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RIDE BY PURSE THEFT

• Police say a woman at Fort Borst Park hung her handbag on the mirror of her vehicle while loading up her children when a thin male on a bicycle rode by and snatched it. It was reported about 1:20 p.m. yesterday from the 2000 block of Borst Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

GAS CANS LIFTED

• Chehalis police were called just after 9 a.m. yesterday to Northeast Adams Avenue where they were told a gas can was stolen from a patio and another from a neighbor’s carport.

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called to the 100 block of West Main Street about 10:15 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl. A laptop computer, a coat and CDs were taken, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SHOP BREAK-IN

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported yesterday an estimated $6,000 of items including a four-wheeler, tools and a generator were stolen from the 100 block of Rest Haven Lane in Packwood. A lock was cut and a door pried open to a shop, according to the sheriff’s office. It had occurred sometime between Saturday and Tuesday, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

DRUGS

• A 26-year-old Centralia man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine after contact with an officer early Wednesday morning on the 300 block of South Silver Street. Bryan G. Mako was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• An 18-year-old was arrested for possession of a prescription drug without its prescription when contacted by an officer in Rotary Riverside Park in Centralia on Tuesday afternoon. Corey J. Bunnell, from Olympia, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BIG RIG DRIVES OVER SMALL CAR

• A 27-year-old Chehalis woman escaped with cuts to her head and other possible injuries when a semi truck moved into her lane causing her Ford Escort to be dragged under its trailer. It happened just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday on northbound Interstate 5 in Chehalis, near the Chamber of Commerce Way interchange, according to the Washington State Patrol. Jennifer R. Belcher was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital and her car which spun out onto a grassy area was totaled, according to the state patrol. The driver of the 2005 Peterbilt, Barry L. Skavlem, 45, of Rochester, was reportedly uninjured. “She was very lucky she wasn’t worse,” Chehalis Fire Department Capt. Kevin Curfman said.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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