jailed for unlawful possession of a prescription pill after she was detained for alleged shoplifting of various cosmetics on Wednesday afternoon at Wal-Mart, according to Chehalis police. Nicole L. Harmon was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to Sgt. Gary Wilson.
UNLAWFUL FIREARM POSSESSION
• A 58-year-old Randle man was arrested and jailed last night following a traffic stop in Randle in which a deputy observed a revolver in an arm band on one of Williams’ biceps. Larry D. Williams was booked for unlawful possession of a firearm because he is not allowed to possess guns, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
COLLISIONS
• A 29-year-old man on a bicycle sustained minor injuries when a vehicle pulled out and the two collided on West Main and North Cedar streets in Centralia on Friday morning, according to police.
• A 21-year-old woman possibly broke her ribs when the car she was driving slid off the road and rolled on Saturday night on the 600 block of Wildwood Road in Curtis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. An adult passenger sustained cuts to his hand and an infant passenger was reportedly uninjured, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown. The Toyota Camry had slid on gravel laid down for slick conditions and sustained major damage, Brown said.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter