BREAK-IN HAPPENS WHILE CHILDREN SLEEPING IN CHEHALIS HOME
• A Chehalis man called police just before 2 o’clock this morning after he got out of the shower and discovered a burglar in his living room. The tall thin individual in a hooded sweatshirt fled out a window and ran toward the post office, dropping the victim’s watch outside on the ground, according to the Chehalis Police Department. It happened on the 100 block of North Market Boulevard while the 40-year-old man’s children were asleep in the home, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. The window had been left open, she said. “It’s becoming really common up north, burglaries where people are asleep,” Carrell said. “It’s a good reminder to lock windows and doors even if it’s warm out.” A camera and his wallet were taken. The man could not tell if the intruder was male or female but did notice a red circular design on the back of the person’s sweatshirt, according to Carrell.
BURGLARY
• Centralia police were called about 8:45 p.m. yesterday to an apartment on the 1300 block of North Pearl Street where a camera, a skate board a DVD player and some CDs were stolen.
DRUGS
• A 16-year-old boy was arrested at Centralia High School on the 800 block of Eshom Road yesterday morning for possession of marijuana and a warrant, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was booked into the Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center, according to police.
FIRE BREAKS OUT NEAR TENINO
• A woman was checked by medics for smoke inhalation after a fire overnight that northwest of Tenino. Firefighters called just after 1 a.m. to the 800 block of 143rd Avenue Southeast found a 1000-square-foot shed and the fifth-wheel trailer inside of it fully involved in flames, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. It ignited because of an unattended burn pile nearby, according to a spokesperson for the fire department. The woman who was living in the fifth-wheel did not need to go to the hospital, Lt. Lanette Dyer said. Dyer said she did not know the extent of the damage to the structure or fifth-wheel.
HALF DOZEN VEHICLES WRECK ON I-5 NEAR GRAND MOUND
• Two individuals were transported with minor injuries after a six-car pileup on southbound Interstate 5 near the Grand Mound interchange this morning, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. Lt. Lanette Dyer said in a news release crews responded about 8:25 a.m. The roadway was cleared by just after 9 a.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
If someone sneaks in my window, let’s hope I get to my weapon before he gets to me. One of us will be carried out in a body bag.
Yup, Seattle has its share. There’s just not a single website collecting every instance and putting it for you to know. I used to live in Seattle for several years and even now I tend to scour various news sources to find out what’s going on. I also used to pass the cops arresting people on a regular basis and it was never reported in the papers; the bigger the city, the more exaggerated the crime has to be to be considered newsworthy.
Not to say things haven’t been getting worse down here; they definitely have. But they have in Seattle as well, and everywhere else. When the economy tanks, crime gradually rises with the pressure.
I live in Seattle and I read this website almost daily, it’s pretty scary what’s going on down there, I know that area down south there and it used to be a great place with nice people.
I feel safer living in downtown seattle than downtown chehalis. Even at night.
This asshole tries crawling in my window he will be sorry. I agree with Morningcoffe. Used to be burglers were pros who cased out the place,carried no weapon and stayed away from occupied houses but these meth monkeys that inhabit and infect our society today are a different breed of scum. They do not care if you are home and if you have the audacity to shoot them you go to jail as if they have a right to what we work hard for not to mention the fact we are already paying for their rent and foodstamps. The law says you can not use deadly force to protect material things , but how are we to know their intentions??
I am so disturbed by all the home invasion/burglaries. It is a travesty that we can’t leave a window open. Burglaries/home entry while residents are present are “assaults” and should hold a far greater penalty. These offenders have a need for the brazen act of burglary right in the face of their victims… a sign of high potential for escalating assaults.