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WIRING CUT FROM MACHINERY, SUSPECTS FLEE

• Deputies were called about 1 o’clock this morning to a Toledo area heavy equipment storage lot when after an individual tried to stop a pair of thieves by firing a gun and yelling freeze. The 51-year-old Castle Rock resident at the property on the 900 block of Jackson Highway said because of ongoing thefts of copper wiring from heavy machinery the past few days, he hid out on the property, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office. At about 12:30 a.m., he observed a male cut through the fence and begin cutting wiring, the sheriff’s office said.  He watched for about 30 minutes until a second subject arrived and then confronted them, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. He yelled freeze and fired two shots into the ground as the men ran off, according to Brown. The loss to the rock crushers and conveyor belt is estimated at $24,000. Brown. Brown said the sheriff’s office would like to remind the public if they call 911 when they observe a crime in progress, deputies may be able to catch the culprits. Bolt cutters, wire cutters, a mountain bike and other evidence were collected, Brown said.

POLICE: MAN WITH KNIFE HOPS FENCES

• A 30-year-old man was arrested for possession of cocaine and other alleged offenses after police were called to a reported dispute about 10:15 a.m. on Friday at the 1400 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia. Police say they learned Rueben L. Gallardo, 30, of Burlington had threatened a female with a knife, a female who had a restraining order against him.  When officers arrived, he reportedly fled and jumped several fences but was found behind a mobile home trying to hide himself in a roll of tar paper. Centralia police say they used pepper spray on Gallardo because he would not comply with their demands. He was booked into the Lewis County Jail for the drugs, resisting and violation of a protection order, according to the Centralia Police Department.

BREAK-IN WHILE FAMILY SLEEPS

• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says somebody stole a laptop computer and a smart phone from just inside the front door of a Centralia home while a family slept. A deputy called just before 6 a.m. on Friday to the home on the 1200 block of Long Road noted the loss was estimated at $500.

UNWELCOME WINDOW SMASHERS

• Centralia police were called about 8:45 p.m. on Saturday to the 1000 block of West Chestnut Street where they were told a  group of males smashed out a window in the front door and then fled. The victim said he didn’t know the subjects or why they would do that, according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR VERSUS LOG TRUCK

• A 47-year-old Chehalis woman was cited for second-degree negligent driving after her car crossed the centerline and struck the tires of an oncoming log truck at about noon on Sunday on the 2600 block of Jackson Highway south of Chehalis. The car was only moderately damaged when it landed in a ditch and nobody was injured, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The woman told a deputy she was extremely tired and may have fallen asleep or looked away from the road momentarily, according to the sheriff’s office.

DUI WRECK

• A 27-year-old Toledo woman was arrested for driving under the influence after her vehicle collided with a parked car on J and West SIxth streets in Centralia about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday. Kayla L. McDonald was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Centralia Police Department.

THEFT

• Someone stole copper pipe from property on the 200 block of Walker Road near Toledo sometime between 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. A neighbor saw what was possibly a gray Toyota Forerunner near the property around 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office.

• Some 35 gallons of gasoline were stolen from a vehicle on the 200 block of Keasling Road south of Chehalis sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Someone stole an old Sthil chainsaw and two trout fishing poles from an unlocked shop building on the 100 block of Young Road in Mossyrock sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A Stihl weed eater was stolen from a yard on the 200 block of Taylor Road in Chehalis sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning,  according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• A deputy was called Sunday morning to the 1900 block of Rice Road outside Chehalis where a resident said a neighbor had found 14 pieces of mail – some of it his – laying on the side of the road near Stan Hedwall Park. Mail was returned to two other Rice Road residents; it had apparently been stolen sometime between 9 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

• Centralia police yesterday took two reports of bicycles stolen; one from the 700 block of Euclid Way and another from the 2000 block of Borst Avenue. Earlier in the day an officer took a report of two bikes found in the area of the 1000 block of K Street.

• Centralia police on Friday afternoon took a report of unspecified items stolen from the back of a truck at the 500 block of Woodland Avenue.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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