WILDFIRE, POSSIBLE DEATH AVERTED
• Responders rushed to a call of a possible brush fire along Interstate 5 near Vader yesterday afternoon but found instead a man sitting atop a gas can smoking a cigarette. His car had run out of fuel and was stopped on the the northbound onramp near the Gee Cees truck stop, according to Lewis County Medic One paramedic Jason Shepherd. He was told he’d shouldn’t be doing that, Shepherd said. Responders suspect the 911 caller may have just seen some dust kicked up by the car. A paramedic got the Chehalis man some gasoline and while they were fueling up the vehicle for him, he tried once more to light up, Shepherd said. “He was definitely not understanding us, or maybe he was just shining us on.”
NEAR MISS ON LOGGING ROAD
• A log truck tipped over far enough to lose its load but then righted itself yesterday morning on the 200 block of Green Mountain Road in Mossyrock. The 26-year-old Port Angeles driver said he was leaving a work site when he had to move to the far right because an oncoming Honda crossed over the centerline, according to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The cab and trailer touched the ground and spilled the logs before tipping back up, according to the sheriff’s office. The damage to the trailer was estimated at $1,500, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said. The Honda driver returned briefly and then took off, according to Brown.
CAR VERSUS TREE
• A 32-year-old Chehalis man reportedly was uninjured when he lost control of his Ford Escort and slid sideways into a tree on the 1000 block of North Fork Road outside Chehalis last night. A deputy called just before 10 p.m. cited the driver for second-degree negligent driving and no insurance, according to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The car sustained major damage, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
FAMILY SUSPECTED IN JEWERY, TRUCK THEFT
• A Chehalis area man called sheriff’s office last night when he returned home and discovered his 1989 Dodge pickup truck was missing. A deputy called to the home on the 800 block of Lucas Creek Road was told the man’s sister-in-law from Florida had been staying with him as his wife recently passed away, according to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was due to fly home Wednesday and the 52-year-old victim was out of town until yesterday, the sheriff’s office reported. Also missing was most of the wife’s jewelry, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
BURGLARY
• A computer was reported stolen from a home yesterday a the 1100 block of Plum Street in Centralia, according to the Centralia Police Department.
MISSING CAR FOUND IN WOODS
• A 1989 Acura Legacy stolen earlier this month in Chehalis turned up yesterday on a logging road near the 1000 block of Brown Road West near Chehalis, according to Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
VANDALISM
• Centralia police took a report yesterday of someone using a rock to break the window of a vehicle overnight at the 100 block of East Center Street.
DRUGS
• A 23-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine after he was spotted walking in the area of the 1400 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis about 11:45 p.m. yesterday. An officer found a baggie of suspected methamphetamine in his pocket, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Ezekiel L. Johnson was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police. He is to be released on the potential drug offense with no charges pending further investigation.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
People are not held accountable here in Centralia, Last year there were No Jury Trials in the Centralia Court. I public disclosed the information so I know what I’m talking about. Once again the Centralia Kangaroo Court has failed the Community. There are so many Tweekers in Lewis County that the Courts just let them go because they know they have no Money, The court system prefers to hold home owners and people with jobs accountable, not Tweekers… The Centralia Police are thre laughing stock, but anyone who drinks Diet Coke and runs a police Department is bound to have mental issues. http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/12250-fluoride-lowers-iq-in-kids-new-study-shows The Centralia Police Chief really loves Diet Coke.
That’s what you got out of those two sentences? Keystone Kops, overpaid thugs.? You must have access to more information than the rest of us. It couldn’t be that there actually is more investigation to be done, maybe something to build a bigger or stronger case? Or would you prefer they just charge him with what they have and risk this guy going free all together. You obviously have issues with the cops… way to be objective!
While I understand that it is the judges who actually mete out the punishment (or, more typically in this county, the lack thereof), it is the prosecutor who decides whether or not to prosecute, and it is the prosecutor who permits plea bargains to vastly lesser crimes.
Yes, I blame the judges for not holding people accountable, but at the same time, I blame the prosecutors for their lack of… well, prosecuting. Too many plea bargains, too many “we decide not to prosecute”, too many “I feel sorry for her/him/it”… And yes, my vote in November WILL call for a change… from the top to the bottom.
Law enforcement is just a bunch of overpaid thugs who got beat up in high school and don’t have the intelligence to flip burgers at McDonald’s.
Judges decide what the terms of bail and punishment are, not the cops or prosecutors.
If your not happy with how the judges are doing their jobs, then keep track and elect them out of office.
“…arrested for a warrant and possession of methamphetamine…”
“…released on the potential drug offense with no charges pending further investigation.”
Further investigation of what? They caught him with drugs! Investigation is OVER! Or do the local “Keystone Kops” not have any of those instant drug testing kits like you always see other REAL cops using?
This is the problem with this county as far as the prosecutor and law enforcement. They go after drug users like you wouldn’t believe, then slap them on the wrist and tell them to not do it again (if they even get that far…). Time for a change… hold these people accountable, and if they get caught with drugs, then lock ’em up and make them pay for their stay.