SLEEPING MOM, CHILD WAKE TO FIRE IN BEDROOM
• A Napavine mother and small child escaped from a burning home today when the sound of fire burning in the bedroom wall woke up the mom. Firefighters were called about 11 a.m. to the house on the 700 block of West Washington Street, according to Lewis County Fire District 5. Most of the fire damage is in the attic, but an estimated 60 percent of the 1200-square-foot home was damaged, according to District 5. The mom at first tried putting it out, so needed to be checked out for smoke inhalation, according to Firefighter Brad Bozarth. It appeared to have started near a wall outlet where a heater was plugged in, Bozarth said. The cause is being investigated. The family of four is being assisted with a place to stay by the Red Cross, he said.
BURGLARY
• Somone broke into a Curtis-area home sometime between Monday and yesterday and stole numerous household goods as well as three sheets of sheetrock, a band saw and tools, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy called about 5 p.m. to the house on the 500 block of Lost Valley Road reported an estimated $1,000 loss, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust.
THEFT OF DRUGS
• Centralia police said yesterday they were investigating a case in which an individual left his prescription at Rite Aid on Harrison Avenue to be filled and when he went to get it, was told someone else had already picked it up. The incident, reported Monday, is being looked at as a theft, according to the Centralia Police Department.
VEHICLE PROWL
• Chehalis police were called just before 2 p.m. yesterday about a vehicle prowl in the parking lot at the Twin City Towne Center on Northwest Louisiana Avenue.
BAD REQUEST
• Centralia police arrested a 53-year-old man for allegedly asking if he could photograph a 14-year-old boy’s genital area. Larry J. Fraley, of Centralia, was arrested late Monday night after a witness to the incident that reportedly occurred over the weekend called police, Officer John Panco said. Fraley was booked onto the Lewis County Jail for communication with a minor for immoral purposes, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter