Updated at 7:17 p.m.
POLICE: TEEN KICKS STAFF MEMBER IN HEAD
• Chehalis police were called just after noon time yesterday to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center where a 17-year-old inmate allegedly kicked a guard in the head. Staff members were trying to put the teen in handcuffs and a restraining chair because he was not complying with the rules, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Police will be asking prosecutors to consider a charge of custodial assault, according to officer Linda Bailey. His name was not released because he is a juvenile.
THEFT
• Deputies yesterday arrested two Vader teenagers for second-degree burglary in connection with a break-in to a shop in March on the 100 block of Annonen Road near Vader. Among the items stolen were six bottles of red wine and a reciprocating saw, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Eighteen-year-old Nathan E. Nelson was booked into the Lewis County Jail and the 17-year-old suspect was taken to the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning they took a report of three radiators stolen from Davis Lake Road near Morton. They and a five gallon gas container were stolen on Thursday, according to the sheriff’s office.
DRUGS
• A 51-year-old Centralia an was arrested for illegal possession of a prescription drug following contact with police about 11:30 p.m. at the 400 block of Yew Street in Centralia. James V. Meyers was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department. Meyers’ case is also being referred for a possible charge of driving with a suspended license, according to police.
DUI
• A 22-year-old Mossyrock man was arrested for driving under the influence after he put his vehicle in a ditch early Saturday morning at Centralia-Alpha and Oppelt roads east of Chehalis, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responding about 4:20 a.m. booked Daniel W. Monk into the Lewis County Jail, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.
CENTRALIA MAN CLAIMS OFFICERS ATTACKED HIM
• A 57-year-old man alleges a Centralia police officer tased him while he was handcuffed when he was arrested late last month on his rental property. William Lee Thomas, of Centralia, filed a $15,000 claim for damages with the city saying two officers attacked him when they responded to a dispute, damaging his glasses and a “sentimental belt” as well as injuring his eye, face, wrist and leg. The claim is among the agenda items for the Centralia City Council to consider tomorrow evening. Thomas wrote that police began yelling at him when they arrived and Officer (Angie) Humphreys (sp) attempted to assault him with a large fingernail and was joined in the attack by Officer “Bunker”. Officers earlier this month described the encounter as an approximately 6:15 p.m. call on April 30 to the 1000 block of North Tower Avenue about a dispute, in which Thomas was irate and grabbed a female officer’s arm and slammed it into a gate. He then swung at another officer but missed, according to the Centralia Police Department. Thomas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for third-degree assault and was released on an unsecured bond. Thomas further wrote police “tampered with a witness that seen the assault.” Further details were not readily available this evening.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter