BURNING PAPER TOSSED IN OPEN WINDOW LANDS ON BED AT CENTRALIA DUPLEX
• Firefighters expected to meet with police detectives today after somebody apparently tried to start a fire at a Centralia duplex over the weekend by throwing some type of accelerant onto the exterior and tossing a burning piece of paper through an open window. A neighbor on the 300 block of North Buckner Street heard a noise and called 911 at about 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The fire on the exterior of the wood-sided building didn’t spread, but a shirt in a pile of clothing on a bed inside ignited, according to Fire Capt. Terry Ternan. The woman who lived there put it out, he said.
FOLSOM STREET HOUSE FIRE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ARSON, AUTHORITIES SAY
• Chehalis police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a two-story house the week before last on Northwest Folsom Street. The fire department believes it’s a possible arson, Chehalis Police Department detective Sgt. Rick McNamara said this morning. The home was vacant and was either a foreclosure or had gone back to the seller, McNamara said. Investigators are looking into a number of things related to the July 21 blaze, including the possibility people who didn’t belong in the house had been inside, he said.
BURGLARIES OF BANK BAG AND “ITEMS”
• Centralia police were called to the 200 block of South Diamond Street yesterday afternoon about the theft of a bank bag full of checks from a home.
• Centralia police took a report yesterday morning that “items” were stolen from a home the victim was moving into on the 1200 block of North Tower Avenue.
SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN REPORTED TAKEN FROM CAR
• A .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol was stolen from a car at the park at the end of Pleasant Valley Road outside of Mineral, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. The Hi-Point gun, its case, three magazines and a cleaning kit, along with $300 cash, a wallet, a cell phone and two pair of designer sunglasses added up to a loss of about $1,350, according to Cmdr. Steve Aust. The theft occurred sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Aust said.
OTHER CAR PROWLS
• Centralia police were called to a vehicle prowl about 5 o’clock this morning on the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue. A stereo was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called just before 9 a.m. on Saturday about a prowl to an unlocked car.
BEER RUN, TIMES TWO
• Centralia police were called to an unnamed business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue just before 5 a.m. yesterday after beer was stolen. An officer was called about 10:20 p.m. the night before about a female stealing beer from a similarly unnamed business from the same general location. In the first theft, a female fled in a Volkswagen Jetta, police were told. In the second, police learned the merchandise was taken by a male in his late 20s with dark shaved hair, according to a summary of the report.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter