Lewis County Sirens.com

THEFT

• A deputy was called yesterday morning to the 3700 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis where a resident reported a Cummins winch valued at $400 had been stolen sometime since Tuesday.

• A 25-year-old Chehalis man was arrested after he allegedly tucked a package of hamburger in his jacket and tried to leave a grocery store in Chehalis with it. Police say when he was confronted, he swung the meat at an employee and tried to run out the door but was stopped by a worker. An officer called to the scene at Safeway on South Market Boulevard about 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday arrested Joseph A. Sasso for second-degree robbery. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

• A four-horsepower Mercury outboard motor was removed from a boat at the 600 block of Haywire Road near Napavine, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy took a report just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday following the discovery.

• A purse disappeared from the front seat of a vehicle parked in the lot at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center in Chehalis yesterday. A window had been left partway down, according to the Chehalis Police Department

• A GPS device and a credit card were reported stolen from a vehicle at the 1200 block of North Pearl Street in Centralia about 8:30 p.m. yesterday.

• A GPS device and unspecified medication were missing after a car prowl reported just before 11 a.m. yesterday at the 2000 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia, according to police.

• Centralia police were called about 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday to the 500 block of South Tower Avenue in Centralia where a purse was stolen from a vehicle while its owner was shopping.

VANDALISM

• Chehalis police were called to the 800 block of Northwest New York Avenue on Wednesday evening where someone had broke out the rear window of a vehicle. Nothing appeared to be missing,  according to the Chehalis Police Department

• Someone broke out the front and rear windows of a vehicle parked at the 1600 block of Cooks Hill Road in Centralia, according to a report made to police on Wednesday morning.

FUNNY MONEY

• Chehalis police were called to Wal-Mart late last night when an individual tried to spend a $50 that appeared to be fake. The officer was told by the man he got it from an individual in Kent, according to police. The situation is under investigation, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

SEE DASHCAM VIDEO OF END OF HIGH SPEED PURSUIT

• It was a Lewis County deputy who finally stopped a stolen car reported to have been pursued at speeds of as much as 150 mph from south of Olympia to just north of Castle Rock early Wednesday morning. The brand new Camaro avoided spike strips set out on the freeway near Chamber of Commerce Way and Main Street but one or possible two of its tires were punctured by strips set out near Napavine, according to police. The car continued south followed by multiple law enforcement agencies to a rest area in north Cowlitz County where a minor collision occurred as the deputy attempted a so-called PIT maneuver and then pushed the car into the grass and took the suspect into custody, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. KIROtv.com shows dashcam video of the stop.

WINLOCK POLICE GET THIRD OFFICER

• The Winlock Police Department is up to three full-time officers now following last week’s hiring of Officer Ken Wong. Wong last worked as an officer at an airport in Ketchikan, Alaska, according to Chief Terry Williams. The department, which also has five reserve officers and a drug sniffing dog, handles policing in the south Lewis County town as well in nearby Vader.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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