WHAT’S THAT SMELL
• A Centralia police officer driving through town with his window rolled down smelled the “distinct odor of marijuana” last night and contacted a pedestrian who appeared to be smoking a cigarette. Evaristo V. Tanori, 30, of Centralia, handed over the marijuana cigarette and a search as he was arrested turned up a pipe with suspected methamphetamine residue, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened just after 10 p.m. at South Tower Avenue and West Chestnut Street, according to police. Tanori was booked into the Lewis County Jail for possession of methamphetamine, according to police.
STOLEN GOODS TURN UP AT LOCAL MOTEL
• A victim of a bicycle theft seeing someone riding what he thought was his bike directed police yesterday to a motel on the 1300 block of Lakeshore Drive in Centralia where officers contacted an individual and noticed what appeared to be other stolen items in the motel room. The occupant, Solano R. Trevino, 51, was arrested for possession of stolen property, according to the Centralia Police Department. The suspicious items observed included cell phones, jewelry, coins, CDs and two Airsoft pistols, according to Officer John Panco. At least some of the valuables were found to have been stolen in a burglary earlier in the day a a residence on the 900 block of E Street, Panco said. Trevino was booked into the Lewis County Jail yesterday. He is being released without charges pending further investigation.
BURGLARY
• A Centralia woman called police about 1:30 p.m. yesterday when she discovered a burglary had occurred at her home on the 300 block of West Chestnut Street sometime in the previous hour and a half, according to police. Missing was a purse and two cameras, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Chehalis police were called about 4 p.m. yesterday to a burglary on Southwest Olympic Drive where someone had gone inside a garage converted to a bedroom and stolen an X-box and three games, according to Officer Linda Bailey. At about 6:15 p.m., an officer took a report of another burglary, that seemed to be related, on the 700 block of Southwest 20th Street, Bailey said. Someone had climbed through a bathroom window and made off with an estimated $4,000 of goods, including a flat screen television, a mini-fridge, jewelry, purses, shoes and clothing, according to Bailey.
• An unspecified type and amount of a prescription medication was reportedly stolen from a locked up home on the 1000 block of West Main Street in Centralia sometime on Sunday, according to a report made to police yesterday.
MAIL THEFT
• A deputy was called yesterday to an apparent mail theft on the on the 800 block of Independence Road west of Centralia. A black leather case which had been ordered should have arrived last Thursday, according to a check of a tracking system, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. Also not received were a paycheck and a card with cash inside, according to Brown. The victims plan to get a locking mailbox, Brown said.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Police were called about 8:40 a.m. yesterday about a car prowl overnight at the 1200 block of View Avenue in Centralia. A stereo was stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.
ASSAULT
• Chehalis police were called to Green Hill School yesterday morning after an 18-year-old inmate allegedly threw a shoe at a staff member.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter