Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup

PUMPKIN MISCHIEF IN CHEHALIS

• Chehalis police were called to the 300 block of Southeast Valley View Drive about 7:30 p.m. yesterday regarding jack-o-lanterns. “It appears boys were smashing pumpkins,” Officer Linda Bailey said. However, the subsequently woman decided not to press charges, according to police.

IPAD TAKEN FROM SCHOOL FOUND IN ALLEY

• Police were to called the 1000 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis yesterday afternoon when someone saw a man place an iPad in an alley. An officer subsequently arrested 25-year-old Seth T. Lloyd for second-degree possession of stolen property, according to the Chehalis Police Department. The iPad had been stolen from the Napavine School District, Officer Linda Bailey said. Lloyd was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

TRAFFICKING INQUIRY

• Centralia police are investigating a burglary from the 1900 block of Trillium Avenue in Centralia after stolen items were found yesterday in at least one pawn shop, according to the Centralia Police Department.

PURSE SNATCHED FROM HOME

• A residence on the 3000 block of Borst Avenue in  Centralia was burglarized, according to a report made to police yesterday morning. Missing is a computer bag and purse with its credit cards and identification, according to the Centralia Police Department. It happened sometime after midnight and the victim wasn’t sure if the home had been locked up, Sgt. Kurt Reichert said.

VANDALISM

• Someone cut the valve stems from all four tires on a vehicle parked at the 2800 block of Russell Road in Centralia, according to a report made to the Centralia Police Department yesterday afternoon. There are no suspects, according to police.

WRECK

• A 38-year-old Centralia woman suffered only a sore shoulder after her car went over a 30-foot embankment off Wildwood Road near Vader yesterday, rolling twice on its way down and coming to rest upside down, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. She was able to crawl out of her vehicle and call 911; a deputy arriving just after 1 p.m. issued her a citation for wheels off the roadway, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman had no visible injuries but her 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt had to be towed, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.

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2 Responses to “Sharyn’s Sirens: Daily police and fire roundup”

  1. Wow says:
    Friday, November 2, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    I think this is the law they are talking about….. I don’t think that you could get a citation just for pulling over, as long as you do so safely. Rolling your vehicle several times does not sound safe to me.

    RCW 46.61.140

    Driving on roadways laned for traffic.
    Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall apply:

    (1) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.

    (2) Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction when such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or in preparation for making a left turn or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding and such allocation is designated by official traffic-control devices.

    (3) Official traffic-control devices may be erected directing slow moving or other specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device.

    (4) Official traffic-control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device.

    [1965 ex.s. c 155 § 23.]

    NOTES:

    Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule — IRLJ 6.2.

  2. The other PC says:
    Friday, November 2, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    I’m not sure that I understand the “wheels of the roadway” citation. Almost seems as though it is made up, just to write the ticket. Does that mean that whenever I pull over to make a phone call (since I can’t drive and use my cell phone) that I could get a citation for having “wheels of the roadway”? Gonna have to ask a cop, I guess. 🙁 Can’t do anything anymore without being cited.

    Not the police’s fault – they just enforce the rules that the politicians make.