HOME BURGLARIZED
• A firearm was among the valuables stolen when someone broke into a home on the 600 block of Logan Hill Road in Chehalis sometime between 7 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. yesterday. A deputy called to the residence learned that taken along with the Taurus .357 revolver was an LCD television, a coin collection and a battery “jump pack”, according to the sheriff’s office. The loss is estimated at $1,800.
DRUGS
• A 31-year-old Chehalis resident was arrested for possession of heroin last night after getting pulled over by an officer who recognized him as having a suspended driver’s license. It happened about 9 p.m. at Ellsbury and Mellen streets in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department. A plastic bindle of suspected heroin was found in Eathon A. Wesen’s clothing when he was searched, according police. Wesen was booked into the Lewis County Jail.
WRECK
• A 37-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs following a single-vehicle collision yesterday afternoon on the 3000 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis. His Chevrolet Suburban sustained extensive front end damage, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Matthew T. Lovo was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
THEFT OF MAIL
• Chehalis police were called yesterday afternoon to the 900 block of Northwest Folsom Street where a resident reported a delivered package had been stolen from the porch. A DVD and CD had been ordered from an online retailer and the victim learned it had been delivered, but they did not receive it, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter