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SUSPECTED LITTLE ARSON

• Firefighters called about flames last night at a vacant business on the 700 block of Main Street in Centralia found someone had lit on fire a no trespassing sign on the door. It basically burned itself out and the door was just scorched, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The two-story building was otherwise unharmed, Fire Capt. Terry Ternan said.

MALE ROBBED BY COUPLE IN PARK

• Centralia police say they have a suspect after a strong-armed robbery yesterday in Fort Borst Park. Officers called about 12:30 p.m. were told a 22-year-old male went to meet a female in a secluded area of the park for “relations”, but a male showed up with her, and grabbed the victim’s wallet before the two fled, according to the Centralia Police Department.

WOMAN TRIES TO CLAIM STOLEN CAR

• A 21-year-old woman was arrested when she arrived to claim what deputies thought was an abandoned vehicle last night. A deputy responding about 7:15 p.m. to the 3300 block of Jackson Highway learned the 2005 Nissan Sentra had been reported stolen on Friday from Seattle, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. While waiting for the tow truck, a taxi pulled up and a woman carrying a gas can informed the deputy it was her car, she was going to fuel it up and leave, the sheriff’s office said. Shelley A. Hartfield, 21, said she had purchased the vehicle from someone named Alex, according to the sheriff’s office. Hartfield was booked into the Lewis County Jail for first-degree possession of stolen property, according to Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown.

HIT AND RUN

• A 21-year-old Centralia resident was arrested overnight after allegedly crashing a vehicle into a light pole on the corner of Alder and Cherry streets and leaving the scene. Police called about 12:05 a.m. subsequently contacted Ancelina Ramirez Lamas, 21, a short distance away, according to the Centralia Police Department. Lamas was booked into the Lewis County Jail for hit and run as well as driving under the influence, according to police.

• Police were called about 9:35 a.m. yesterday when a log truck struck a light signal and kept on going. It happened at Southwest Second Street and Market Boulevard and will cost about $1,500 to repair because it’s one of the older-style lights, according to police.

TRUCK INTO BUILDING

• Police said it was apparently a mechanical malfunction that led to a pickup truck driving into the side of the Eagles building on the 1900 block of South market Boulevard on Friday evening. Nobody was hurt, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The driver put it in gar an it just took off, according to police. The engine was still “revving” when it did stop, according to police.

THEFT

• A short foot pursuit of an individual wanted in connection with vehicle theft ended with the arrest about 10:20 p.m. yesterday of Ruben A. Inman, 21, of Centralia. It happened in the area of South Silver and West Walnut street in Centralia, according to police. Inman was booked into the Lewis County Jail also for allegedly resisting arrest and escape, according to the Centralia Police Department. He was released from jail with no charges filed.

• A 72-year-old Ethel man reported yesterday afternoon that someone used his debit card to make an online purchase of $140 from Forever21.com, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’ Office.

• Centralia police took a report yesterday afternoon from the 600 block of Rock Street of the theft of medication, a wallet and debit cards.

• Chehalis police were called just after 3 p.m. on Saturday when someone loaded a shopping full of various alcohol and liquor, pushed it out the door and drove off from Safeway on the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard.

• A 31-year-old Chehalis woman who wanted to report the theft of her mother’s ashes to police yesterday afternoon was told it was not a crime because apparently the father had told the daughters they could each keep the urn for a year a time, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• Police were called just before noon yesterday about a boy with clippers cutting flowers out of a yard on the 200 block of Southeast Washington Avenue. The 13-year-old was told he couldn’t do that and his parents were talked to, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ANIMAL INNARDS ABANDONED NEAR CHURCH

• Police were called over the weekend about a cardboard box containing what looked like animal parts left on the sidewalk in front of St. Joseph Church on Southwest Cascade Avenue. It was like the guts from a cow – tongue, heart, kidney, the parts you may or may not want back when you get an animal butchered, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said. Police tossed them into the garbage, she said.

ASSAULT ALLEGED

• An 11-year-old boy went to Chehalis police on Friday to report his father slugged and choked him the day before. The case is under investigation, according to police. There were no marks on the child, but he placed in protective custody by Child Protective Services, Sgt. Gwen Carrell said.

NAUGHTY PICTURES

• Chehalis police took a third-party report on Friday of someone sending inappropriate pictures to the phone of a 13-year-old Chehalis girl. Officers have not been able to reach the child’s parent to confirm the report, according to police.

KIDS LEFT ALONE IN CAR

• A 55-year-old woman was issued a citation after police were called Sunday afternoon about two children left alone in a vehicle parked at Yard Birds in Chehalis. The Port Orchard woman came out of the store with two other small children and was cited for leaving a 3-year-old and a 19-month old unattended in a vehicle, according to Chehalis police.

DRUGS

• An 18-year-old Centralia man was arrested last night for possession of methamphetamine, burglary tools and a dangerous weapon, according to police. Zachary K. Konoske was booked into the Lewis County Jail after contact with an officer about 10:20 p.m. at the 1100 block of Elm Street,  according to the Centralia Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 3:45 p.m. yesterday to the 100 block of Southwest Cascade Avenue in Chehalis where someone had stolen an Alpine CD player from an unlocked vehicle parked at a residence.

VANDALISM

• A deputy was called last night to the 2300 block of Jackson Highway where someone had spray painted graffiti on the east side of an empty building.

Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter

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