FIREWORKS GO OFF INSIDE VEHICLE
• Centralia police say a juvenile was arrested yesterday afternoon after he allegedly lit a bottle rocket and tossed it into the backseat of a vehicle in connection with an address on the 100 block of East Bridge Street.
HIT AND RUN TO GAS PUMP
• Centralia police were contacted just before 11 a.m. yesterday about a vehicle that struck a gas pump and then left at the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue. Riverside Fire Authority said it caused a small leak.
THEFT
• Centralia police took a report about 11:20 p.m. yesterday that foreign currency was stolen from a residence on the 1400 block of View Avenue. Missing are about 70 Euro and 60 “Kroation” dollars, as well as several watches, according to the Centralia Police Department.
• Centralia police reported this morning that several “swards” were stolen from a residence on the 400 block of South Silver Street while the owner was out.
• Tools were stolen from a shop on the 2500 block of Howard Avenue in Centralia, according to a report made to police Friday afternoon.
• Four individuals were arrested for occupying an unfit building after police found them at the 700 block of West Main Street in Centralia on Friday evening. Among them: Shannon R. West, 29, of Ethel; Briana L. Corrothers, 22, of Centralia and Darcie N. Negrete, 20, of Centralia. Ruslan Y. Bezhenar, 33, of Centralia, was also arrested and booked for felony harassment and intimidating a public servant, according to the Centralia Police Department. They were caught after a witness spotted an individual climbing a water drain to get inside the building, according to police.
CENTRALIA MAN PICKED UP FOR IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES
• Centralia police said a 22-year-old Centralia resident was arrested about 7:40 a.m. yesterday at state Route 507 and Big Hanaford Road for an “immigration hold.” Cesar Galvin-Venegas was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter