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DOG SHOT AFTER CHICKEN COOP ATTACK

• A Centralia man shot and killed a Chocolate Lab after his chickens were attacked yesterday on the 500 block of West Seventh Street, according to police. The 33-year-old resident called 911 about 7:50 p.m. and said he had caught a pair of dogs in his chicken coop but they ran off, Officer John Panco said. Officers were told the dogs reappeared and went toward or charged his wife and daughter who were on their front porch, according to police. That’s when he fired his shotgun, Panco said. The other canine, a white and rust colored mixed breed, fled. There were 20 chickens, but 14 are either dead or missing, Panco said. Police don’t yet know who the dogs owner’s are, according to Panco.

VW BUG LANDS ON ROOF

• Police were called about 1:30 p.m. yesterday when an unoccupied car on a Chehalis hillside rolled onto the roof of a garage. Nobody was hurt and the damage was minimal, Sgt. Gary Wilson said. It happened near the intersection of Northeast Terrace Road and Washington Avenue. Wilson said it either jumped out of gear or the parking brake wasn’t set. The owner of the Volkswagen bug and the garage were the same person, so no citation was issued, he said.

MAN VERSUS CAR

• A 19-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly punched and dented a Honda Civic he said almost ran him over in a crosswalk on South Market Boulevard in Chehalis yesterday. Police called about 8:30 p.m. arrested Cory L. Hughes for second-degree malicious mischief and booked him into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

UNWELCOME PRUNING REPORTED

• A deputy was called yesterday to the 300 block of Sargent Road in Winlock following a discovery that someone had “topped” several trees belonging to a 82-year-old woman who lives there. A much as five feet had been cut from the upper portions of Sequoias and Alaska Blue Spruces, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman’s daughter said a neighbor had inquired about such work being done to improve their view, according to the sheriff’ office. Several no trespassing signs were torn down the night before, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

BURGLARY AND THEFT

• Someone broke into a home on the 100 block of Nikula Road in Winlock and stole numerous valuables including a LG3D television with Blu-ray video, an iPad, Coach purses and a Leo the Lion gold necklace as well as the 3D movies “Thor” and “Sesame Street”. The intruders got in through a kitchen window sometime between Thursday and Monday evening, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is almost $3,000.

• A resident on the 200 block of Tilley Road in Centralia returned from a trip yesterday to find the front door standing open and items scattered about inside, according to police. Someone had apparently broken in through a back door, according to the Centralia Police Department. Further details were not available.

• Three teenagers were arrested last night after Toledo residents awoke to someone trying to kick in their garage door. Deputies called just before 2 a.m. to the 300 block of Collins Road stopped a suspect vehicle in the area and the 19-year-olds from Toledo were arrested for attempted burglary, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Booked into the Lewis County Jail were Michael R. Raphael, Devon C. Durrant and Drew L. Dailey, according to the sheriff’ office.

• Police were called to the 1400 block of Jensen Avenue in Centralia last night to a complain that three checks had been stolen, some of which have been passed locally, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• The images of two girls were caught on security video stealing letters and numbers from a church sign by the road about 10:20 p.m on Monday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The thefts have been ongoing from the Trinity Christian Fellowship on the 100 block of Brockway Road outside Chehalis, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The pastor would like it to stop and want the items returned, according to Brown.

• Police were called about 10:15 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl on the 400 block of South Silver Street in Centralia. A purse and an iPod had been taken overnight, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM TO VEHICLE

• A 24-year-old Chehalis man who reported Monday night his vehicle’s tires were slashed called police again yesterday morning to say two more were slashed. It happened on Northwest North Street near Chehalis Avenue in Chehalis. It doesn’t appear random, according to police. “They didn’t get ’em all the first time, so they did it again,” Sgt. Gary Wilson said. “That points to personal.”

MORE GRAFFITI AT PORT

• Centralia police were called back to the Port of Centralia off Galvin Road yesterday about more graffiti. The words “fear none” were spray painted on the outside of a building, according to Officer John Panco.

VEHICLE VERSUS TREE

• Centralia police and aid were called about 2 p.m. to the 900 block of North Tower Avenue yesterday when a pickup truck ran off the road and into a tree in someone’s front yard. The driver had no obvious injuries but was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital in case a medical issue may have caused the mishap, according to Riverside Fire Authority.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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